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Clinique goes Montale
What a title - who wouldn't desire a perfume that ventures "beyond rose"? I had extremely high hopes for this one. Alas. I'm really disappointed. Coutureguru said it all in his brilliant review below: this new fragrance by Clinique seems unnecessary! It doesn't offer anything new. I detected oudh in it, although oudh is not mentioned in the pyramide, but this fashionable, ambery-woody mix of the decade seems to smell like the artificial oudh contained in countless new releases. Rose plus amber-benzoin-oudh etc. - well, we all know this is a mélange which works and smells fine. Coming from a company which used to be famous for unconventional, surprising fragrances (think of "Aromatics Elixir" or "Wrappings") and promising to go "beyond rose", Clinique's new perfume does not deliver. On the contrary, it feels repetitive. Montale did this stuff years ago.
2 Comments
Gold 11 years ago
Always delighted to hear s.o. say they love "Wrappings". It was the one and only perfume I tolerated during my pregnancies and it reminds me of this fascinating period in my life. Such a clear, outdoorsy scent. Outstanding. "Beyond rose" is just meh
Coutureguru 11 years ago
I was one of the few people that absolutely LOVED Wrappings :) ... ahead of its time, that is the direction Lauder should head in again. All this catalogue stuff is so boring ... I'm sure Esteè is spinning in her coffin!