I have the same problem as zakrebrowski. When I use his example I still do not get the characters right: 
#!/usr/bin/perl
use XML::Simple;
use Data::Dumper;
use Encode;

my $content = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" ?>\n";
$content .= "<tag>\x{c3}\x{bb}</tag>\n";

print "input:\n$content\n";

my $xml = new XML::Simple;
my $data = $xml->XMLin($content, KeepRoot => 1);

encode_utf8($data->{'tag'});

print "data: ".$data->{'tag'}."\n";
print Dumper $data;

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returns: 
input:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<tag>û</tag>

data: 

$VAR1 = {
          'tag' => "\x{fb}"
        };

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My real life code tries to parse an xml with xml::Simple and stores the data in a mysql-database. The database has the same encoding problems as above.

I am looking at this sample code for days now with no idea where to go on ... Any help is appreciated!

In reply to Re^2: utf8 && XML::Simple by Trace On
in thread utf8 && XML::Simple by zakzebrowski

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