Clinique: Aromatics Elixir, Eau de Parfum

This has to be my favourite perfume of all time. Just one waft of fragrance as someone walks past and it is unmistakable. Aromatics Elixir is made by Clinique, and the first thing you will notice about it is that it's not cheap!! I must say however that a little of it does go a long way. I won some vouchers to spend at Debenhams a couple of years ago and I decided to treat myself to some of this perfume. I bought the 45ml parfum spray which cost about £30, I think. There are larger bottles available and you can also buy the various toiletries to match - bubble bath, talcum powder, soap etc, if you're feeling really flush! I now ...  Read the complete review

I discovered this perfume a couple of years ago after trying a tester and it very quickly became a firm favourite of mine. The fragrance is from Estee Lauder subsidary company Clinique. Aromatics comes in a lemon coloured box and the bottle is glass as shown in the picture with a spray top. It retails for around the £30 mark 25ml size and can be bought at most good department stores and chemists. It is also available at most online fragrance sites at a slightly cheaper price so do shop around. <<<What Clinique say>>> The fragrance has a rich woody dry character with light violet undertones. The rich fragrant ingredients that ...  Read the complete review

I should first say that I actually got a small sample bottle of this perfume as part of a gift package for buying ridiculous amounts of Clinique products (!) - meaning that I didn't choose it myself. Therefore I suppose it probably isn't fair that I review it in a way as usually we only review perfumes that we chose for ourselves and therefore probably like! As it turns out I unfortunately don't like Elixir - at least certainly not for me, or anyone my age. Perhaps on someone older this would be appealing, but I don't find it to be an adaptable fragrance at all like a lot of other perfumes now that could be worn by many different types of people. So ...  Read the complete review

Clinique has always been of one my favourite cosmetic brands, and this parfume is a timeless classic. I have used this perfume now for the last 10 years, and although I regularly try other perfumes, I keep coming back to this one. The perfume comes in a fairly "normal" looking bottle, topped of with a silver top. It is a yellow colour, with plain silver letering on the bottle. It come sin 3 different sizes, 10ml retailing at approximatley £18, 25ml retailing at about £28, and the bigger 45 ml, retailing at around £38 ml. This is one of the few perfumes I have ever worn that people inevitably ask you what perfume you are wearing, and I ...  Read the complete review