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Le Patchouli Élixir
Inoubliable Elixir Patchouli
2007 Eau de Parfum

7.9 / 10 205 Ratings
A popular perfume by Réminiscence for women, released in 2007. The scent is earthy-woody. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Earthy
Woody
Spicy
Oriental
Resinous

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
PatchouliPatchouli CedarwoodCedarwood
Heart Notes Heart Notes
SandalwoodSandalwood VetiverVetiver
Base Notes Base Notes
LabdanumLabdanum Tolu balmTolu balm Tonka beanTonka bean White muskWhite musk VanillaVanilla
Ratings
Scent
7.9205 Ratings
Longevity
8.4167 Ratings
Sillage
7.9166 Ratings
Bottle
7.8162 Ratings
Value for money
8.456 Ratings
Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 11/28/2025.
Interesting Facts
The fragrance is part of the Les Iconiques collection.

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Reviews

13 in-depth fragrance descriptions
LadyRogue

166 Reviews
LadyRogue
LadyRogue
Top Review 8  
Unforgettable Patchouli
It's autumn; summer (even the Indian summer we had) is gone or well on its way out. My floral flirtations of summer are slowly replaced with my preferred olfactory "fix" of this season; orientals.

Sandalwood, leather, musk or in this case patchouli. Dark sweet smooth velveteen patchouli was what I craved this week, a bottle of Inoubliable Elixir Patchouli was needed to cuddle me during the crisp yet sunny days and lead me into the sunlight deprived days that are only getting shorter.

You see, my mother is Française and always loved the House of Réminiscence. People might think that the French use litres of Chanel, Dior, Hermes et cetera. Mais oui! They love and use the wonderful creations of French perfumery, but Houses like Réminiscence are their little secrets. Mostly only available in France and containing note mixtures that not everyone might think a good idea, they are a treat for people who are tired of mainstream and want something truly unusual yet still affordable.

"Inoubliable Elixir Patchouli" is the patchouli for people who normally wouldn't like that note, or for people who think it's a "hippy" smell. This beauty isn't, it's an magical mystery ride that shows your olfactory sense all the ways that patchouli can charm you: woody, green, smoky, sweet. I could try and explain in the limitations of words (English is not my native tongue...I would be struggling even if I tried : ) how the notes intermingle and give you a sense of: "Wow! I had NO idea patchouli based perfume could smell this good!!" but it is a ride best taken by oneself.
It's true and obvious by now; I am a fan and if you like patchouli or not, sample this beauty if you get the chance, I promise you will be amazed!

Silage is....Well...."unusual and oh so pretty" -- Longevity is an amazing 10+ hours. Now, don't think it's a linear patchouli in the vein of: "read my palm" experience, it isn't! It's a yummy oriental beauty for the true connoisseur of unusual quality. Try and sample it, it will be out little French secret! ; ) Good luck and enjoy!
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Daisyvision

90 Reviews
Daisyvision
Daisyvision
Helpful Review 2  
Dreamy sigh...
A warm, spicy & magical patchouli potion. Unlike the syrupy-sweet and accessible type you may find in fragrances like Flowerbomb.. This patchouli is instead, a dark, earthy and slightly dirty offering. The thick resins come off as incensey, and form an oh-so very bohemian cloud of smoky sillage (that will likely last for more hours than you are awake in a given day!).

After about an hour of wear, the dirtiness wanes, while the sticky sweetness seeps out. It becomes almost... edible (yet never approaches the cloying territory). If you're fond of patchouli, you simply must try this one - there's nothing quite like it. It's advertised as for women, but it's neither feminine or masculine, it just makes for a great fragrance for anyone.
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ClaireV

969 Reviews
ClaireV
ClaireV
2  
Nothing tops this in the ambery patch genre
This is my absolute favorite in the ambery patch category, and every time my wandering eye alights upon other ambery-patch scents, and I head off to explore, I return to Inoubliable Elixir with my tail between my legs. I’m going to call it right now – Inoubliable Elixir is the Joanne Woodward to my Paul Newman. So, what does the steak of patchouli scents offer that the hamburgers of the category do not?

My answer is depth. Now, the basic structure of the ambery patch template never changes that wildly. With two such heavy, rich accords – patchouli and amber – there can always be minute variations in pacing (i.e., adjusting the point in the scent’s development at which the amber turns up to dunk the patch in its much-needed bath of hot, resinous caramel) and decoration (spices, floral notes, citrus), but the crux remains that balance between the leafy earthiness of patchouli and the voluptuous sweetness of amber.

Inoubliable Elixir trounces its competitors by ensuring that its patchouli and its amber go miles deep in flavor. The patchouli is raw, pungent, and almost feral, its darkness lifted a little by a bitter, grassy vetiver, a material that sings in the same earthy register as patchouli but inhabits the surface of earth’s crust, when sunshine and water still penetrate. The basic amber accord has been thickened here with a generous dressing of both tolu balsam, a South American resin that smells simultaneously like liquidambar, crushed ‘hot’ spices like cloves and cinnamon, and melted beeswax candles, and tonka bean, which throws in its roughened, tobacco-ish, almond cream heft for good measure.

When the dirty, greenish patchouli smashes into this thick, sexy, red-gold amber, it smells like I wish my skin would smell like naturally. I wish to live in this smell, roll around in it, have my pores exude it. Mind you, I own only the original version of this and don’t know how the modern version (in the clear bottle) measures up. But if it smells anything like the stuff that comes out of my wavy gold bottle, then there is no reason to ever stray, as it is perfection. It is also, like, €45 for a 100ml bottle. Patchouli by Reminiscence is similar to Inoubliable Elixir Patchouli but much lighter (think 40% of the full whack of Inoubliable Elixir), so I like to wear that in summer.
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Ellezee

3 Reviews
Ellezee
Ellezee
1  
This is a really, really nice patchouli.
With the exception of Chanel Coromandel, which is pretty much universally agreed to be a unicorn, I have never met a patchouli I've liked. Oh, I've met patchoulis I've respected: Lady Vengeance, Sticky Fingers, Lord of Misrule. But I don't enjoy them, and I wouldn't wear them.

Patchouli Elixir almost works for me. Almost. There's nothing skanky or moldy here, no Eau de Cheap Weed. It has that combination of crispness and softness I associate with falling backwards into a leaf pile. And that image is appropriate, because this is firmly an autumn fragrance, even an October fragrance. It's giving black cats and carved pumpkins and grimoires with yellowed pages. The earthiness rises up from skin like wisps of smoke from a banked bonfire, warming without overwhelming.

It's really something special. If ever I was going to fall in love with patchouli, this would be the one.
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Mydarkflower

68 Reviews
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Mydarkflower
Mydarkflower
Top Review 43  
At Night, When Everything Sleeps
At night, the world comes to a standstill, all the hustle and bustle fades away, and life seems more eternal than during the day.

At night, when my family is long asleep, I belong entirely to myself.
No one makes demands, has expectations, seeks my attention... no one watches me in my mere existence.
I am alone, but not lonely.

At night, I can do what I want, be who I want, think how I want, and be quietly still for as long as I want.

At night, I often sit in my worn-out armchair, snuggled up in a fluffy bathrobe and blanket, watching episode after episode of my favorite series or writing, just like now - a bar of chocolate, unavoidable for me as a sugarholic, and a cup of tea beside me.

At night in winter, it is the coziest of all.
Through the balcony door, I see the delicate, dense, sparkling flakes; sometimes I even open the door to hear the soft crackling of the falling snow and to snuggle deeper into my blanket against the cold, holding my warm cup in my hands, savoring my chocolate, and simply enjoying that I exist.

At night, it smells of cozy blankets, chocolate, spiced tea, darkness, and sometimes even snow.
Enveloping, warming, peaceful, and still.

And that is exactly how Patchouli Elixir smells - like time for myself.
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It is very decent patchouli scent; earthy, rich and warm. Very good price as well.
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The scent of a man that has become one with a garden that was abandoned by it's caretaker.
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A slightly darker take on Reminiscence Patchouli, also slightly sweeter and earthier. Value-wise, the OG is winning, but this isn't far.
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Powdery elegant, this patchouli comes across.
Well-mannered with fine woods.
Table manners of beautiful tonka bean with a white musk blanket.
Flirtatious
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Patchouli on earthy forest floor
Old tree giants
Gaze at me curiously, gently
Liqueur golden balsam resin
Drips warm and spicy
From dark branch holes +
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Autumn love
Chestnuts on the ground
Fading autumn leaves
Spicy air
Melancholic longing
Children's laughter
Autumn magic under vanilla moons
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Dark scent, amber-colored, strong and beautiful. Patchouli liqueur with a hint of spice and not musty at all.
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A somewhat more perfumed patchouli, woody, dry, dark, and cool.
Initially a very gripping scent, with a bit of edge, that then becomes softer.
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A great patchouli scent.
Dark
Woody
Attractively interesting
Very well done..
Not musty!!!
I really like it.
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Hobbit hole in the Shire. Built into dry earth. On the wooden table, chocolate, liqueur + the pipe. Dark, cozy, balsamic + warming.
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