Gucci Guilty Elixir de Parfum pour Femme
The Elixir intensification of the Guilty line opens with bergamot and violet stripped back to their cooler registers, joined by mandora — a mandarin-orange hybrid — for a citrus note that sits warmer and rounder than standard mandarin.
The scent fingerprint
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- Warm Spicy50
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- Vanilla
The note pyramid
- Mandora
- Bergamot
- Violet
- Wisteria
- Osmanthus
- Rose
By the editors · 2 min readThe Elixir intensification of the Guilty line opens with bergamot and violet stripped back to their cooler registers, joined by mandora — a mandarin-orange hybrid — for a citrus note that sits warmer and rounder than standard mandarin. The heart rearranges the usual Guilty femininity: wisteria's powdery grape-violet character sits beside rose and osmanthus, the last of these providing a fruity-floral bridge between the heart and a sweetly resinous base of tonka, vanilla, and patchouli. Elixir concentrations amplify base notes over time, and this one rewards patience — what smells dense and floral in the opening settles into a warm, skin-hugging oriental by the fourth hour.
Scent twins
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