Les Elixirs Charnels - Chypre Fatal fragrance notes
Head
- white peach
Heart
- spicy rose
Base
- patchouli, vanilla
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Latest Reviews of Les Elixirs Charnels - Chypre Fatal

What Coty might have lashed up in a rage after smelling Mitsouko for the first time.

The drydown arrived rather early, characterised by the arrival of a spicy rose. Not the - possible expected - rich and dark spiciness often employed for this note, this is a bright rose slightly spiced up by a slightly sweet and light impression of rose blossom, - I don't get any leafy or woodsy rose stems here. This is a rose of a nigh-transparently crystalline nature - it blends beautifully with the top notes into an elegant olfactory delight.
The base adds and ultra-smooth patchouli, with is not at all dark or harsh. Towards the end I get a tonka-like undertone whiffs of a very light undertone of dried honey. This, following the overall character of this creation, is light and rather discrete tonka.
I get moderate sillage, very good projection and eight hours of longevity on my skin.
This is a nice creation, and behind the ethereal lightness lies a sophisticatedly composed set of top and heart notes that denote an original approach to the fruity theme. Maybe the notes lack a bit of deeper substance and texture at times. The base is the weakest link here, as it is rather generic and somewhat underwhelming
This summery scent is a misnomer indeed, as apart from the extremely smooth and soft patchouli note in the base, which is hardy evocative of chypres, the note pyramid of this Guerlain proves detrimentally fatal to its claim of being a chypre.
Overall 3.25/5
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It seems like the notes are upside down. It opens with little fruit, flower and much amber and patchouli and evolves to much more fruit and flower pot-pourri.

This is in no way a chypre. It is a dark fruity floral that is quite insignificant to the genre and over time rather unpleasant to my olfactory impressions. It is so effervescent that if it weren't for the patchouli it might totally vanish into thin air.
The only thing that proves fatal in this composition is the patchouli, which manages to kill the harmless impression given by the fruit and floral notes.
The price is as usual for modern Guerlains patently ridiculous.

Very feminine, sweet. Some would find it pretty.
Pears are prominent, kind of a warm pear or cooked pear note.
The patchouli gives an earthy but also metallic note.
Don't really care for this. Not sure why it is called a "chypre".
