Clinique · 1997 · Rodrigo Flores-Roux and Jean-Claude Delville

Happy

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Ruby red grapefruit, mandarin and bergamot over Hawaiian wedding flower and dewy orchid, drying to mimosa and clean, light woods.

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Happy’s scent picture, a draft: grapefruit, mandarin, bergamot, floral notes, orchid, mimosa drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Happy, top notes: Grapefruit, Mandarin, Bergamot, Sweet orange

Heartas it settles

Happy, heart: Floral notes, Orchid, Rose

Dry-downwhat stays

Happy, dry-down: Mimosa, Transparent wood, Galaxolide (musk)

What’s inside it

What the label names

16 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 citrus4 herbs & lavender6 florals1 spices1 musks1 powder

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

Not for the smell3

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

CK IN2U for HerCalvin Klein · shares grapefruit, bergamot and orchid
Mediterranean HoneysuckleAERIN · shares grapefruit, mandarin and bergamot$35 for 50 ml · about a third of Happy’s $87
Reaction For HerKenneth Cole · shares grapefruit, mandarin and orchid
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.