Clive Christian · 2001

1872 Feminine

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5
Clive Christian asks $610 for 100 ml
50 ml$390
100 ml$610

The houseFor women

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Bergamot, lemon, pineapple and blueberry over May rose, jasmine, osmanthus and violet, settling onto mossy patchouli, sandalwood and musk.

Clive Christian says

You’ll smell bergamot, rose de mai and patchouli.

More from Clive Christian’s description

It also mentions Bergamot Oranges, Pineapple, Blueberry, Osmanthus, Jasmine, Purple Violet, Freesia, Orchid, Lily of the Valley, Oak Moss, Sandalwood, Cedar Wood, Musk and Lemon.

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The drawn 1872 Feminine bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

1872 Feminine’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, rose, patchouli, pineapple, blueberry, osmanthus drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

1872 Feminine, when you spray it: Bergamot, Blueberry, Violet, Lemon

As it settlesheart notes

1872 Feminine, as it settles: Rose, Pineapple, Jasmine, Freesia, Orchid, Lily of the valley

What staysdry-down notes

1872 Feminine, what stays: Patchouli, Osmanthus, Oakmoss, Sandalwood, Cedar, Musk, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Clive Christian names

BergamotRose de maiPatchouliPineappleBlueberryOsmanthusJasminePurple VioletFreesiaOrchidLily of the ValleyOak MossSandalwoodCedar WoodMuskLemon

What the label names

7 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender2 florals1 sweet1 spices

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals2

Geraniol (rose)Citronellol

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices1

Eugenol
5 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell5

AlcoholWaterBenzyl benzoateBenzyl alcoholBenzophenone-2, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Quelques Fleurs L'OriginalHoubigant · shares bergamot, rose, jasmine, violet (sweet violet) and 6 more$250 for 100 ml · about a third of 1872 Feminine’s $610
Red DoorElizabeth Arden · shares rose, jasmine, violet (sweet violet), freesia and 4 more$93 for 100 ml · about a fifth of 1872 Feminine’s $610
Club de Nuit SillageArmaf · shares bergamot, rose, jasmine, violet (sweet violet) and 4 more$50 for 105 ml · about a tenth of 1872 Feminine’s $610
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.