Clutch Perfumology 2018

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A perfume by Perfumology for women and men, released in 2018. The scent is leathery-sweet. It is still in production.

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Main accords

Leathery

Sweet

Spicy

Woody

Oriental

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Elemi resin Smoke

Smoke

Rubber

Heart Notes

Ginger

Oak

Virginia cedar

Base Notes

Leather

Musk

Vanilla

Perfumer

Justin Frederico

Ratings

Scent

6.510 Ratings

Longevity

7.79 Ratings

Sillage

7.49 Ratings

Bottle

6.511 Ratings

Submitted by Calista, last update on 06/19/2025.

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Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions

06/19/2025

5
Pricing 5
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 5.5
Scent

Killsocket
29 Reviews

Killsocket

1

I understand why it's called Clutch...

I received a sample of this with an order from Perfumology, which is always welcome.

At the top, it's smoky with some ginger zing and some sort of balsamic piney vibe in support. Through the middle, some cedar and dry woodiness with some warmth develops. The dry down transitions to some soft leathery resinous notes.

I'm not going to lie, I get why they call it Clutch. There is some combination of notes on the top that make me think mechanical fluid. I know there is a rubber note that is listed above, and I can get how someone can get there, but for me, it's mechanical. The whole of the notes becomes this scent to me. So it's Clutch Fluid like for a car. Rubbery, oily, industrial.

Thankfully, that just seems to stick around only at the top. As it develops, it becomes much more pleasant for me. Becoming dark and a little mysterious with plenty of notes that keep you interested. I can appreciate the effort to develop a unique scent and that should be applauded, but it's not for me.

12/30/2023

4
Pricing 6
Bottle 6
Sillage 10
Longevity 4
Scent

IrinaSpalko
15 Reviews

IrinaSpalko

1

A Ginger Menace

Purchased with the "Exhaust Sampler" decant set from Surrender to Chance, featuring perfumes with smoke and engine related scents. On my skin, it smells like candied ginger, hibiscus flower, and the type of artificially sweetened iced tea made with orange powder. On paper, it smells exactly like eggnog! (And hours later the paper still smells like that). At first, I love Clutch, and fantasize about purchasing more or giving to friends. I take a walk outside on a crisp day while wearing it, and liked it. But now I decide to take Clutch on a ride and wear it to a gym workout. As my skin heats up, the sweetness evaporates and the ginger note overpowers everything else. Smelling it becomes tiresome and I can taste it in the back of my throat. The spicy, bitter end of the ginger still remains on my skin after rinsing off in the shower. I do not get any leather, rubber, or car from Clutch. If I were to guess what this is without knowing it's name, I'd say something like "Ginger Iced Tea" by Pacifica (not a real perfume by them, something I feel like Pacifica might make). I used up the rest of the decant testing it again on paper only, in a 23 card test. It ranked at the absolute bottom.

08/09/2020

6
Bottle 8
Sillage 6
Longevity 6
Scent

Carboytony
116 Reviews

Carboytony

Delicious and exhilarating

To demonstrate my funky and mysterious skin chemistry - on my left arm - Top notes to me smelled like cacao and raspberry, then transitioned to a very intense elemi with hints of ginger and a very strong cedar (which reminds me of the cedar shavings we bought when we had a rabbit as kids). On my right arm it's a powdery leather with aforementioned cedar.

Love it!

11/21/2018

EauMySoul
25 Reviews

EauMySoul

2

An Exhilarating Joy of a Fragrance

I have gone bonkers for this, love at first sniff! The ginger in this makes the fragrance for me. Clutch leans masculine yet I feel perfectly comfortable wearing it, in a Dior Homme or Bvlgari Black sort of way. It smells nothing like DH or BB but something about it gives me that sort of feel, in the way DH and BB is light and heavy at the same time, and unisex while clearly being masculine as well. It has classic masculine notes, cedar, oak, leather, smoke, and comes across as boozy, with lots of vanilla, but unlike most fragrances with those notes which are usually too much for me, it’s not too heavy or overwhelming because of the fresh ginger. It also isn’t too thick, it’s exhilarating with a balance of warmth and coolness and any heaviness is countered and uplifted by the truly excellent ginger used in this. Justin Frederico seems to have a real knack for achieving this, as all 3 fragrances he’s done for Perfumology have this quality. This is one of my favorite qualities in a fragrance, a balance of heavy and light, so maybe that is why these fragrances appeal so much to me. I will go as far as saying Clutch is one of my favorite fragrances of 2018. Justin Frederico is a perfumer to watch and based on the first 3 releases from Perfumology, Nir Guy is excelling as a creative director as well. I love a fragrance that comes with a story attached to it, it gives it more meaning, gives you something to ponder as you smell it, and makes it feel more personal. I feel more connected to a scent with a story to tell. Wearing Clutch today, I opened my sunroof, something I would not normally do in winter lol. But I wanted to experience it the way it was intended, with the feel of an open road and fresh cool air. Even if in a midsize fully automatic SUV without a clutch lol. Wonderful fragrance, highly recommended.