Dolcelisir L'Erbolario for women

Yummy combo of fresh, juicy and spiced citruses with a beautiful sweet tonka base. Lots of powdery and almondy notes (think gooey marzipan) and radiant cinnamon. Absolutely amazing! Soooo in love!

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Pipe Tobacco done the Italian way. Simple yet exotic!
Have used it for years, especially indoors on colder days, due its sub par performance.
IFRA's fragocide or Brand's greed !?! The new formulation (imho) has killed the fragrance and therefore I bid farewell.

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I always think of rum punch next to candied almonds when I wear this (although no almonds were harmed in the making of this perfume) and I wear it often in cold weather. I really love this scent and I'm already thinking I'll never find an adequate replacement for this one. Unique.

Just got this!

Smells like L de Lolita when layered with Lira.

THE WELL-BEING ITALIAN ELIXIR

An elixir (a word derived from the Arabic الإكسير or Al-Ikseer) is a preparation containing an active ingredient dissolved in a solution with a certain percentage of alcohol. The most famous elixir in history has been created by Giuseppe Balsamo, known as "Count Alessandro Cagliostro", an 18th-century traveller, occultist, alchemist, healer, hypnotist and freemason. This adventurer, also known as Count Felix, Marquis of Pellegrini and Prince of Trapenzut, was an intelligent and charismatic charlatan. He claimed to be able to cure all kinds of diseases and, like any good alchemist, to turn metals into gold and become invisible. He committed his first crimes in Palermo, his home town, where he turned out to be a skilled forger. When his activities became too notorious, he was forced to emigrate to Egypt. Later, at the age of 25, he married a 15-year-old girl in Italy. She was the daughter of a humble artisan in Rome and had started working as a prostitute. Over the years he made friends with the true king of impostors and charlatans, the Count of Saint-Germain. From him, he inherited the formula of the "elixir of eternal youth", with which one could live up to two thousand years. In one of his pamphlets entitled "Secret of Regeneration or Physical Perfection", he recommended that people retire to the countryside, follow a diet for a month and takes the appropriate doses of his miracle elixir. As soon as the fevers, delirium, hair loss and periodontitis were overcome, one should take a good hot bath. In this way, the patient should be rejuvenated by 50 years. He died in Rome in 1795, at the age of 52. He had to appear before St. Mary's Church in penitential clothing and renounce all his sins and errors. However, he was not forgiven. As a result, he was imprisoned in the fortress of San Leone in Urbino, where he was finally strangled in his cell. Fortunately, people are no longer strangled today for making and selling unusual elixirs. At least I hope they don't!

Dolcelisir is a remarkably safe elixir even if you are not going to live longer just by using it. To me, it is a tonka bean elixir lightly infused with rum and flowers. Its amber facet is very pleasant and neither too strong nor overly sweet.
The tonka bean originates from the Amazon rainforest and offers a sweet scent with notes of almond, caramel, vanilla, cinnamon and tobacco. Besides the coumarin ingredient (Tonka), the addition of these individual notes to this fragrance only reinforces my opinion of it smelling like a tonka elixir.
It starts with a caramel cherry-cola and rum accord that is eerily similar to "Raghba Wood Intense" by Lattafa. Over time it becomes more reminiscent of "Hermessence Ambre Narguilé" by Hermès but probably less ambery and less sweet. It evolves into a narcotic amber blend with cinnamon, vanilla and bitter almond, without losing its alcoholic, caramelised accord. Although not listed, the base recalls a cherry tobacco note. The Hermés-like scent now also reminds me of "A*Men Pure Havane" by Thierry Mugler.
It doesn't perform particularly well and you have to re-spray to get a full day's wear out of it. As for the scent, it gives off an above-average quality feeling. It is a natural treat for lovers of not-overly-sweet amber scents.
As one should expect from a natural cosmetics brand, the presentation is quite simple. The same look and feel are shared by fragrances from L'Occitane and sometimes The Body Shop.
My overall impression of this fragrance: You get a mix of different oriental scents in a single bottle, with the easy recall of "Hermessence Ambre Narguilé" predominating. However, the value for money is remarkable considering I got a 50ml bottle for €15. It is quite safe to recommend it as a blind buy... and that's what I've done! The fragrance is currently discontinued, so if you see a remaining bottle in any L'Erbolario shop, buy it immediately.

Music: Roger Daltrey - It's A Hard Life

This is Philippe Garrel "Les Amants Régulier" in a scent.
I feel like being transported in the failed post 68's to 70's social's rebellions, disillusioned with the state of affairs of the world...smoking opium in my spare time, while dressing à la Bertolucci's "The Dreamers", like Theo to be exact. I just can not dissociate it from that aesthetic.

Ok, about the scent itself...forget warm cinnamon and rhum (and caramel), this is a liquor, yes.. but it is an elderflower based one. They make themself known in the opening, supported by bitter cacao powder and something lightly zesty (bitter orange? ginger? candied citrus?), and they never, ever leave the composition, remaining until the dry down, in a true narcotic fashion!

The rhum and caramel notes are quite faint and serve more as a support for the elderflowers which are present since the opening with a central role.
The boozines dies down a bit in the mid of the scent, where heliotrope and tabacco intertwine to create a powdery smoky/dry effect. But, like all the elements in here, they are toned down and muted, as if a patina, or better yet a sepia filter is applied on them, rendering them dusty, antiqued, but almost royally ancient.
This is truly an androgynous perfume, it's almost pure in this characterisation.
There is a bit of cinnamon sprinkled in the mix, but it is so cold...again, almost denatured. This stage remainds me so much of a Lush product, a bubble bar called Gingerbread House. Such fond memories evoked in me...
There is no palpable fruity note (maybe just the ghosts of dried fruits), nor truly tonka beans, at least in this new edition put on the market in 2023...a light nutty facet is only found in the opening where it is bitter and recalls the boozy notes of Mandorla, by the same L'Erbolario, and in the end of the base notes where results more as an almondy heliotrope then pure tonka.
Dry down is evocative of something even more old and aristocratic, a little smoked and powdery; the amber in it has a balsamic touch, it is paired with a smoky dry vanilla (so no sweetness from both of them) and a bit of brown sugar. The cacao powder returns from times to times, but present itself in a new facet...more mellow and lightly colored, not so bitter as in the opening.

Lasting power and projection is in line with other L'Erbolario creations, from 4 to 5 hours, depending on weather and skin, quite good but nothing to rave about. Overspraying definitely helps.

I find the scent very elegant and sensual, as I like to repeat, an elegance of old times.
I picture someone disillusioned by the mundane and detached from reality wearing it...someone that has the means and will to unplug everything and fly away to a safari (or to his uncle's "in the middle of a vineyard" French villa), spending his days in resigned hedonism, smoking narghilè while dressed in fine silk Etro bathrobes, listening to Nico. Not yet abadoned to nichilism but surely damaged, the egemony of the status quo to much to bear for his generous, illuminated soul.

The notes declared by the brand are as follow:
-Caramel, Rhum Absolute
-Elderberry Flowers, Cocoa Powder
-Benzoin Siam Absolute, Vanilla Absolute

Identical as maasai mara by Berdoues with a heavier cherry note but sillage and longevity much worse

This is available again on the website in limited edition and I purchased a small bottle. It is very nice but doesn't last so long. I layer it with Tobacco Vanille by Tom Ford and the effect is yummy.
Alone it's very cozy, on the same vibe of Angel's Share but not so intense, boozy and sweet. It can be worn in spring and at the office, it is not cloying. Nice dry down and for a human price.
Full bottle worthy.

It is not like a dessert, but it does give a dessert-inspired shisha or vape flavor vibe. Strong on the spices (especially the sweet cinammon), the rum is there but it not that alcoholic, the overall scent doesn't feel boozy nor too smoky, it is well-balanced. Overall it's spicy, sweet and a mix between smoky and boozy. I haven't tried Hermes, but it DEFINITELY doesn't smell like Angel's Share. That one is a lot more sweet and dessert-like.

great scent!

The proposed Dolcelisir is a remarkable safe elixir. To me, it is a tonka bean elixir lightly infused with rum and flowers. Its amber side is very pleasant and neither too strong nor overly sweet.
The tonka bean originates from the Amazon rainforest and offers a sweet scent with notes of almond, caramel, vanilla, cinnamon and tobacco. Besides the coumarin ingredient (tonka), the addition of these individual notes to this fragrance only reinforces my opinion of it smelling like a tonka elixir.
It starts with a caramel cherry cola rum accord that is eerily similar to Raghba Wood Intense. Over time it becomes more reminiscent of Hermessence Ambre Narguilé but probably less ambery and less sweet. It evolves into a narcotic amber blend with cinnamon, vanilla and bitter almond, without losing its alcoholic, caramelised accord. Although not listed, the base recalls a cherry tobacco note. The Hermés-like scent now also reminds me of A*Men Pure Havane.
It doesn't perform particularly well and you have to re-spray to get a full day's wear out of it. As for the scent, it gives off an above-average quality. It is a natural treat for lovers of sweet amber scents.
As one should expect from a natural cosmetics brand, the presentation is quite simple. The same look and feel is shared by fragrances from L'Occitane and sometimes The Body Shop.
My overall impression of this fragrance is that you get a mix of different oriental scents in a single bottle, with #Ambre Narguilée predominating. However, the value for money is remarkable considering I got a 50ml bottle for €15. I can easily recommend it as suitable for a blind buy.

Music: Roger Daltrey - It's A Hard Life

If you can't find ambre narguile or dolcesir, try to mix Lost Cherry with Honey Aoud (Montale). It will be like 85% match. 😊

I've gone through 2-3 bottles over the years, so I thought it's about time I post a quick review. I love this perfume! Well-done!!

Dolcelisir goes straight to Dutch Apple Pie when applied to my uber masculine skin. Okay, perhaps a portion of the initial spray reminds me of a distant cousin to Pure Malt, but only for few second before reminding me of Amber Narguile (AN) - not a twin, but a sibling that shares a great deal of that fragrance DNA.

As time progresses, this fragrance changes more into a Cinnabon type scent that pays homage to something like Musc Ravageur. Offhand, this scent sits a bit softer and closer to my skin than AN, but overall performance is average as it last 6-hours and projects moderately. Regardless, it's a very nice perfume for the asking price; a bargain!

Moreover, I don't agree with Dolcelisir being labeled as a
women's fragrance because it can comfortably be rocked by both men and women who enjoy these gourmand scents. The boozy notes are present, but only last a minute or two (initial spray)...powerful yes, but it doesn't rate to be so prominent in the voting since it's there and gone so quickly IMO.

I was looking for a replacement for the hard to find Farah/Haram,and this was recommended. It's close: it is definitely a vanilla tobacco type of scent. The middle dry is super sweet, which is unfortunate, but I tend to amp sweet notes, but ends very similar to Farah. A tiny bit less sweet would be great. I agree with the other reviewers that liken this to being akin to Ambre Narguile or some of the Serge Lutens Ambers. It's not as boozy or resinous as those, but the feeling of decandence and comfortable vanilla/amber is the same.

Rum and brown sugar. On my skin, all day long, this sweet, sweet, sugary scent. I feel the vanilla base but the rum note is very present for me. Sweet, enveloping, warm fragrance, excellent scent that stands out. To be worn when you want to "cuddle", when you want memories .... this perfume in me evokes the dream of distant lands, of distant times, tropical islands where these sugary mixes are found in local markets with spices, local fruits, food and colors ...
Or the old plantations, as in the films of the past.

This was a blind buy after reading that it's a dupe for Ambre Narguile. It's similar on me, but not the same. There are similarities, but I get slammed by tobacco upon first spray. Other's describe an apple pie smell, I'm not getting that. Fragrantica lists the notes to include bergamot, orange, caramel and rum, jasmine, rose, immortal, lily of the valley, cinnamon, sugar cane and cocoa powder, patchouli, vanilla, benzoin, tonka, amber and musk. I get the benzoin, then I get a lot more benzoin. On me this is not "a delightfully sweet liquor-like perfume, delicate and precious." This dries down to benzoin and rum on me. I don't dislike Dolcelisir, but I would like it more if I got other notes.

BLUF: Smells very similar to Hermés Amber Narguilé, one my Top 5 favorite fragrances! Dolcelisir gets the job done! 1/5 of the price, the slight differences do not justify the price difference, at least for me.

Dolcelisir smells amazing, lasts long and projects strongly. No more than two sprays around the neck, or I will suffocate! Quality juice in this bottle! Don’t know if they’ve been reformulated, I’ve bought my bottles back in 2015.

Thank you to those reviewers and frag heads who introduced Dolcelisir into my life, saving me lots of money in the future as I will always have this scent in my collection.

After my second day of wearing Dolcelisir I find it to be a great scent. To my nose I get more of a cola vibe which some call a cherry pipe tobacco smell... Either way it is a very pleasant way to start the scent. After the top fades I get lots of vanilla and amber mingled with a little cinnamon here and cocoa there. The other notes listed I don't get a significant wiff of but there is something in addition that I can't place that pops up.... I can't compare it to Hermessance Ambre Narguile due to never having put my nose on that juice, but I find Dolcelisir to be great. It does lean slightly more feminine to me than Meharees (which is awesome as well) but no less awesome for me and a total winner especially for $37 dollars US for 100 ml (I got lucky LOL!). Enjoy!

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Do you think the performance has changed from the very first bottles you've bought 10 years ago and the recent?
Because I tested this few months ago and performance was very poor.

Have been wearing this perfume for 10 years! Since I've found it in a market in Florence, Italy. It is absolutely unique - sweet, warm, rounded, sexy and everyone will recognize the beautiful smell as soon as you enter the room!

My favourite hints were of honey and cinnamon - and I do fully agree with whoever describe it as smelling like an apple pie fresh out of the oven.

Unfortunately, l'Elbolario has stopped its production! I am heartbroken.

The most natural smelling 'cologne' I've ever come across. First of all, this is similar to Tabac Rouge of Phaedon. I don't think it is an alternative to Ambre Narguille. We have a candy called Akide here in Turkey Ambre Narguille smells pretty much like Akide so I can't be wrong. This one, on the other hand, has a cherry pipe tobacco vibe done right.
I was about to buy it without testing it but I found it in a mall and decided to spray it on my right wrist and on my left hand. Glad that I did. After an hour I couldn't even smell it on my hand. My wife said 'I smell nothing on you'.
Too bad that it has an eau-de-cologne performance. Otherwise, it is an amazing juice but I don't need a cologne but a perfume which lasts at least a few hours and projects a bit. The lack of performance is a bummer.

This is very nice. I would call it a gourmand oriental. Caramel, orange, cinnamon and resins. It reminds me of some sort of boozy dessert maybe Italian rum cake. Great for autumn.

A Delicious Honey Tobacco scent there's a warmth that perhaps its cognac or Rum imparts...
I bought it because
Hermes Amber Narguille is far too expensive....I was lucky to get Hermes as a gift
Dolcelisir does indeed smell like Hermes Amber Narguille...
It also smells like
Farah by Brecourt
Dolce has a powdery dryness that Farah doesn't
I'm very happy to own all three now.

Wow this perfume was a surprise! On my extremely dry skin it smells at first like vanilla but within ten minutes changes to a sexy amber powdery scent with a hint of something deeper. It actually is a strong scent on me which never happens with vanilla sweet scents. This is very elegant and sexy scent! I love it!

this is sweet fruity, balsamic, and warm sugary scent.

opening is like punch of syrupy cherry with a hint of airy alcoholish (?)

opening and mid only last 2-3hrs on my skin then becomes powdery vanilla scent for about 6-7hrs.

projection is pretty good within 2hrs. i constantly catch a whiff of it.

i have mixed feelings about this fragrance, sometimes i feels girly because of syrupy sweetness, sometimes i feels like an old man because of balsamic nature.

i dont know wether i like it or not, because it leans to girlish grandpa lol.
still, smells average IMO. but i think i need to test it for more several times.

Scent: 6.5
Longetivity: 9 (9-10hrs)
projevtion: 7.5 (2hrs)
sillage: 7.5 (soft to moderate)

The opening is just yummy because of premium gold rum that obtains its flavor through the addition of mild cinnamon and dark caramel. This juice is so gourmand and delicious that you wanna drink it. But after a while gourmand notes get a little bit weaker, floral and citrus notes appear and make the whole composition less drinkable, but more imaginative. This perfume has got its unique charm, that lies in a harmony of gourmand, floral and spicy notes.

Now look it is very similar ro bogart pour homme wich i own and like very much.
But!!!
This is more cherry and butifull
Sweat fresh and natural tobacco
Althou they are very similar this is more
Unisex then bogart and i have to say
The quality is just super super good.
I gift it to my wife couse she love
Vanilla but this was a good suprise couse she like it very much but there is not much
Of a vanilla with all the spices around.
its the best natural verginia tabacco smell i ever came across.
Performence very good 10 hours..

Enjoy

The first sweet / sugary frag i do like.
Really nice balance, this does not come with the tacky candy feeling i hate.
Beautiful bargain fragrance.
The saver is like a Serge Lutens, simple and beautiful.

Very similar to Oajan by Perfume de Marly but 1/5 of the price! Excellent quality and longevity. Worth a try!

As many others before me have stated; what we have here is a very affordable dupe for Hermes Ambre Narguile. It isn't 100% similar, but it's certainly close enough! I'm even tempted to say that Dolcelisir might actually smell a bit better than AN... It's delicious. Plain and simple.

Decent longevity. The projection is quite massive at first, but it tones down into soft-moderate territory after an hour or so.

I got really intrigued by this perfume lately and to this especially contributed reading the reviews here. There are plenty L'erbolario shops where I live but I never enterred them to test the perfumes which is a big mistake because these perfumes are really good quality and smell much expensive than they are (22,90€ for 50ml and 31,90€ for 100ml).

I finally tested it and what a beautiful surprise. This is a typical autumn scent for me, it just embodies and evokes this season: it's a brown fragrance with lots of cinnamon, rum, caramel, vanilla but it's not a sweet perfume. It's rich and juicy and very seductive. The more I smelt it the more it reminded me of another very similar, almost identical perfume - Manila Grace Narcotic Fleur. I loved NF at first sniff but the price is high for me, but now that I found Dolcelisir I can buy many bottles of it and not feel guilty for the price.

Dolcelisir is warm and conforting with an edge of boldness and independence. It can be worn daytime and nightime and is suitable for most occasions. Longevity and sillage on clothes is impressive, much better than applying directly on skin. The drydown is dreamy. A few sprays and you are ready to face the world boldly.

Smell: 10/10
Longevity: 12/10 over 12 hours on my skin
Sillage: 6/10
Price 15/10 for this quality. 100ml Less of 40€

Love love this. So yummy gourmand delectable.

Good lord is this yummy.
For secret santa at work this year I got cinnamon blackberry tea from C.O Bigelow. It's supposed to help control blood sugar. (I don't have diabetes, but I think it may have been a stab at my dessert eating habits heh).
Anyway that tea is all cinnnamon and no black berry. It's one of my favorite teas ever it tastes SO good, the perfect cinnamon and it's so magically sweet despite being unsweetened!
When I smell this I think of my favorite cinnamon tea, honey, and dried fruit.
As others have pointed out it seems like this perfume was created to imitate other popular warm snuggly fragrances, but create a cheaper more feminine "safe" version. This reminds me just a tad of volutes by diptyque. In fact if someone hand made this and said it was a honey cinnamon scent with 1 part volutes to 10 parts hand made fragrance I'd probably find it convincing.
I think you ought to try this if you think a sweet cup of cinnamon tea and honey with just a HINT of something deeper and more complicated would be lovely. I find it entirely enjoyable.

Glad I sampled this first. I'll put the money I saved buying a bottle of this into a bottle of Hermes.

It's maybe 50% similar to Hermes. The drydown is a very generic vanilla type situation. Same as In a thousand other cheap-ish perfumes. It barely projects.

Needs more cinnamon. Needs more ..... everything.

The parfum de marly is a better alternative. But at the price, just buy the Hermes.

Disappointed.

Agreed with reviewer rougetnoir, that there are similarities with Keiko Mecheri's Loukhoum.

Dolcelisir gives me Vanilla extract, lots of Tonka, and Sweet Almond extract. There's definitely a boozy opening, that doesn't specifically point to Rum. I get more of the 35% alcohol that comes in a Vanilla extract from a spice rack.

Despite being a non-gourmie, I would love this as an ambient scent, in candle form. L`Erbolario does sell this as a candle as well.

I never had the pleasant to try hermes ambre narguile but when I was reading it's reviews I discovered dolcelisir and it was on my radar for a while.it has almost all the notes I die for so it could be my best perfume ever so I had to order it from other countries and it costed me almost 80$ but I couldn't let it go
First time I tried it I wanted to cry with dissapointment.I expected dolcelisir to be super delicious.but all I could smell was rum,cinnamon,amber and lots of tobacco!it reminded me pure Havana which I like but on a man
I decided to give it another chance today and glad I did so.it's still nothing like my imaginations.it's sweet but not as sweet as I wished and unfortunately there's no caramel and sugar to my nose and vanilla,cocoa and benzoin aren't as dominant as I want.I still can smell something like tobacco.it may be the combination of cinnamon and cacao.all in all it's a combination of something like tobacco,cinnamon and rum in a warm,sweet ambery base.it smells niche-like.very balanced,well put together and charming.it's definitely unisex and I believe you don't need to be a gourmand lover to love it.it's a complex fragrance and seems to have lots of layers.I can sometimes pink up small hint of orange,immortelle and other powdery musky florals but they come and go
I know that I have to give it time.most sweet,complex scents need time to grow on my skin and usually such fragrances turn to passionate loves for me after passing a small period of dissapointment and a week or month period of giving time
If there was more caramel,more balmy sweet notes like vanilla and benzoin and more cacao I'd love this.for now I can say I like it very much and I'm very satisfied with my blindbuy although I find it a little too masculine for my taste.it worthes as a high-quality niche for me.I also love it's simple bottle
Longevity is very good,+8 hours and sillage is moderate
If you're into spicy boozy balsamic scents give it a try

This is my second review, but I deleted the first one because it was unnecessary, since I've completely changed my mind.
I said it was too boozy and intense, but that's not the case. This perfume is the most delicious one I've ever smelled! The rum note is sophisticated, that is you don't smell like you are drunk, and it's still a sweet note. I'm not a fan of rum but I really like it in this perfume.
As I wrote previously, I don't smell much caramel but I think it's because my nose feels the caramel and the sugar note as they were altogether, which is still cool.
I smell also cinnamon, benzoin, amber and cocoa. I might have smelled some citrus and rose but I'm not sure; I didn't get the other flowers, but I'm generally bad at this anyway.

Moderate sillage, moderate lasting power. It wasn't as intense as I thought, so there was no cloud of alcohol surrounding me.

UPDATE: I got to know this fragrance better, and I can now perceive the caramel note. It's actually more prominent than what I thought, I don't know why I couldn't smell it before. I'm so in love with this fragrance, now I like it even more.

lo risento oggi, con più attenzione, dopo averlo spruzzato a lungo e dopo averlo gardito senza pensarci troppo. perchè è un profumo non impegnativo e, nonostante sia piuttosto dolce, rimane leggero. l'inizio è intossicante: mi sembrava mandorla amara, poi, annusando meglio, credo sia la sensazione di rum che a me pare piuttosto di amaretto. questa fase, lievemente disturbante ma in senso buono, lascia il passo a sensazioni di cannella, qualche chiodo di garofano e, infine una bella ambra all'arancia. l'accordo è molto godibile, peccato che su di me duri davvero poco. dato il prezzo, però, ci si può spruzzare abbondantemente.

Bellissimo e buonissimo!
Davvero ottimo, lo vedo ben accostato al periodo invernale, con la neve che scende, davanti al camino con una tazza di cioccolata calda.
Parte con un Rum spiccato, che a poco a poco piacevolmente lascia posto al caramello e alla vaniglia, e solo dopo subentra il cacao e la cannella.

<3

Lovely quality and fragrance, very unisex. I get like an apple pie with cinnamon and rum over an amber base, and yes, it's it is as delicious as it sounds!
Best part beside the price it's they also do soap and body cream. I'm quite liking this brand.

Picked up a bottle of this at a l'erbolario sale. It is a touted as a woman's scent, but it is certainly not girlie. Very sweet at first, lots of vanilla and rum. Not powdery at all which drew me to it. I can wear this in winter (as others have noted) to work under a suit. It is a warm and welcoming scent. It seems to last, hours later I am still getting gentle hints. I went quite light with it and seem to have hit a good balance.

If you adore Ambre Narguile but just can't afford it (who can?) this might just be the solution. I bought a decant on the search for a great new fall fragrance. Spritz... And there was my beloved Ambre Narguile! On me, they aren't exact. But it's close enough that given the enormous cost difference I'll no longer be scraping together little tiny decants of the Hermes fragrance. I'll just buy a big, big bottle of this instead.

Warm, spicy, yummy. It's a big apple pie hug with a glass of very good whiskey in front of a fire. It's cozy and safe. And one tiny spritz is going strong six hours later so I've got not worries about the staying power of a full application.

This one is a very good replacement for the Ambre L'Occitane perfume. I adore it but they don't produce it anymore. It is little bit sweeter and weaker but good option for me and Amber lovers!

Delectable rummy goodness. Heavy on the cinnamon and benzoin in the drydown, I find. Certainly not as sweet as I feared, the booziness prevents it from entering sickly sweet teenage-land. Overall impression: hot chocolate drink with a caramel drizzle, cinnamon sprinkle and a splash of rum.

I don't think this smells cheap - you just need to use it in moderation; I used one spray just above the navel, for example. I can never understand why people want a weaker scent - just dilute it if you must. Otherwise, you are asking for a cheaper product in order to smell more expensive! Clearly, that makes no sense. This one does smell quite a bit like Pure Havane in the base, perhaps a touch less "masculine." However, it smells more "niche" to me as well. In any case, if you don't like sweet scents this is probably not for you, but if you are "on the fence," remember that it's very strong, especially at first, so you might want to spray it into an empty vial and then use tiny dabs to see how much is enough for you.

UPDATE: I like the far drydown on this even more than the first couple of hours! One of the best gourmand blends I've encountered.

Everlasting and with a big sillage. I ended using it as a room spray, the sugar is overwhelming and makes it smell really cheap, synthetic and nauseating. Maybe it could suit a female teenager...

I am surprised that barely anyone spotted the similarity with Guerlain Gourmand Coquin. They both share that boozy and spicy hot chocolate smell: that kind of fragrance that makes you feel like snuggling in a sofa with a mug of hot liquid.
Now that I own both I would say that Gourmand Coquin is a bit spicier, even peppery, and more refined, especially in the drydown whereas Dolcelisir is sweeter and more rounded.
Both have very good longevity.
Anyway if you are eager to try Gourmand Coquin, I highly recommend Dolcelisir for a start as it is so much cheaper.
Very nice discovery!

I got a decant of this scent specifically to compare with the much pricier Ambre Narguile. While they strongly resemble each other, Dolcelisir has a more prominent cinnamon note and is not as refined and sophisticated as AN, more gourmand. It takes the apple pie accord in AN to the next level. Sillage is moderate and longevity is good. While not a perfect dupe of AN, it is a beautiful scent in its own right and worth sampling!

For 27 euros ($30), you have a quiet pleasent scent.
You have a rhum, caramel, vanilla and tonka bean domination, so you can classify it as a sweet scent.

This is a cold weather frag. Modest presentation especially the cap (what do you hope for such price?), but the juice is really well blended.

For the overseas members, I would say that it's not a bad deal if it's not more than $50.

This is amazing fragrance. For me it's a masterpiece. In my top 5. Sweet and intoxicating. He last more 10 hours on my skin and he projects very well. Very good quality/price

This is not a safe blind buy (especially in U.S. where shipping is expensive on Amazon). Though it does bear some resemblance to Ambre Nargile, it definitely seems more simplistic, sugary, and synthetic. It also vanished quickly from my skin. Save yourself some money- for the same amount you can get a small travel size of Ambre Nargile on eBay. You'll be much happier with the real thing.

One more we know, more insight, more a passion [...]. House perfumes and Italian pharmacy 100% natural products L'Erbolario, I present you the warmth of the sweetest Dolcelisir. East Fragrance vanillic providing engagement and also warmth when sprayed on the skin, whether or not mild temperatures. Yes, I could try it in warm days of my state (Pará - Brazil), and obtained positive results as well as satisfactory. As I read in several places, I do not consider it "an exclusivity for the cold" as it was thought to be until finally test it in calorzão and have me otherwise certificate. You can even combine with warmer temperatures, but do not discount the possibility of being used on sunny days too, sparingly and cautiously, falls very well. First, to my nostrils, Dolcelisir opens with dry notes of rum and fresh caramel, it's like having a glass with rum and caramel submerged by the drink and it was melt in your background, a different merger than we are accustomed, but that it works and appeals to the sense of smell. Soon, the fragrance changes to its middle notes bringing Canela, some thriving flowers and cocoa, however, is still noticeable super sweet caramel presence and dryness of Rum that associated with the middle notes refers to a light reminder to "dry down "of Tonka Imperiale by Guerlain, a well-even approximate perception. Not only at the beginning, but also in the middle, but equally in the end, Dolcelisir of L'Erbolario brings the notes of rum and caramel merging in his farewell stage to a heated Tonka, a resinous Benzoin, the sweet of one vanilla in a double boiler, printing fragrance comfort, well-being, tranquility and wrapping from start to finish. As might be expected, the fragrances with strictly natural concepts not boast a long-lived silage, but remains long enough for an acceptable perfuming, this in me, set for 5 h with a projection of 3 h, since this is a palliative that minimize the quality as well as the recognition of home products, is a Parfum Aqcua worthy of attention.

Word of the Day: contentment... (day 10)

It opens boozy with sweet caramel, and a whiff of something medicinal perhaps from the type of Amber used. It's very sweet and rich for a moment, then fades to a pleasant but less sweet and Intense vanilla. The deep dry down has a sort of sweetened rice pudding feel to it. Very cozy and warm.

This was a blind buy for my Autumn craving scents, aaaand
It is a clean aftershave soft musk with hint of vanilla and mostly cinnamon. More of a male scent, but it can be unisex. I was hoping for more booze and caramel in it, but I do not smell any. Before I even took it out of the box I thought it smelled like a clean aftershave and very European. This is a great choice for Fall and Winter months and the season upon us. It wears quite nice and pleasant.
I have it available for a swap. Message me if interested.

It's incredible how good this fragrance smell for only 27 euros/100ml!

A delicious boozy gourmand blend, perfectly unisex, easy to wear and very addictive. It reminds me a bit of Pure Havane, but I dare to say Dolcelisir is even better.

If you live in Italy, you love gourmand fragrances, and you never tried this, then RUN to the nearest L'Erbolario store! You can thank me later. =)

Fantastic performances on my skin, lots of compliments, and is so affordable, almost too good to be true. But it is!

I've been eyeing Dolcelisir on Fragrantica for a while, because judging from the list of notes and the reviews, it looks like it might just be the ultimate fragrance for fall, and it seems it's cheap as well. It sounds a little too good to be true, but now that I have acquired a small decant, I'm happy to say it's everything I expected!

It's such a cosy scent - wonderfully warm and deliciously boozy and spicy, without smelling too edible and therefore too conspicuous to be wearable. In the bottle it does smell exactly like apple pie, or maybe apple juice or cider, so like other reviewers I was surprised to see that apple isn't even listed in the note pyramid. But on my skin it goes into an entirely different direction: there's still a suggestion of apple in the general boozy juiciness of the fragrance, but the warm spicy notes are definitely the ones that stand out - so much so in fact, that I understand why some people find this unisex fragrance more masculine than feminine. It's definitely not too much for my own taste, though, and spices aren't usually my favourite notes.

So this is really just as perfect for a cold, misty day in autumn as I was hoping for - in fact, it has everything to become a particular fall favourite: warm and comforting without being either too immature or too overwhelming, very longlasting, and cheap to boot! The only things that some might consider downsides are that it doesn't change much throughout its long life span, and that it's not exactly a sophisticated, elegant kind of scent. But these things don't matter to me, because I'm no Coco Chanel, and I wear so many different perfumes that I don't have time to get bored by any of them. I think this decant will be used up faster than most, though!

A beautiful Fall fragrance... I tried this today on one part of my arm along with Perlier Vanilla Coffee (I recieved both as a lovely decanted gift so I just had to, you know how it is) and I smelled of coffee cake while sitting on the porch on a cool Fall morning! Beautiful! This fulfilled my need for a perfect Fall fragrance!

My hubby bought this for Anniversary gift. Love it!
Sad though now it's very hard to find!

I came by to say there's no way there is not APPLE in this even before reading the reviews; I get a BIG, tart green apple baked into a pie. Due to that being the #1 note I smell it wasn't what I was expecting! Will stick w/ Farah for my gooey warm sweet treat fix for now. (I guess it could be sugared bergamot?)

I also get the tobacco vibe some people mention, leading it to have an aftersmell a bit like apple shishah (hookah tobacco) to me, only w/ amber and immortelle honey tones mixed in. I like to sniff it but I think I'd prefer smelling it in a location rather than on me, you know? Like a rich comfort food candle :D

This is soooo good. I have not tried Ambre Narguile for a bit, so won't be comparing the two, but on its own, this is a really lovely fragrance.

The first spray was not that great, I had an impression I smelled a pretty strong alcoholic smell. That was gone within a minute or two, and what you get later, is the gourmand feast of delicious boozy apple pie with a huge dose of cinnamon.

The drydown is all about benzoin, vanilla and tonka. The amber gives it a nice, resinous depth. And the best thing is- the lasting power. I sprayed it to test before going to bed, in the morning, 12 hours later, it is still going strong on my wrists.

I would not go as far as to call is a masterpiece, but it is a super-well made cosy scent that is worth giving it a go if you like rich, gourmand scents.

Dolcelisir was a pleasant suprise!

It was the first L'Erbolario fragrance that I tried out. Yes, yes, yes...I admit it. I read that it is very similar to the much loved and reviewed Ambre Narguile in the Hermessence line. Rent was coming due soon, so rather than shell out the $250 smackers for AN (which I'm sure I will in the near future) I thought I'd try Dolcelisir on for size.

At first sniff I fell in love. There is so much going on in this fragrance. The boozy, warm quality is the first thing that struck me as I tried it on my skin. I picked up a slightly bitter, licorice sambuca-like, or even wormwood note from the very beginning which isn't part of the AN accords, but I like what it adds to the fragrance. I can smell the "fresh washing powder" notes which blend so harmoniously with the smoke and amber. The gourmand quality, particularly the sweetness reminded me LOOSELY of a few other fragrances; Traversee Du Bosphore and L'Instant de Guerlain pour Homme. Truly a great find. It doesn't last as long as AN (didn't really mean to turn this into a comparison), but even after 8 hours I can still smell that sweet, honeyed amber note.

I just love this! And for around $60 for 100 ml, I'd say it is worth every cent. Can't wait til Fall to really see how it shines!

At first sniff, I do get the jammy undertone of 24Gold from scent story, but it's really not worth mentioning it cause it's nothing like 24Gold. It's like Meharees without the cloves and coated with the tobacco from TM's Pure Havane/ Parfumes De Marley's Herod.

If this is compared to Ambre Nargiuile, and I've never smelled that, I don't get the baked apple pie reference. This is creamy, tobacco, cinnamon, and milky vanilla. I don't get apples.

This truly is an awesome scent. It isn't loud. It's sits close to the skin. The longevity is around 5 hours. Totally worth the hype and so glad it's in my collection. A great reference for anybody that isn't ready to commit to the really expensive niche frags, yet.

Dolcezza aggraziata e confortante.
Uno spruzzo sul polso e compare magicamente una piccolo bracciale- ghirlanda di fiori di sambuco, ammorbiditi da zucchero di canna, miele, cannella e qualche goccia di rum.
Un profumo delicatamente liquoroso (forse avrei potenziato di più la nota alcolica, essendo fruitrice incondizionata di Idole Lubin...), moderatamente speziato, inebriante senza stordire, caldo.
Fiori tropicali, cubani, altro che profumo "natalizio"...Forse per questo acquista vigore con le alte temperature estive.
La crema corpo ha burrosità e persistenza estrema.
Bello.

Fantastico!! Un profumo molto dolce ma speziato, caldo,assolutamente non scontato!! Vale molto più del suo prezzo!
è a lunghissima tenuta, si sente molto bene il rum e lo zucchero di canna.
Se non conoscessi le componenti del profumo lo definirei tabaccato, un tabacco dolce e avvolgente.

Dolcelisir is a sweet elixir for gourmand lovers. I smell cinnamon, almonds, rum, candied cherries, vanilla, resins and subtle floral notes. It's sweet, warm, boozy and slightly spicy. It makes me think of sweet liquor or syrup. Not the most sophisticated fragrance, but I don't believe it's trying to be that. It's like a rich dessert: indulgent, sinful, delicious and greedy. And some days I need just that. Overall, it's not a very heavy or overbearing scent. Projection is medium, which I find ideal for this type of gourmand fragrance. Get it only if you're a gourmand fan with a sweet tooth and feeling greedy. ;)

A real Masterpiece
A rich Sweet complex Fragrance, smells in the mid like Ambre Nergile.
Smells fantastic sweet and boozy 10/10
Performance 08/10
Overall 9/10.

I had been looking for something spicy and gourmand like this all winter. So darn close to being a dupe for Hermes Ambre Narguile. Cinnamon, boozy and vanilla with a sweet smokey personality. Wearing this I'm in a cloud of scrumptious-ness :)

Dolcelisir is beautiful. Truly it is. It smells like absolute dream in the bottle. Sweet, playfully intoxicating and inviting. Something possessed me when I got it, perhaps the scent promised me perfection as I am a fan of sweet vanillas and cinnamon...

But... It's not for me... On me this is straight cherries+tobacco+sugar plus cloying syrupy tone that projects like crazy and almost chokes me.
I gave it away to my sister, it smells lovely on her, sweet, playful, and complex.

Now this is autumn. Spiced cider, caramel apples, golden tree sap and brightly hued crunchy leaves, with a swirl of bonfire smoke. Akin to Ambre Narguile certainly, but that one is more mom's apple pie cooling on a windowsill, whereas this one is a Halloween carnival. Both have a gourmand deliciousness, and a very definite taste of apple, despite it not being a listed note in either. While sweet, I don't really get vanilla from this, it's a great balance between sweet and savory, salted caramel and rich resins providing a toastiness to the sweeter, smoother notes. Much more to this one than Ambre Narguile, which is I suppose a more day-time, sunny weather equivalent to this. Not talked about enough as a gourmand IMO.

Lots of hype for this one here on Fragrantica.


I sort of agree with below review - it is ok, but not deserving of all of the big raves it gets.

This is like taking 24 GOLD by Scent Story and watering it down, then cutting it with Balmain Ambre Gris, and then ramping up the cinnamon.

Dolcelisir is nice, but not swoon worthy by any sense of the word. For someone looking for a good cinnamon gourmand on a dime this might be your cuppa.

Does anyone else notice a pronounced orangey accord combined with the sweetness?

So spicy and so boozy, I think the name is a little misleading for me, it is not so sweet. Will work great in the winter months. Great sillage and longevity. My bottle's juice level is dropping fast!

It all started with a swap : i only had 25 ml left in that bottle and was spraying it lavishly because this scent is gourmie addictive : it smells of fresh baked apple pie, with tons of cinnamon and soaked almost in rum, yes : there is definitively a boozy opening, a blast of rum but not disturbing because it is mixed with with fresh bergamot and orange. I smell also quite long the caramel, it lingers constantly in the background and all the flowers are completely "edible" : they are caramelised and sugar coated, don't expect fresh garden flower smell, it is all about the gourmand indulgence : caramel, rum, cinnamon, cacao, vanilla, sugar cane : ahhh, it is an epic scent, real value for money and a must have for those who appreciate such kind of gourmand perfumes. I could almost say that you can take the risk to blind buy it, it is so well blended that risk is small you will dislike it. And if you dislike, PM me, i don't mind to have dozen of back ups :-) i already ordered and received a new back up bottle !! This perfume can really compete with much more expensive niche scents, a real bargain

I've been wearing this for a couple of days now, and I am really impressed. The top is pretty alcoholic with the rum note, but it blends nicely with faint citrus notes and a hint of caramel which starts the sweetening process. The mid has two phases. The first phase starts slightly spicy and sweet; reminiscent of Spicebomb (thanks to the cinnamon and floral notes). The second phase transitions into a sweeter fragrance and it gets powdery and sultry (thanks to the immortelle, sugar, and cacao powder). The base takes the second phase of the mid and just completely blows me away. This is my favorite part of the fragrance...it gets sweeter, sexier, drier, stronger!!! It really does start to project more on my skin once the base arrives. The musk combined with all those vanillic notes attaches itself to your skin and projects a smell that reminds you of being in humid, dry heat surrounded by sweet resins (very shocked myrhh is not a note in this fragrance) and fresh vanilla beans. Sounds overwhelming...maybe, but in cooler weather I would love to be reminded of dry, humid sweetness. This lasts about 8 hours on me with the weirdest projection trick I've ever had a fragrance play on me...the projection is best on my skin in the 6-8 hour time frame. I cant wait to try this once the fall and winter seasons arrive.

A bitter-sweet gourmand that starts with a bang of the note of Rum but that turns quickly becoming docile, sugary, dusty and very close to the skin without being cloying.
And preserving its spicy side until the end.
I agree, Dolcelisir is not only suitable to winter, also is enjoyable during the warm season as a "Honey Bee" sipped on the seashore.
Excellent price, good quality.

Does bear marked similarities to Hermes Ambre Narguile, but IMHO better! Has sweet and slightly syrupyness but a bit less fruity, with more Cinnamon, balsam, vanilla, sweet warm spice!..definitely rum, & powdery cacao, and a bit of caramel. Not honey like Ambre Narguile.
Starts to get the same slightly woody note as Meharees (signature L'erbolario base, maybe?)...goes away though

Definitively unisex gourmand. Very good.

Good 3.5/5

rum, arancia, cannella e ambra. eccellente!

My first impression of Dolcelisir was good - but as I was testing other L`Erbolario perfumes at the same time, I forgot it.

Later in the day though, I found myself smelling that exact spot over and over again. What a pleasant mix of smells, something so warm, familiar and soothing.

That said, I'll be testing this perfume again - properly!

in my opinion it is not unisex

I'm absolutely in love with this scent. Thanks to all those who mentioned it as a possible alternative to Ambre Narguile, you helped me to find it, test it, buy it and use it. It isn't really equal to it but it is beautiful of its own. I can't get enough of its drydown, on my skin it is warm (amber, tonka, benzoin and vanilla with a slight animalic end that makes it addictive) and spicy (cinnamon is there all the way), sweet (cacao and caramel) and dry (immortelle). The top notes don't stay too long on me, I like the sweet rum mix with just some orange peel. It seems to just disappear for a while after this first phase to come in again in a deep way with a quick transition of the middle to base note. The flower notes must be there but I'm not picking any individually.

It is very long lasting and polite enough in terms of sillage.

All in all a very nice and affordable scent. Though warm it does behave during fall and spring as well as during winter.

its too similar to ck shock for men

A light and tasty gourmand, caramel and rum notes show off in the opening, to give way to a lovely cacao along with cinnamon at the end. A balanced vanilla then comes beside fava tonka, amber, and bezoin. Slight but noticeable sillage, not invasive, and good longevity.

I tried it once. I did not like the top notes: alcohol is too strong: I do not want to smell like I drank a bottle of rum!
The drydown is more pleasant, but not enough to persuade me to wear it.

It's a lovely gourmand fragrance. On my skin I can mostly smell the rum and the cinnamon, slightly the caramel, and I smell clove in it quite intensely. It's not among the ingredients, but I can smell it... For the first 20-30 minutes it's a very intensive frgrance, but later it becomes lighter, and what stays for hours is a comforting gourmand "almost skinscent".

I bought Dolcelisir with great enthusiasm from a small Farmacy near the Vatican in Rome during a trip. I had sampled Ambre Narguile an Haram Brecourt, but thought to buy the cheap alternative since the reviews suggested it was almost as good as the real thing. And it is, do not get me wrong. But it would never pass for either the Hermes or the Haram. Dolcelisir was to my nose very synthetic, nausea inducing, not unpleasant but would never use it. I guess I'll have to stretch the budget for the real thing..

I think the previous reviewers have summed it up nicely and pretty well! I blind bought this based on reviews, encouraged by it's inexpensive price and of course the lovely note pyramid. It's a dry, spicy, boozy vanilla/caramel combination. It's nowhere as gourmand as L de Lolita, yes I agree it's a smoky relation to Tea for Two by L'artisan, I find it less sweet in a good way as compared to SDV by Guerlain but I think Mona di Orio did a better dry vanilla. There is a harshness around the edges of this beauty, it isn't as refined as SDV or Mona's Vanille but at this price, they shouldn't be compared. Sillage is good, about an arm's length but longevity could be alot better, I'm getting maybe three hours maximum before this becomes a skin scent. All in all, I'm happy with this different take on an oriental vanilla.

fiquei muitíssimo feliz em ter descoberto essa jóia, idêntico ao caríssimo Ambre narguile (Hermes) só que por um preço ridiculamente mais baixo.
eu não sinto todas as notas dessa rica pirâmide. Me remete a uma deliciosa e suculenta torta de maçã com canela, perfume quente. Especiado. Consigo sentir o rum tb. ao meu ver me parece linear, tomara que com o tempo eu aperfeiçoe meu olfato e consiga sentir essas notas todas.
Esse perfume é nota 10 p mim. Excelente fixação e ótima projeção. Não fica atrás do hermes não. Vale muito a pena

I just got it but I think I'm gonna like it a lot :)

At first moment it's very boozy, with a bit of cinnamon, and lots of benzoin. Then it evolves into Tea For Two kind of scent - warm, bit smokey, bit vanillary dupe for L'artisians creation. After that a real magic happens and the whole scent turns into divine mixture of Blue Sugar [but without patchouli], L by Lolita Lempicka and Pink Sugar, but a bit creamier than those three. In the drydown I find loads of caramel, vanilla and cinnamon - lovely gourmand with some depth inside.

هع اريد ان اقضم يدي بعد ان رششت العطر لاختبره عطر جميل شرقي ربما قد تشم بعض النوتات التي سبق اون شممتها في احد العطور الشرقية اذا كنت محب لايعني هذا العطر ثقيل بالعكس هو فواح ومغربي وعصري ورسمي سعيد باقتناء هذا العطر
ستشم او ستلحظ في حال تدقيقك وفي حال معرفتك السابق بروائح بعض المكونات ستلحظ امور كثيرة في العطر العنبر والفانيلا والورد والكراميل بصراحة عطر جميل سويتي يصلح لجميع الاعمار :)
ساوفيكم بثبات العطر لاحقا

indeed boozy , in an awesome way , kindda girlie sexy or maybe it´s just me . exactly how it made me feel while wearinf AN ... sweet sugary yumminess . who cares just how hot it gets here in rio ?! ... i wear whatever i please and it always pleases `´others `´ ... a lil goes a long way ( i mean , this 1 does last ! ) tip for summer : one spray on my hair another behind my knees and i´m good 2 go !

Christmas in a bottle !!!! Beautiful !

It has this note that just stings my nose. It lasted for a couple hours before resembling ambre narguille but ambre narguille doesn't have that harsh note inside it. I don't think the price is justified for ambre narguille but still are good scents overall.

I think there is a reason why 225 pers think its smell like Ambre Narguille and not TV tom ford and i have all these fragrance and its 100% a clone of Ambre Narguille not close to TV

Brava Myjebo, this is a real clone of Tobacco Vanille (T. Ford) but what a price: 25,5 euro 100 ml vs 260 euro 100 ml!!!! Ehi I love TV but it's a shame for the niche perfumery and not just that........

O-hohoho! Sweet, boozy fragrance, at first it is like burnt sugar. The rum is strong, like a brownsugar cube dipped in rum and lit. After a while it turns rounder, kinder, sweeter gourmand. God bless in spite of sweetness it's not the tipical sweet gourmand mass product. It has personality like a good Italian desiner. High quality!!! On my skin there is no chocolate or caramel. Sugar, spices, warm sweetness,so it's perfect for colder months. As it makes me think of Brazilia, I could wear it in summer too, somehow it suits bronz brown skin, boozy sleepless nigths, and heat.
The drydown is pure cinnamon; sexy-dirty combination on my skin
Edit: after a few days' wear I detect a strange change; a not listed, cherry falvoured tobacco, sweet, delicious note! I'm so lucky that I've found this perfume!!!! Better than some niche ones. In the same leage like L'Artisans ( my favorite house).

Yes, very sweet indeed. It starts with a blast of rum, but that doesn't last very long. About five minutes later, caramel emerges and blends with the rum, balancing it out. It's a very syrupy scent. I can also smell honey and sugar. Not sure about vanilla or cinnamon, at least not yet. This is supposed to have the same drydown as Méharées, another favourite of mine from L'Erbolario.
This is definitely sweeter than Méharées, but I can't really decide which of the two I enjoy more. I guess I can't really compare them, as they are both unique and beautiful in their own ways. I must say, however, that while I wouldn't have any problems wearing Méharées every day, I feel I would probably get tired of the thick sweetness of Dolcelisir. I think this would do well as a comfort scent, especially on a cold, rainy day.
Sillage is soft on my skin. Not sure about longevity yet, but I'll keep you posted.

UPDATE: I've had this on for two hours, so I guess I must be smelling the very last accord of this fragrance. It does not smell like the drydown of Méharées. It's sweeter: mostly caramel/vanilla/rum. Méharée's drydown is a musky/dirty (in a good way)/spicy vanilla.
This drydown is my favourite stage of Dolcelisir. I get pleasant whiffs of it every now and then, and I seriously doubt anyone around me would be bothered by this fragrance. It's noticeable enough, yet soft enough.
Longevity on my skin is 12+ hours.

It reminds me Spicebomb by Victor&Rolf and La Nuit de l`Homme Yves Saint Laurent. That's why i think it is unisex. It is warm and very, very nice

Omg this is amazingggggggggggggggggggg like Ambre Narguile this is a real steal and i dont care to pay 200-300 for fragrance i just cant believe its 25-40 dollars

Soft, powdery almond and dry peppery spices, reminiscent of L'Artisan Tea for Two. It shares similarities to POTL Luctor Et Emergo, and Ambre Narguile. Not as sweet and apple-like as Ambre Narguile. Without the dark smoky tea of Tea for Two, and without the sweet cherry tobacco of POTL. It does have an animalic aspect that comes out more strongly than in the others, at least on my skin. The Tonka is very strong. Price-wise, it's a steal relative to the others, especially the discontinued and well-adored Tea for Two.

Comes off softly and hides away and then back with a vengence. Great longevity and silage!

This perfume for me is like crossing an old cafeteria's door in a cold snowy day.
The wood counter, the gourmande smell of hot drinks, but different from a patisserie,less yummy just warm and cozy. A really nice and complex scent at this price. Definetly for winter! Love it

I tested it today, and it's very good. I didn't know whether to buy Méharées, which I had already smelled, or Dolcelisir. I ended up buying Méharées, not only because I love it, but because I thought the rum note in Dolcelisir might have been a bit too much for me. Maybe I'll still get it in the future. If they toned that note down just a notch, it would be perfect. I do love the drydown. Sweet, but not cloying.

Very similar to Ambre Narguilé and with low price. But the quality is high!

Today, I rec'd this beautiful version of TF's private blend of Tobacco Vanille. It is identical to TF. I have now two of the same. Okay nice but alot of mimicy blends of TF.

Dolcelisir is an EDP for special persons, those who likelove perfumes which are long lasting and strong and know how to wear it and when.It isn'nt for everybody especially not for those who, when in doubt, choose their perfumes by price and not by quality.In my opinion L'Erbolario products are 'old fashioned' and by that I mean that their products give you a feeling of old times, when a perfumer would produce a perfume on a festive occasion for a special customer so that himher could feel just like that:special.

Worht a try!
Very rich long lasting candy like perfume.

I recommend it for winter (cheaper solution than Guerlain La Petite Robe but gives a same feeling.

To me this smells almost identical to Gerlain Gourmand Coquin. I did a smell comparison today. Gourmand Coquin is still way superior to my nose, smoother, rounder, less nose tickling, more chocolate. Dolcelisir would have been SO much nicer had thet left out that nasty musk, IMO. Sigh. So I'll stick to my GC, but if you like musk, and want something similar yet way cheaper, give it a try.

I recently visited Cape May, NJ when I found this scent. So lovely! Rich, musky....however, contrary to other reviews, I find very poor staying power. It is quite faint after a couple of hours. I found this out after purchase, but for $40 and the fact that I have a new scent (best for local outings because it becomes so faint), I'm alright with it. Gentleman at the store says it is all the rage in Italy.

Sweet and enticing.

I use it with moderation and wear it under my clothes.
and as I like to wear perfume on my hair, two spritz are enough.It can be combined easily with a vanilla bodylotion to round up your appearance.

It`s comforting and spicy but not boring or too harsh.
Simply beautiful when you`re in the mood for richer scents..

This normally is not my favorite group. It's the sweetest cinnamon with rum, smells like freshly baked apple strudel. Rare in the mood, but when I wear it I enjoy. Sometimes bothers me cause it's so sweet and too much gourmet... you feel the sweetness in the mouth, sometimes simply too much.
edit/perfect for winter, it's a warm gourmand fragrance for all occasions

The gluttony of crème caramel and the fineness of panna cotta accompanied by a cup of rum...
I tried it today, and I can say this fragrance is rithfully a real gourmand!

Compared to some of the most popular caramel perfumes, Dolcelisir is to them as a dessert of the best restaurant is to a fast-food cake... or as a semifreddo from high confectionery is to a packaged cake from a supermarket.
Caramel scents generally are not my thing, but I would be proud to wear Dolcelisir: it's a classy, refined fragrance, not a girly synthetic odor for noses yet to wean.
Although its warm and cozy main tones make it perfect for the wintertime, thanks to its softness (rose, lily of the valley and jasmine) and the balsamic notes tipical of mediterranean vegetation (bergamot, orange, elicriso), Dolcelisir is also suitable to less cold season.
The only downside is the relatively weak sillage: Dolcelisir is a warm, cozy scent... it's as its best when sniffed close to the skin of the wearer.

A masterpiece almost unknown, but happy is he who has the good fortune to have discovered it!

Not bad as a fragrance but very boozy on initial spray.
This falls strictly in the typical L'Erbolario sugary candy type. I'm not a fan of L'Erbolario, but this one is not so bad and it's quite playful!
Good staying power and nice scent for the money.
If you like it a lot go for the bigger bottle because it is much cheapier than little one!

I had a sample bag with 1 or 2 ml of scent inside. It used to drive me crazy because I loved it so much. A warm, cinnamon and rum, caramel, Christmasy fragrance, a sugary gourmand treat. I didn' buy it because a colleague of mine wears it at work. It is a must try from l'Erbolario.

The rum note is at first a bit daring to me: rum and sugar? Like liqueur in the morning it's a bit much ;)

After the booz there is a high of caramel, dry cinnamon and balsamic notes (though I couldn't swear on Benzoin or amber, tolu or such)... It comes pretty close to being just a gourmand vanillic fragrance, but for me this is so cozy and has something of wheat cookies with a beeswax/honeynote... Everyone who has a faible for porridge with cinnamon: this could be it - thrown in with amber and a bit of rosewater.

This is claimed to be made of natural ingredients and has nevertheless a good perfumy feeling and staying power. Highly enjoyable but only within colder temperatures!

this is a sweet perfume, but not so sweet. I've heard that is considered the cheap version of Loukhoum, by K. Mecheri. it is close to it, yes: but, I have to say, I prefer this one. there is something in Dolcelisis, anyway, that makes it more affordable (not only the price tag!) and I think it's the bergamot and the rum note at the opening. all the drydown is faboulos on me!
this is a winter perfume, for sure.

I've tried it yesterday, but it smelled too "boozey" on my skin. Maybe in winter...

have you ever tried Tea for Two by l'Artisan? So smoky sensuous and full of liquor? Well this Dolcelisir is for me the cheaper, sweeter and feminine version of T for 2. Dolcelisir has been on sale since just a season and you can smell it everywhere, underground, restaurants and cinema. Signs of its enormous success. Well done again L'erbolario.

Come la fragranza è debole,ho spruzzato 3-4 volte e non sentivo quasi niente.Sa di visciole cioè il vino di amarene italiano,piacera di sicuro agli amanti di scomparsa "Gloria".

lovely and longlasting as home fragrance and candle, warm beautiful and relaxing as shower gel and soap, but too strong as eau de toilette. too much rum on my skin..I feel drunk! and sick!!