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Hypnotic Poison Elixir Dior 2008

8.6 / 10 92 Ratings

A popular perfume by Dior for women, released in 2008. The scent is sweet-oriental. Projection and longevity are above-average. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Sweet

Oriental

Gourmand

Powdery

Floral

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Jasmine

Heart Notes

Glycyrrhiza glabra

Star anise

Base Notes

Vanilla

Perfumer

François Demachy

Ratings

Scent

8.692 Ratings

Longevity

9.379 Ratings

Sillage

8.870 Ratings

Bottle

8.593 Ratings

Value for money

8.310 Ratings

Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 09/04/2025.

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Reviews

7 in-depth fragrance descriptions

07/31/2015

10Scent 10Longevity 7.5Sillage

Kleopatra
229 Reviews

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Kleopatra

Top Review 53

The Ultimate Chandelier Scent

New addition to my Poison clan! Now I have it, the elixir I’ve been craving for so long! Hypnotic Poison is already one of my favorite fragrances, and it was only a matter of time before I got my royal nose on the legendary and incomparable ELIXIR. And now a new Poison member has moved in, and what a member it is!

I take a sip of ice water every now and then to cool down a bit: Because this scent is HOT HOT HOT!! I already find the regular HP irresistible (yes, yes, I know it’s polarizing, but I just love it, it makes a GODDESS out of me, and I can’t help that!), so this one - sigh - is even hotter, even more erotic, even more sinful, even deeper, redder, sexier… Wait, I need another sip of water… Calm down now. People want to know how it smells, so pull yourself together, Kleo!

So: The elixir smells even hotter, even more erotic, even more sinful - oh no, we just had that, so another sip of water… It has a warm, sweet, vanilla scent, very similar to the regular HP EDT, but they’ve simply left out the slightly getting-used-to top note and get straight to the point, uh, to the base, and it is so velvety, warm, soft, erotic, sinful, deep red, sexy squared and definitely requires a license to carry! And that with just a few drops…

Man, I’m hot! So. And now my beloved better dress warmly! Or no, that would be counterproductive, so rather the opposite… In the meantime, I’m already hanging onto the chandelier - and I’ve also cleared the kitchen table just in case!!

“…………!!……………!!!…………………!!!!!…….”

So, let me quickly fix my hair again…. Where was I? Oh right. What I wanted to say: The elixir should be used with caution. Because it raises the pulse as well as the temperature, makes one babble nonsense, messes up the hair, and makes clothes disappear…. People with circulation problems should definitely consult their doctor or pharmacist beforehand. And finally: What is the comparative form of GODDESS???

04/24/2025

10Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

Pollita
384 Reviews

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Pollita

Top Review 38

The Dark Side of Hypnotic Poison

A dear Parfumo wrote to me some time ago that Hypnotic Poison is, at least in his experience, the most worn fragrance in the Gothic scene. I myself joined this group during my studies and even today I still enjoy attending concerts of my favorite dark acts. Funny enough, I had never consciously noticed the scent there. Since last year, I have my own bottle of the Eau de Toilette and always thought, yes, it’s a fine fragrance and certainly sensual with certain edges and corners, but I wouldn’t necessarily have worn it in the clubs where I go to party, except maybe on myself.

This morning, thanks to a particularly dear Parfumo and my husband, I got to unwrap the Elixir and have been wearing the scent myself for several hours now. Although I had never sniffed it before, it had always been a heartfelt wish on my list. The Extrait de Parfum is also on that list. And what can I say? I now understand why it fits so well in those dark clubs and concert halls.

Hypnotic Poison, in the Elixir version, is of course also a vanilla scent. Anyone expecting something different can probably skip testing the entire Hypnotic Poison line. But this Elixir comes with a dark, slightly smoky, and wicked vanilla. Sweet and also a bit sinful. The licorice note at the start is a bit different from the immediately floral beginning of the Eau de Toilette. Another difference: The tuberose, characteristic of the sweet-floral original, has been omitted here. I do smell flowers, but the whole thing feels dimmed and less classically feminine and sweet to me, if you understand what I mean. The Elixir is a variant of the hypnotic poison that I could also imagine working very well on men's skin.

Due to the listed anise, I would have generally expected a closer relationship with Profumum Roma's Confetto, but that connection isn’t really there for me. At most, perhaps through a gentle mossy note in the dry down, but that’s about it. The closest comparison is still Bravery by Boadicea, although the Brit brings a lot more green notes overall.

Sure, there are nuances that distinguish it from the others, but for me, a black apple bottle would have fit Hypnotic Poison Elixir perfectly. And one thing I know for sure: I will wear it at one or another concert evening and enjoy it with delight.

By the way, this is my very first Demachy. I think it’s a wonderful version of the Ménardo classic that celebrates the beauty of the original in a dark, mysterious way.

The sillage, by the way, is not as powerful as I had feared. When dosed discreetly, the scent hugs close to the body, and that’s just how I like it.

I would like to thank dear Sten268 once again for making this gift possible for me.

01/24/2011

10Scent 10Longevity

LoveAstaire
63 Reviews

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LoveAstaire

Very helpful Review 19

Marie Antoinette visits the Garden of Eden or: "take me!"

aphrodisiac...

Hypnotic Poison Elixir pulses, it vibrates and it goes all in.

Hypnotic Poison EDT has never been my thing,
a scent worn by everyone, that you can smell on every corner and that simply wants to dominate. I smell vanilla, vanilla ... and I smell vanilla. I want to be fair, the vanilla is mature and not a childish vanilla, which ultimately has no place in a brothel. This vanilla was created for boudoirs and for the whorehouse: "Knock out the client until he gives in, follows you, and leaves a lot of cash with you!", KO in the first round. The Winner is... vanilla.

My antipathy towards HP is further intensified by the fact that certain people in my life apply this perfume as if war were breaking out tomorrow and it would be the last time they could enjoy this scent. Girls, with this fragrance you will win every war, believe me!

Hypnotic Poison Elixir would never have found its way to me if my friend hadn't sent me a sample.

Reluctantly, I let the poison touch my skin, in the back of my mind I already see my flesh being eaten away to the bone. But lo and behold, LA did not turn into Mr. Bonehand and all fingers are still intact, BUT... I am enchanted, I am extremely confused and... thrilled. The star anise is a very distinctive character that can be wonderfully detected. I perceive burnt caramel and of course ... vanilla! But this does not smell like Brothel Mundo, rather like Versailles. Decadent, sexy, opulent, extravagant and egocentric. Powder, wigs, rouge, beauty spots, baroque, La Fornication, too much of everything.

The bottle is exquisite, a puff atomizer, glossy lacquer and a very deep red adorn my hypnotic poison.

With Elixir, it is like with the snake in paradise; we know that knowledge and our curiosity can demand a high price from us and cost one or the other sacrifice, but the allure is greater, the desire for the forbidden stronger and so we decide to take a bite. The snake knows its craft and speaks to us in angelic tongues, it catches us with its gaze, it moves rhythmically, fluidly and entwines us. Back then it was the forbidden fruit, today it offers us its elixir. How the story ends, we know ourselves: Adam & Eve got a direct check-out from the 4-star Eden, good Marie lost her head, the client lost his money.

Conclusion:

Hypnotic Poison Elixir is something for big girls. Girls in lace, with red lips, a perfect flutter of the eyelashes. If you can say the naughty word starting with "f", can disarm a man with just a glance and do not blush shyly at the words "take me!", then off to paradise, straight to the forbidden fruit, take a bite and ...

Yours, LA

06/15/2010

Allesdufte
25 Reviews

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Allesdufte

Helpful Review 6

Hypnotic Poison - just better

Yes, Hypnotic Poison polarizes, but I love it passionately. For the lovers who still felt a bit of that certain kick was missing, the Elixir might be just right: like the regular Hypnotic Poison, but olfactorily thicker, "creamier", more sensual (if that's even possible). It stays closer to the body and doesn't invade the space as much as the Eau de Toilette. However, it lasts for hours as usual and seems to intensify again and again. The base is a dream.

Of course - those who don't like Hypnotic Poison won't like the Elixir version either. To everyone else, I can only warmly recommend giving it a sniff test. The only downside: the steep price. But after all, we are junkies ;-)!

05/22/2011

10Scent 10Longevity

Komori
10 Reviews

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Komori

8

Timeless

"When first I tasted my own blood
felt the surge and the stir
of my own life on my lips
I swore that day to love myself above all."
~ Oath Of Lilith, Vampire The Masquerade - World Of Darkness

Just a small moment of inattention and now it falls, unstoppable, shattering like in slow motion on the ground. Shards spray in all directions, glittering like uncut diamonds, but most of them simply remain lying there, drenched in sluggish, golden nectar. Both the contents and the honey jar are irreparably broken, and yet you instinctively reach for one of the large glass pieces where honey remnants gather... you flinch back as the sharp edge bites you, stick your finger in your mouth and suck on it.

The taste that spreads on your tongue is sweet, heavy, and bitter - unfamiliar yet strangely familiar, and even though it might not be strictly necessary, since the cut wasn't deep, you put your finger back in your mouth without thinking after you have cautiously eyed it. For a couple of heartbeats, you close your eyes and listen to your heartbeat, which somehow sounds louder, feeling the honey sweetness slowly recede.

Then you start to pick up the shards and perhaps lose yourself once or twice more in the contemplation of the sharp-edged, gold-dipped glass pieces, as if they were actually fragments of frozen time. Time that you spend only with yourself...

Hypnotic Poison Elixirs by Dior have accompanied me for years - it is the scent to which I always return, which I wear in every mood and in any weather, every season. It is sweet in a dull, sluggish way yet not overly prominent. At least on my skin, the nuances that initially merged into a whole do not change much anymore; only a certain rich, heavy warmth joins in, one could say it simply clings a little closer to the skin.

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