Boss Bottled Triumph Elixir arrived in spring 2024, signed by Annick Menardo, author of the 1998 Boss Bottled, with Suzy Le Helley. The house calls it green ambery and builds it in three stages: violet leaf at the top, vetiver essence at the center, patchouli essence at the base. It takes up the base of the 2023 Bottled Elixir and opens it onto a new freshness.
Glenn Kelly finds it darker and more balsamic than its sporty campaign promises, and very close to the 2023 Bottled Elixir.
What critics say
Glenn Kelly, I Fragrance, April 2024
Glenn Kelly notes a fresh, almost citrus opening that no announced note explains, perhaps bergamot. It lasts only a few minutes before the perfume darkens, over a soft spice, a balsamic character and woods.
He perceives at the center an earthy element that he attributes to patchouli and labdanum, and does not find there the violet of a Fahrenheit. The sporty, fresh and green promise seems hard to defend to him: he reserves it for autumn and winter evenings.
He finds it very close to the Bottled Elixir, with a more interesting opening, and doubts that a fan who already owns the original needs both.
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