Boss Bottled Elixir

Absolutely insane performance. Tonight was my first time wearing this perfume, two sprays to the neck was all I did and it was totally overpowering. The whole main floor of my house smelled like perfume. I had to crack open a window and put the ceiling fan on full speed to eliminate the scent. My hoodie after 6.5 hours has a VERY strong smell (I even put my hand over the collar where some of the perfume would have landed on the garment) and I have a headache which has somewhat reduced after removing it. Every inhale through my nose since 6.5 hours ago has smelled like this perfume. At this point, there is a very pleasant woody/vanilla/root beer scent. Initially it was completely over the top, but smelled great. Take spicebomb EDT, add frankincense and vanilla, quintuple the performance and voila, Boss Bottled Elixir.

I felt that my Bottled Absolu was in niche territory, but this Bottled Elixir takes it one step further. Spicy and sweet at the same time, Oriental and Western too, beautiful scent. Definitely niche, in terms of not being mass-appealing, best for connoisseurs. I love this over my Bottled Absolu in the opening and mid, but Absolu has the better deep drydown. Elixir's drydown is reminiscent of CK Eternity's base which I am so familiar with. This is what I smelt, so I asked Ai - "From hours 6-12+, the fragrance is now a true skin scent. The heavy ambery-sweetness is gone, leaving a very dry, clean, green-woody herbal residue. This persistent, masculine vetiver baseline is exactly what mimics the classic, sharp aromatic-woody foundation of CK Eternity."

One of two brilliant Boss fragrance releases - the other being Absolu. These stand out from other street designer fragrances as they lean more towards the niche/unique, whilst still retaining some form of mass appeal. This is the smoother of the two, cleaner, and very easy to wear at work. Day time, Autumn, Winter, and on the rare occasion, spring. The Cardamom, vetiver, patchouli, Labdanum, and cedar make this a masculine leaning fragrance, with the frankincense adding that bit of uniqueness to the scent. 2-3 sprays for work, and outside for me is a 5-6 spray. If I'm honest, I prefer the Aboslu a bit more, but this one gets worn in more situations.

This and Absolu are legendary releases by Boss. Both are leaning towards daring and niche compositions while leaving just enough room for sweetness and ambery notes to make them more generally appealing. Elixir opens up with spicy smoky notes that you can quickly recognize as frankincense. It's not too churchy or dry, and at the heart you get a large dose of patchouli to support the balsamic notes. This is somehow both very masculine but also meditative. I can't really see myself wearing this to school or the office, but it will fit right in at a bar, in the woods, or even at a semi-formal event.

A couple weeks ago an older gentleman came into our shop asking for help with his current tarrif package, and while I was questioning him on what we can help him with, and if he has all the necessary documents I got the most amazing smell from quite far, I had to ask what he was wearing but he couldn't remember. It left such a lasting impression in me that when he came in again today today, I asked him again and since he still couldnt recall he had to call his wife, and it turned out to be this fragrance.