Clinique · 1971 · Bernard Chant

Aromatics Elixir

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Rose and orange blossom over jasmine and ylang-ylang, drying to earthy patchouli and oakmoss with a hint of vetiver.

Clinique says

You’ll smell Bulgarian rose, orange blossom, jasmine, ylang ylang, patchouli and oakmoss.

More from Clinique’s description

It also mentions Vetiver.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Aromatics Elixir’s scent picture, a draft: rose, orange blossom, jasmine, ylang-ylang, patchouli, oakmoss drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Aromatics Elixir, top notes: Rose, Orange blossom, Lavender, Sweet orange, Geranium, Anethole (anise)

Heartas it settles

Aromatics Elixir, heart: Jasmine, Ylang-ylang

Dry-downwhat stays

Aromatics Elixir, dry-down: Patchouli, Oakmoss, Vetiver, Cedar, Virginia cedar, Peru balsam, Coumarin (new-mown hay), Vanillin (vanilla)

What’s inside it

What the label names

39 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

3 citrus6 herbs & lavender15 florals3 woods3 sweet2 amber & resins5 spices1 powder1 earth & moss

9 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell9

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

BeautifulEstée Lauder · shares rose, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), jasmine, ylang-ylang and 3 more$115 for 75 ml · about the same as Aromatics Elixir’s $124
Lyric WomanAmouage · shares rose, jasmine, ylang-ylang, patchouli and 2 more$395 for 100 ml
OscarOscar de la Renta · shares rose, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), jasmine, ylang-ylang and 2 more$109 for 100 ml · about the same as Aromatics Elixir’s $124
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.