Christian Dior: Hypnotic Poison, Eau de Toilette

I first tried this perfume in my early teens when my mum gave me a sample bottle, and I was instantly hooked. Hypnotic poison certainly lives up to it's name; I've had so many people stop me and ask me what I'm wearing when I wear this, and all of them say it smells like different things. In my opinion, it smells like a cross between candy, and a woody scent, with sweet floral undertones, and that's the reason I love it so much. It's very hard to pin down and that's what makes it so enchanting. It is quite heavy, which makes it better value for money and as you only need to use it sparingly. It also comes in a sturdy bottle, so I've never suffered ...  Read the complete review

This is the second one of my three planned perfume reviews for this weekend. As mentioned in my Review of Dolce Vita, I did some perfume testing at a Dior counter on Friday. I've been exploring Dior very gradually. Most of their fragrances are very distinctive, some are even hard to like. It's good that they don't release insipid crowd pleasers every few months, but I've just been able to handle a bit at a time. The outcome is that Hypnotic Poison is my second favourite of the three and an absolute must have. As the picture shows, it's the red one among the Poison bottles. The box is a matching but darker mottled red. I might be a bit slow in catching up on ...  Read the complete review

This is my absolute favourite perfume. I started wearing it about a year ago and now it's my 'signature scent' as some nice boy put it. Hypnotic poision is undoubtedly strong, it's warm and spicy but at the same time kind of sweet (on me) but that's one or those things about perfume- it smells different on different people. Personally though I love it. I was sick of all those girly floral scents and I wanted something womany and sophisticated. Hypnotic Poision is all of these things. Men can't resist it and neither can I. I go through about a bottle every two months and the body lotion is also amazing. It has gold glitter in it and allows ...  Read the complete review

My mother wore the original Poison when I was growing up in the eighties - and the overpowering aroma seemed to stick in my nostrils for years after I moved out. I didn't think there was anything in this world that would convince me to wear any variant, until one day I came across a sample of Hypnotic Poison in a magazine. This little piece of cardboard impregnated in fragrance remained in my wallet for weeks - I kept taking it out and every time I did, I fell more in love with its musky, vanilla notes, and the sweetness of jasmine, which has always been one of my favourite scents. But it was the heavy almond notes which made it so addictive for me. Like ...  Read the complete review

Do not mistake this for the older version which was simply called 'Poison'. I wore this on and off in the 80's and recently went back to a perfume counter to see if I still liked it. One whiff nearly knocked me out cold! Good lord that 'Poison' is strong. If I remember correctly, it was actaully banned by several restaurants at the time as people couldn't taste their food if someone wearing it was sitting at a table near them! What was I thinking, then? Mind you, it *was* the era of the puffball skirt... So, banishing all memories of overpowering fumes, prepare to be delighted by the softly layered vanilla, powdery amber and oriental ...  Read the complete review