# Aromatics Elixir

**Brand:** Clinique · **Perfumer:** Bernard Chant · **Year:** 1971
**Rating:** 4.5 / 5 (4 ratings) · **Popularity:** #154

## Notes
**Top:** Aldehydes, Bergamot, Brazilian Rosewood, Chamomile, Clary Sage, Coriander, Geranium, Lemon Verbena
**Heart:** Carnation, Jasmine, Orange Blossom, Orris Root, Rose, Tuberose, Ylang\-Ylang
**Base:** Incense, Musk, Oakmoss, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Vetiver

## Top reviews
- ★5/5 — "Aromatics Elixir is marketed by Clinique as an “intriguing non-conformist fragrance." Chandler Burr writes of its depth and shadows, and it's described by many reviewers as "a chypre on steroids." I find all of these things to be true, and more. It is a bitter, balsamic, menacingly astringent blend of cool, otherworldly woods and sour alien herbs, abstract florals and austere resins. Verbena and g…"
- ★3/5 — Spring, Fall — Casual, Office — "I appreciate it and it has been forever my mother's signature scent but call me crazy but I have this mindset that a perfume does not have to kill you in order to be considered a good perfume...  Being in the same room with my mother right after she has applied this can and will kill me and my poor allergic nose, but I have associated it with fond and warm thoughts once it dried down and could hug…"

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