Clean Reserve Avant Garden - Galbanum & Rain by Clean

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Clean Reserve Avant Garden - Galbanum & Rain Clean 2018

7.0 / 10 53 Ratings

A perfume by Clean for women and men, released in 2018. The scent is fresh-aquatic. It is being marketed by Clean Beauty Collective Inc. / Fusion Brands Inc..
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Main accords

Fresh

Aquatic

Woody

Green

Spicy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Aquatic notes

Sichuan pepper

Star anise

Heart Notes

Frankincense

Galbanum

Base Notes

Clearwood™

White moss

Cedarwood

Haitian vetiver

Patchouli

Ratings

Scent

7.053 Ratings

Longevity

7.943 Ratings

Sillage

7.144 Ratings

Bottle

7.350 Ratings

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5 in-depth fragrance descriptions

04/11/2023

5Scent

Telekinec
526 Reviews

Telekinec

2

Just like taking a shower in the woods

A colleague of mine learned of my passion for fragrance and decided to gift me a few of her perfumes she had at home. I was really excited to find out if her tastes were similar to mine. This is one of her gifts!

There is absolutely no cucumber notes anywhere in this perfume, but this is what I got during the first few minutes. I felt I had pressed a freshly cut cucumber to my nose and took a deep breath out of it. It could also be because the combination of pepper and aquatic notes remind me of that. After a few minute, the scent shifts and you're standing under the rain basked by the glow of the surrounding lush forest. It smells green, it smells fresh and it's giving me a woody forest right after the rain. It's nice and refreshing (even more when the warmer weathers are here), but unfortunately I don't really like the blend of spicy and aquatic notes (reminds me too much of cucumbers). I'm starting to think I'm not a big fan of pepper mixed with the aquatic family of perfumes and that might just be me. I recognize this could be a nice perfume for those who love woody and aquatic accords. Unfortunately, I'll be moving on from this one.

03/12/2019

9Scent 9Longevity 6Sillage

Stanze
105 Reviews

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Stanze

Top Review 26

And outside the rain is pouring

I always stored the firewood in a small concrete shed that the Germans used as a shelter for their motorcycles during World War II. The flat roof was camouflaged back then, whether with grass or nets I don’t know, I’m not that old yet. The wood was delivered in October, at the latest early November. The farmer and wood dealer (and he probably had more job titles) tipped the contents of his tipper truck onto the lawn in front of the shed. I carried the wood into the shed and left a nice area free around a large tree stump. I chopped on that. I had a small wood sawhorse. An inexpensive electric chainsaw was part of the castle inventory.

The staff house was heated with wood and electricity. Wood was preferred if you didn’t want to hear a lecture about electricity consumption. The actual winter with temperatures down to -14°C usually didn’t come until late January. It often rained in December. The relative proximity to the sea increases the humidity as well as the frequency of a weather change. Sometimes it poured like buckets and the concrete roof of the wood shed already had some holes that had to be skillfully avoided when stacking wood and working. I operated the chainsaw with a (or several) 50-meter long power cable. The plug was in the staff entrance area of the castle.

I enjoyed chopping wood but was reluctant to saw with the electric chainsaw. I have too much imagination and can picture what can be severed with it. Friends also had stories to tell about people who had sawed into their heads with the chainsaw. Very encouraging. But you have to heat, and therefore you have to saw wood.

But as I said, I enjoyed chopping wood. The sawdust smells good. The lawn outside smells good. A dog might come by and check on me. Or everyone runs barking to the gate because someone is approaching. I miss chopping wood. I miss the dogs even more. That was my winter sport for years. The blood rushes in the ears, it gets warm while chopping wood. There’s no smell of sweat yet, as you are way too dressed. The hands might sweat a little and then you also smell the metal or the whetstone.

"Clean Reserve Avant Garden - Galbanum & Rain" reminds me of this. It’s like a view from the door of the wood shed onto the lawn after the rain. The air is clean. Maybe a bit of geosmin is swirling around. You smell the firewood, the greenery, the rain, the concrete. The physical effort was relaxing in its meditative uniformity.

I can recommend Clean Reserve Avant Garden - Galbanum & Rain to anyone for a test. The perfume is somewhat aquatic. I only like that rarely, but it doesn’t bother me here. I wore it occasionally at work. It was very comforting and lasts 9 hours on my skin. No one complained.

You can also wear Galbanum & Rain in winter, as it is the season for chopping wood. But I believe it is most beautiful in spring or autumn. It is suitable for both women and men. At least for women who also chop wood sometimes.

You can layer it with other Clean scents. I don’t usually do that. I once sprayed Rain without Galbanum in the drugstore and found it very boring and one-dimensional. I thought that Galbanum & Rain might have evolved from Rain. But I didn’t smell that. So it’s probably nonsense.

The bottle is bulky, otherwise quite nice but unfortunately totally ridiculously packaged in a huge box. That’s why I threw the packaging away.

I originally created this as a blog post, but then I thought it was a shame that there were no comments at all. That’s why I’m posting this now and deleting that.

08/17/2019

8.5Scent 7Longevity 8Sillage

CD1810
33 Reviews

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CD1810

Top Review 11

Today is THE Day for Galbanum and Rain

Sometimes, the northwest of Germany in summer is a challenge. We don't exactly have a lot of sunshine, and the days are often dreary.
Today is another one of those days. It keeps raining heavily, and the air is almost still. After the long dry spell, everything is steaming, yet it is quite warm.

This morning, I had a feeling that today is a day for Galbanum and Rain.
And I was completely right. It smells spicy, damp, green, and woody outside. Just like Galbanum and Rain. I’m wearing this beautiful fragrance and feel like I’m in a steaming, damp, fresh-mossy forest. I don’t find it aquatic at all, but definitely fresh. And warm and balsamic too, I suspect because of the vetiver. It’s just like this weather.

I’ve owned Galbanum and Rain for a few months now, and it’s strange that it never really struck me before. Today, it’s simply perfect, made for this weather, for this day.
Maybe I can even come to terms with northwest German summer weather this way.

08/20/2019

8Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

DonJuanDeCat
2047 Reviews

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DonJuanDeCat

8

Showering in the Forest?

Well, my fragrant friends! What are you smelling like today? How about something aquatic-woody? Like Galbanum & Rain from Clean Reserve, the slightly more exclusive and also environmentally friendly fragrance line from Clean. Yes, the Reserve fragrances from Clean are said to be particularly eco-friendly, as they not only rely on natural fragrance ingredients but also ensure that the entire production is made from sustainable materials, including the bottle and packaging, as well as the operation of the fragrance workshop powered by solar energy and so on.

Clean is a lovely fragrance brand overall, offering generally nice or mostly nice scents, many of which come across as gentle and clean. Of course, the brand name "Clean" already hints that one might expect something "clean," so anyone who enjoys jumping around in the mud or only dusts and vacuums their apartment once every leap year should steer clear of Clean fragrances :D
For everyone else, most of the scents come highly recommended, as many of them smell quite beautiful in my opinion, but unfortunately, most have the downside of being rather weak in their sillage... well... one just has to live with the fact that some fragrances are so weak.

Okay, so Galbanum & Rain. Sounds good, as the scent of rain is often pleasant to perceive, and Galbanum with its resinous-woody scent is also quite nice. Let's see how the fragrance is!

The Scent:

The scent starts off aquatic and slightly peppery. An interesting combination, as one wouldn't normally expect pepper in fresh fragrances, especially not a distinctly noticeable pepper. Nevertheless, the fragrance is quite fresh at the beginning, despite both this spice and other spicy (and woody) notes like cedarwood.
The aquatic notes smell quite nice, but they also come across a bit like (well-made) shower gel, although not as synthetic as it might sound. This shower gel impression mostly fades away soon, as the aquatic notes later smell much better, especially with the now more intense woods and the incense, and the fragrance generally smells beautifully of a pine forest (due to the Galbanum, which exudes a resinous-coniferous scent).
Much later, the fragrance becomes increasingly woody-spicy and reminiscent of pines, but is still lightened up by occasionally flashing green notes. The sweetness is also quite nice and sits pleasantly in the nose. All in all, the fragrance is very successful and smells very beautiful.

The Sillage and Longevity:

The fragrance starts off rather moderately strong but then becomes quite intense and, in my opinion, is also well perceivable by others, which is quite unusual for a Clean fragrance, as all the Clean scents I have tested so far have been relatively weak. Therefore, the longevity is also quite impressive, as I could perceive the fragrance well for over eight hours.

The Bottle:

The bottle is rectangular and clear. On the front, there is a square label with a golden frame and the name of the fragrance. The almost square cap is black and made of wood. A simple but nice bottle.

Okay, I have to admit that at first glance, the fragrance seemed to me like a normal but pleasant mainstream scent, which is due to the typical spicy-woody-aquatic fragrances. But as I said, I find that the scent smells quite wonderful here. It may not be anything special, as its scent feels very familiar, since one has probably encountered such fragrances many times elsewhere, but it is a solid all-rounder that somehow seems slightly autumnal, yet could actually be worn anytime and anywhere, both during the day and for going out.

Due to the intense woods, combined with the aquatic-resinous notes, the fragrance does not seem unisex to me, but rather quite masculine. And although it comes across as clean in the background, this clean note is rather faint in this fragrance, so one wouldn't even think of Clean if they were to sniff it blindly. Therefore, even those who, as mentioned in the introduction, enjoy digging in the dirt can safely test this fragrance, as it will only make you smell pleasant, but not very clean :DD

That's it from me. I wish you all a wonderful and lovely evening, see you soon :)

05/18/2020

Marquise27
232 Reviews

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Marquise27

Helpful Review 6

The Green Fresh Breath

A fresh-woody-green scent, just right for taking a deep breath. Great to apply generously on the body in the morning after showering when it's 25 degrees warm, inhale deeply, and off you go, the day can begin. Over time, it becomes a bit softer, no longer so sharply green. For me, it represents a refreshment, leaning more towards the masculine side or for a clean, cool office lady who can skillfully juggle five things at once. I find it sexy to smell these rugged scents on women who actually have a sensual aura. Clean scents should be used generously as they are not very intense and also don’t last super long. Otherwise, we have a beautiful bottle here, and for me, the scents from this brand make great gifts - almost everyone likes them.