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In a previous article, we explained that the etymological evolution of the word “Gift” is linked to the different concepts of sexuality, apparition, birth and life giving. These ideas are as well contained in the Hellenic notion of “Grace.” We also compared the concept of “gift paper” with the “unveiling” of the bride during the wedding ritual in the ancient Greece. On this basis, we can evaluate again the notion of “poisoned gift” especially by substituting the word “poison” by the word “venom” which promoted earlier in the past the idea of a deadly substance. This idea related to the word “venom” is clearly linked to the incarnation of Love represented by Venus (which comes from the same indo-european etymological root) and to the two notions of seduction and corruption. Indeed, the poisoned gift suggests the poisoned arrow sparking off the forbidden love. It consists in different presents aiming at disturbing the social order and at destroying the current or foreseen alliances. But the toxic gifts could be envisaged more globally as vectors affecting the behaviour of the donee. They suppress all possibilities of rejection and the “gift” as a concept is losing its original meaning : the one which combines both duty and freedom.