Then, after a couple of hours, it dries down to a herbal, incensy (slowly burning) grass field in southern france. Sacrilegious to suggest it should be an ambient scent I suppose; but that should be a testament to the original fragrance story being painted. This is very soapy at 1st but as it settles down it becomes very mossy and earthy w/ a subtle floral character in its heart. Aldehydes, cloves, ylang-ylang, white flowers and spices, all based on moss, frankincense and vetiver. it brings to mind Chinese herbal medicine / acupuncture offices which have been familiar to me since childhood.

For this masterpiece of modern perfumery, a light hand is critical: sillage, projection, and longevity kicks the hineys of 98% of fragrances in existence. Definitely very woody, clean, you can't stop inhaling it, almost like a kind of medicine that you inhale when you have a cold. Fast forward at least a day, maybe it was more like three, I was walking around, and had that "oh my god, what is that amazing smell? It brought me back when I was a teen , my teacher had it and I was too shy to ask her what perfume was.words fail me as despite all the previous complaints on this review site, the fragrance is still like a cheap imposter! Alas, time shapes tastes, and unfortunately tastes in scent have really gone in a less dynamic and complex direction, as evidenced in the many designers saturating the market with insipid or even offensive bilge containing overdoses of tonka, ambroxan, and iso e super.

Late autumn, open countryside, the air outside was still warm and my mother was wearing one of those white Egyptian cotton dresses literally possessed by her favorite perfume: Aromatics Elixir.Honestly, I don't know that I thought I would suddenly wonder how I'd lived without it for a couple of decades, but I did expect to still like it. I am intrigued by the overwhelmingly positive reviews here, and think that you people have caught something, understood something, that I have not yet seen myself.

One of the best Chypres ever, and kudos to Clinique for maintaining production standards (imagine if other houses put so much effort in their older creations).My first time trying it I put one spray on my hand and after many hand washings later, I could still smell it. It could be a lovely scent for a cleaning product and would be quite upscale in that application-- think Mrs.

How wrong i was, after the first harsh minute of the perfume, the development on my skin was divine!She smiled and told me that it was Clinique Aromatics Elixir and that it was her signature scent and that men go WILD over it. In vintage versions the smoky, juicy, resinous base of fresh bark and wood of noble trees is especially attractive. It is a unique scent in the current crop of fragrances, and is best worn by a woman with “presence”. The oakmoss is still there but now it’s more potent; the inky saltiness is back and it smells more like proper oakmoss.