Vendor: Yves Saint Laurent
Cinéma Eau de Toilette
soft powdery cream, sweet vanilla and mimosa
Clementine in perfume smells sweet, easy and sunny, a gentle citrus that is more candied than tart. 190+ perfumes on Scendira list clementine as a note, and prices run from about $10 to $650.
The clementine is a cross between a mandarin and a sweet orange, with thin, fragrant peel and very little bitterness. Perfumers use it in the top for a juicy, friendly citrus sweetness that is softer than grapefruit or lemon.
Among the perfumes people discuss in the communities Scendira tracks, Giorgio Armani Idole d'Armani, Parfum d'Empire Azemour Les Orangers and Dedcool Red Dakota each list clementine. All three list clementine at the top, Idole d'Armani with ginger and pear, Azemour Les Orangers with orange zest and Red Dakota with gardenia.
Suits: People who like candied, gentle citrus. Skip if: you want a sharp, bitter citrus.
Related collections: mandarin perfumes, grapefruit perfumes, and the broader citrus perfumes.
Vendor: Yves Saint Laurent
soft powdery cream, sweet vanilla and mimosa
Vendor: Giorgio Armani
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Vendor: Lacoste
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Vendor: Aroma De Merrie
clean citrus steam over eucalyptus-green garden
Vendor: Kate Spade
sunlit citrus with creamy coconut and soft musk
Vendor: Jean Marc Paris
bright berries and citrus on a rose breeze
Vendor: Benetton
cold minty citrus breeze on cedar woods
Vendor: D'orsay
clean floral powder, bergamot snap, soft musk
Vendor: Acqua di Parma
sunlit citrus fruit wrapped in smoky tobacco leather
Sweet, sunny and juicy, softer and more candied than lemon.
It is a hybrid of a mandarin and a sweet orange, so it smells like a gentler, sweeter mandarin.
Yes. Giorgio Armani Idole d'Armani, Parfum d'Empire Azemour Les Orangers and Dedcool Red Dakota all list clementine among their top notes.