Vendor: Guerlain
Aqua Allegoria Mandarine Basilic
zesty mandarin tea with fresh green herbs
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: Guerlain
zesty mandarin tea with fresh green herbs
Vendor: Britney Spears
sunlit watermelon and citrus mist, sweet musk
Vendor: Bath & Body Works
sunlit citrus with a salty driftwood breeze
Vendor: Instituto Español
sunlit citrus mixed with orange blossom
Vendor: 4160 Tuesdays
sunlit citrus mist, green chypre, woody musk
Vendor: MCM - Mode Creation Munich
bright citrus tea with creamy almond sweetness
Vendor: Oscar de la Renta
sunlit garden flowers with juicy fruit, powdery musk
Vendor: Bath & Body Works
fresh green fruit, soft powdery musk and lavender
Vendor: Oscar de la Renta
Fresh pear and peach blossoms, soft iris musks
Vendor: Victoria's Secret
sweet blackberry and citrus-dusted vanilla florals
Vendor: Tory Burch
sunlit peach and rose with soft ivy breeze
Vendor: Thymes
fresh rose petals with sweet fruit and vanilla
Vendor: Tom Ford
floral tea spilled over white peach blossoms
Vendor: The 7 Virtues
creamy citrus fruit tart with vanilla
Vendor: TAUER PERFUMES
Bright citrus water with rosemary and cedar smoke
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.