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Clinique

Aromatics Elixir

1971ChypreParfumUnited States

Clinique Aromatics Elixir bottle
Image: Nordstrom

Bottle palette

glass

cap

accent

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Editorial notes

  1. 01

    A floral chypre that arrives at Clinique like a botanical sample, all bitter herbs and dried flowers in a frosted column.

  2. 02

    Bernard Chant's signature patchouli-mossy chypre, the same skeleton he had used twelve years earlier for Cabochard and six years earlier for Aramis.

  3. 03

    Marketed as a herbal medicinal counterpoint to the era's sweet florals, in keeping with Clinique's dermatologist-led brand identity.

  4. 04

    Composed by Bernard Chant in 1971 around bergamot, chamomile and aldehydes over an oakmoss-patchouli-vetiver base. Clinique's debut fragrance and still its only enduring fine perfume.

Dossier

Edition · 000

Status · Active. Heritage formula.

A floral chypre.

Composed by
Bernard Chant
Country
United States

The pyramid

Top
bergamotchamomilealdehydesrosewood
Heart
rosejasmineylang-ylanggeraniumtuberose
Base
oakmosspatchoulivetiversandalwoodmusk

The brief

Conceived as a herbal, almost medicinal counterpoint to the sweet florals dominating the era, in keeping with Clinique's dermatologist-led brand identity.

NameLaunched in 1971 as Clinique's first fragrance, marketed as an aromatic 'elixir' rather than a traditional perfume.

The flacon

Tall slender frosted-glass column with rounded shoulders and a small gold-tone dome cap, the deep amber liquid visible through the matte glass.

Footnotes

  • Aromatics Elixir was Clinique's debut fragrance and celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2011.
  • Bernard Chant's signature was the patchouli-mossy chypre, also visible in Cabochard (Grès) and Aramis.

The Curator's Note

Bernard Chant's third leather chypre, the one Clinique used to invent itself as a perfume house.

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