Simply Elixir 2017

Simply Elixir by Jil Sander
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7.7 / 10 96 Ratings
A popular perfume by Jil Sander for women, released in 2017. The scent is leathery-woody. It was last marketed by Coty.
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Main accords

Leathery
Woody
Spicy
Floral
Sweet

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
Red pepperRed pepper Blood orangeBlood orange Red gingerRed ginger
Heart Notes Heart Notes
VioletViolet CedarwoodCedarwood RoseRose IrisIris
Base Notes Base Notes
PatchouliPatchouli VanillaVanilla LeatherLeather

Perfumers

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Scent
7.796 Ratings
Longevity
7.183 Ratings
Sillage
6.787 Ratings
Bottle
7.7101 Ratings
Value for money
8.123 Ratings
Submitted by OPomone, last update on 26.01.2024.
Interesting Facts
The face of the advertising campaign is German model Toni Garrn, photographed by Josh Olins.

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7.5
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Stanze

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Stanze
Stanze
Top Review 36  
Punching at work
Once when I was on late duty, a 60 to 70 year old lady stood in the reception area of the ambulance. I always run back and forth at work and just ran to the doctor's rooms when I passed the lady. I walked through their scented restaurants. Two steps behind her I stopped and walked backwards until I stood again in her fragrance restaurant. Then I praised her perfume because it smelled really good. She said it was Simply Elixir (at least I understood that) and she's always worn it (but it's only been around since 2017). I'm a little deaf, so I'm not 100% sure she really said "Simply Elixir". But the base of Simply Elixir is about what I think I remember.

Simply Elixir is suitable for older ladies and in my world you are still young at 40 with 53 (my age) but old. Someone kindly sent me a sample.

The top note greeted me with blood orange, I know nothing of pepper. Then the violet appeared, a little iris but Rose stayed home today. Any wood? Yeah, I guess so. Slowly the vanilla began to arrive and finally the patchouli entered the stage. The base is warm, spicy and sweet. Maybe a little oriental. I only smell leather with fantasy, so when I know it's supposed to be leather.

I find Simply Elixir beautiful, but neither surprising nor new. I particularly liked the violet in the heart note and the patchouli in the base too. I don't like leather so much sometimes, but it doesn't bother me here. Family tester Q doesn't like Simply Elixir. Once again, she claims it smells like a perfumery. She probably means that different fragrances mix senselessly. But this is due to her olfactory deficiency. When a scent is flowery, it's always hard with her. The letterless family tester thinks it smells good. You can't get any more out of him.

A test is definitely worthwhile for the beautiful base. I have a training session later. I can expose my colleagues to the scent of Simply Elixir. In your free time you can use it any time you want and it is also a great place to go out. I don't mention sports today, I had aching muscles yesterday. At the moment the weather is wet and cold, this is possible with this fragrance without any problems. You can probably use Simply Elixir all year round and even daily if you like. It is a ladylike fragrance in ladies, but perhaps a wonderful fragrance in men. I don't know.
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8
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FrannyGold

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FrannyGold
FrannyGold
Very helpful Review 14  
Ladies' menu? No, thanks!
This fragrance accompanies me to a restaurant, my choice is golden earrings and red lipstick.
I let my gaze wander through the rooms, wrapped in sweet leather and decide to have a peaty whiskey. What a lovely warm summer evening!
Simply Elixir leaves all doors open for me with its spicy warmth. Do I move on? Do I go home and spend the evening comfortably on the sofa? Who knows..but one thing is for sure - my fragrant companion makes me self-confident and satisfied
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7
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7
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8
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Greenfan1701

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Greenfan1701
Top Review 14  
Fine elixir
Just I have, when coming home, the mail sorted and it was a particularly fine package there from a very dear perfume, again thank you to Manu that you let me have the fragrance, and I am more than thrilled.

A bit fruity at first (like Obstler, but in a good way), but that quickly fades away to make way for violet, which doesn't have a musty, stale tone here, but peeks out quietly and restrainedly under the rosy cedar scent, and in turn after a while combines with this patchouli note that I absolutely love. This actually has a rather masculine touch, ie the fragrance starts fruity floral, you think more of a "love girl scent", but that changes very quickly already in the leathery-patchoulige, which has a pleasant "sound" for my nose :-), if you know what I mean?
I can not describe that so well, but this discrepancy really has something extraordinary about it, I would not have thought now.
Anyway, the leather is not in the foreground and I also do not find that it is similar to Fahrenheit, which I also like very much, this one is already a bit more floral-fruity, but nice.

Anyway, I'm glad I took you up on the offer to purchase this fragrance I've never heard of before and will cherish it until the bottle ends. :-)
4 Comments
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6
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8
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6.5
Scent
Frauduftet

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Frauduftet
Very helpful Review 13  
Expectation vs. reality
My very first comment.
I came across Simply Elixir and the scent pyramid made me curious, so I let him move in. I found the components patchouli and the leather chords particularly appealing.
I work in an orthopaedic shoe workshop and here you can find real leather in different variations. Many people come in and praise the great leather scent. In most cases it smells more like glue or the combination of glue and leather. The glue has simply more range than the fine leather... I think many people don't know what leather really smells like.
I like the color of the perfume very much and it also fits well with the fragrance pyramid.
I perceive the scent as strong, sweet and a little powdery. I can smell the supposed leather accord and it reminds me more of sweet imitation leather.
The scent transports me to the film "Moulin Rouge", that's certainly what it smelled like there. It has something dark, wicked and very feminine.
The shelf life is quite good, until the evening a cloud comes into the nose again and again.
The mood has to be right, then I'm sure I'll spray him again. Every day he's not for me, and I didn't get a "wow" out of him
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KJV

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KJV
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The smell of leather is a thing of its own...
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> So at some point I have to start writing a comment, and completely irrationally it has now hit this scent. And yes, the text is almost a year old, I just don't really dare to give out my notes - so please be gracious with me :-)
A lot has been written about scent and I'm sure I can't smell any more out there, I'm sure there are better noses. But maybe you are interested in my little Simply comparison from last year anyway :-)
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The smell of leather is so 'ne thing for itself and there are several variants.
It is a long way from the stinking raw skin to the finest white suede gloves scented with violets (like from the novel "Perfume").

As a child and teenager I had the opportunity to visit a leather warehouse again and again - ready tanned, partly dyed, selected hides for furniture. But already in the division there were countless variants...
And above all a specific smell that makes leather for me, for my nose.

How to reproduce this fragrance in a perfume?
I don't know, doesn't seem to be that easy...
Violets seem to play a role for centuries :-)

When I had the first sample of "Simply Elixir" under my nose for the first time, I first thought of my late grandma (absolutely in a positive sense!!!). In fact, I have no idea what fragrances she wore, but the leather violet-combination was definitely there. Safe in an exclusive variant.

Back to the leather, back to "is just such a thing for itself and there are several variants". For my nose, this is exactly what the three Simplys are celebrating:
According to the fragrance pyramid they all have the same base and of course the violet in their heart - but the impression I get is completely different.
The principle is simple (*thigh tapping*) - but for me it works (as a leather newbie I am simply knitted): The white are the fine goatskin gloves, the red is the suede coat, the black is the biker pants...

I find all three beautiful - but I was looking for an autumn scent and it was the elixir sample that fixed me to leather.
The white one is also beautiful, starts fresh and flowery, is overall light and light, the leather is much more restrained - and, well, just light fine suede :-)
The red is spicy from the start, the flowers smell heavier and cedar is added - I find it to be the most expressive and full of character. And considered perfect for autumn.
The black is the harsh, slightly oriental variant (I don't understand why not at least the one declared as unisex - that's already the red one for me), so I also see the similarity to Fahrenheit stronger than in the red one.

In the end, I bought the red one - "Simply Elixir".
No suede coat, not in memory of grandma (she's with me anyway).
Simply because I think he's terrific.

Topic leather: Finished until further notice.

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