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Mint & Tonic Atkinsons 2018

7.5 / 10 345 Ratings

A perfume by Atkinsons for women and men, released in 2018. The scent is fresh-citrusy. It is being marketed by EuroItalia.
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Main accords

Fresh

Citrus

Green

Woody

Spicy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Mint

Lime

Grapefruit

Heart Notes

Ginger

Geranium

Base Notes

Musk

Cedarwood

Vetiver

Ratings

Scent

7.5345 Ratings

Longevity

6.1293 Ratings

Sillage

5.8293 Ratings

Bottle

7.6285 Ratings

Value for money

6.2179 Ratings

Submitted by OPomone · last update on 01/14/2026.

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Reviews

8 in-depth fragrance descriptions

06/02/2025

10Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

StarA1
143 Reviews

StarA1

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Pure Premium Mojito

The luxurious Atkinsons perfume brand is well known. James Atkinson opened his soap and perfume shop in 1799 in London. He became the personal perfumer of the royal family in 1826.

Mint & Tonic is a luxurious, sophisticated, soft, cool, aristocratic, very high-quality, and very pure fragrance.

The fragrance captivates the senses, making it ideal for daily morning use in the summer. One of the luxurious niche perfumes and the undisputed king of summer.

The fragrance opens with a very soft opening, a mixture of soft and cool mint mixed with lime and a touch of grapefruit. The pure aromatic scents of light ginger and royal geranium gradually settle on a woody, musky base.

The dominant scent of the fragrance is lime and mint, exactly as if you are drinking a cold mojito made from the finest ingredients on the beach on a hot summer morning.

The packaging is dominated by a royal character, one of the best I have seen in the world of niche perfumes. The perfume bottle is very luxurious, with a luxurious metal cap that indicates the antiquity of the luxurious Atkinsons perfume house.

Performance is not the best, in fact below average, lasting for several hours but close to the skin.

The fragrance retails for $190 for a 100 ml bottle on the official Atkinsons luxury fragrance website.

Conclusion:
- If you are looking for performance, this fragrance is not for you.
- If you are looking for purity and quality, this fragrance is for you.

Updated on 06/02/2025

04/28/2018

7Scent 7Longevity 5Sillage

Jazzbob
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Jazzbob

Top Review 17

Expectation vs. Reality

Mint and citrus notes, along with ginger and geranium - this sounds like the ultimate fresh fragrance! Even the name "Mint & Tonic" promises cool and bitter nuances, reminiscent of certain summer cocktails. Everything to my taste, I thought, and eagerly awaited the bottle I had ordered for sharing. This - well-shaped, made of solid glass and fitted with a metal cap - arrived in a simple and nicely designed package. The first impression counts, and Atkinsons certainly knows how to please (both visually and tactilely).

However, the first spray was somewhat sobering. Fresh, citrusy, and green, Mint & Tonic does indeed come across that way, but it's less cooling than I expected. The realistic bitterness brought by grapefruit and lime, alongside their sour characteristics, is pleasant, but unfortunately, the mint gets a bit overshadowed, so I would rather describe it as a diffuse green note. I can't initially detect much development, as apart from the barely perceptible geranium, which fits into the bright, friendly picture, there is no trace of ginger with its genuine spiciness. After three to four hours of wearing it for the first time, I thought the fragrance would gradually fade away. However, eventually, a warm-spicy and woody base does emerge, which, in my opinion, projects a bit more strongly again.

However, that is still too flattering a description, as Mint & Tonic strikes me as exceedingly subtle. A commonly used euphemism in this context is the term 'office scent', which usually indicates that it doesn't clash but is also typically only worn at work. Thus, I see Mint & Tonic as a nice fragrance that one can wear with a clear conscience, but it also quickly fades from memory. In this genre - citrusy, green, fresh, dry-spicy - I consider XerJoff's Nio to be a vastly better alternative, although its price is not necessarily justified. Although I really like mint in its natural form, the search for a corresponding perfume remains a challenging affair, and I prefer tonic in an alcoholic cold drink. Cheers!

Updated on 04/28/2018

06/11/2018

7Scent 6Longevity 6Sillage

loewenherz
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Top Review 23

Reginleifr

A mythological figure whose image has been significantly influenced by a single representation - and not necessarily in a favorable way - is that of the Valkyrie. Thanks to Richard Wagner's interpretation - and especially due to his famous Ride of the Valkyries (unforgettable in Francis Ford Coppola's anti-war film 'Apocalypse Now', where the napalm bombing of Vietnam is 'accompanied' by this Valkyrie ride) - the Valkyrie is portrayed as powerful, thunderous, and fearsome. One thinks of gigantic, blonde women with braided hair and horned helmets, wearing iron breastplates, who respond to such lyrical names as Helmwige or Schwertleite. If I were to assign a fragrance to this Wagnerian Valkyrie, it would have to be something like Black Afgano, Youth Dew, or Alien, enduring and brutal like a war galley.

In fact, the Valkyries in Norse mythology were female spirit beings in Odin's retinue, who selected the bravest and most honorable of the fallen warriors - called 'Einherjer' - from the battlefield, lifted them up, and guided them to Valhalla. The Vikings believed that the Northern Lights were the reflection of the moon on the armor of the shield maidens riding through Midgard. These Valkyries were ethereal and cool beings in pale or bluish garments and rode on white battle horses. They were often depicted with winged helmets - and not horned ones, as Wagner did. A fragrance that matches such a ghostly apparition should be as ethereal and cool as they are - but not fresh or cheerful - something like Atkinsons' Mint & Tonic would suit this Valkyrie.

Remarkable - though not intrusive - is the top note. Only a few cool top notes manage to do without a pointed citrus component (no matter what grapefruit, lime, and mandarin may claim - they are all there, but they do not define the fragrance) while simultaneously not being metallic. Mint & Tonic is reserved and balanced from the very beginning - those expecting a party-ready cocktail or long drink scent may find this disappointing. I also perceive a muted medicinal accord (the fine sharpness of ginger) - also only moderately pronounced - and finally a diffuse yet comforting warmth - like the warm breath of the winged Valkyrie as she gently lifts the Einherjer from the battlefield and carries him on the back of her white horse onward to Valhalla.

Conclusion: one of the Valkyries mentioned in the Poetic Edda Grímnismál is Reginleifr. The Pre-Raphaelite Edward Robert Hughes painted her ethereally beautiful in his 'Night Watch of the Valkyrie', as she sits on a wall holding the winged helmet in her arm - and subtly and quietly smells of Atkinsons' Mint & Tonic.

Updated on 06/12/2018

02/14/2021

7Scent 5Longevity 5Sillage

April22Bee
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Top Review 20

Divided...

I want to start by saying that I had high expectations for the fragrance and I come out of the test feeling divided after having a sample.

For me, this is absolutely not a unisex fragrance, but a pure men's scent.
If I classify it as a pure men's fragrance, I find it top-notch.
As a unisex scent, mint&tonic is, in my eyes, an absolute flop.

About the fragrance:
It is a very pulsating and invigorating scent, that much can be said, which at first spray, however, smells directly of aftershave and therefore is absolutely masculine.....

Once the initial alcohol has evaporated, fortunately, the notes of lime, mint, and citrus notes as well as mandarin come through, but they do not completely overshadow the first impression of the aftershave.

The problem: my nose, which clearly perceives aftershave, cannot quite reconcile the images in my head - namely, a glass of refreshing tonic water with a mint leaf does not quite match with the aftershave.

My expectations for "mint and tonic" were actually that I would get a nice unisex fragrance that smells like a popular long drink like gin&tonic or a mojito, radiating lightness, fun, sun, and beach, and that is completely gender-neutral in scent.

I also hoped for a somewhat more exciting aromatic profile from the fragrance notes.

The scent starts and remains rather masculine, which is why it is personally out for me, although the aftershave note disappears more and more over time, making the fragrance generally wearable for women if one has a bit of patience and likes it a bit more robust.
I do have some robust fragrances in my collection, like the yulong from Armani privee, but that one is truly unisex and delivers what it promises: tea.

Mint&tonic does deliver mint, but not in the way I had hoped.
It is suitable for really warm summer days, as the fragrance is very invigorating and refreshing.

I can definitely imagine the scent on a modern man; it is not intrusive but rather delicious, elegant, pulsating, attractive, interesting, and somehow also mysterious. If I smelled this fragrance on a man, I would say he has done everything right.

But on me as a woman, it is really disappointing. It fits zero. I really feel like I have picked the wrong perfume from the shelf.

I was also disappointed with the longevity. After 4 hours, I can't smell anything anymore.

For a fragrance in this price segment, that is a very weak performance, which does not justify the price.

For fans of long drinks, it might still be worth a sniff, but I strongly advise against a blind purchase.

04/19/2018

7Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

Cervo
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Top Review 11

The Last Mint in the Bottle

I like mint, but unfortunately, I can hardly find any at the moment, especially since Green Water is no longer available. That’s why I was excited about the announcement of the new Atkinson Mint & Tonic. I like the beautiful glass bottle with the heavy, silver cap, just like all the bottles in the Contemporary Collection. The first impression of the scent brings the expected summery freshness, with mint and citrus, to the nose. Mint yes, not sweet, not floral, no tonic, very subtle and light, this first accord transitions into a woody spiciness (unfortunately without the described ginger), which slowly fades into a somehow metallic musk base.

Updated on 04/20/2018

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