Clémentine California

Truly one of the best and most realistic clementine fragrances on the market, bar none. scent breakdown - Opens up with juicy, photorealistic mandarin orange/clementine. Super sunny, uplifting, and happy. As it begins to dry, the juicy flesh turns into slightly more bitter pith, mixing with slightly herbal and green notes of basil, but the focus never leaves the clementine. There is little to no change in the deep dry down, except for shots of clean white musk and other aroma chemicals to help extend the fragrance's lifespan. personal thoughts - Truly one of, if not the best, interpretations of the Clementine fruit on the market right now, but it's a shame it has been sold out at many of the US discounters. I would hesitate to buy this for anything less than $100 due to its simplistic nature, poor performance, and general use as a mood booster. I loved spritzing this on during those hot summer mornings when I had to get a couple of chores done and go to the gym before showering this off for work or other plans: truly a dumb reach, but a lovely one at that. If you like fragrances like "Afternoon Swim" by Louis Vuitton or "Mandarine Basilic" by Guerlain, you have to get your nose on this one; it's that good. performance - Moderate performance for a citrus fragrance of 6.5ish hours before disappearing off my skin, with it only noticeably projecting off my skin for the first hour or so. rating - 9/10. when to wear - A quick Sunday brunch with your friends, sitting on the patio is a requirement; When you gotta run out of the house to do a couple of quick errands; Waking up to head to the pool in a couple of hours. song vibe - Lovely day by Bill Withers TLDR - Sweet, juicy Clementine & Mandarin + slightly herbal and green Basil + Shots of White Musk. A super simple yet super pleasing clementine orange fragrance that is sure to put a smile on anyone's face. While a bit lackluster in terms of performance, it makes up for it in its sheer likability and ease of use. If you want to smell like you just rubbed yourself down with tangerines before leaving the house, this seems like the better and less sticky option.

I bought an Atelier sample kit years ago (5+) and tried every one off and on since then. Recently I delved into the world of perfume (thank you Fragrantica! This site now feeds my addiction). I find I concentrate on one category of fragrances at a time more or less. Roses, Greens (my love affair with these started in the early 80’s with my first bottle of Chanel Cristalle), frangipani after a trip to Hawaii. My search for a beautiful green (and now citrus combined) had me revisiting my Atelier collection, specifically Clementine California. A week ago I noticed the sample had disappeared, much to my chagrin. Turning to Fragrantica once more I reviewed the notes and reviews and realized I wanted larger size. One poster mentioned the frag being discontinued which pushed me to buy a travel spray which arrived today. I spritzed myself liberally- we all know CC’s longevity is limited- and indulged myself. The thought flipped through my mind-this travel spray won’t last me beyond several months. Added to that was the article I later read here that Atelier was pulling out of North America. Now the scramble- I found a 30mL spray on eBay and bought it immediately. To me this is the finest blend of clementines and other green notes. The clementine is joined immediately by the juniper berries - a combo made in heaven. The cypress kicks in later - I also get some basil. The sandlewood shows up later in the dry down - clean with no powdery scent, which I hate. I love my white florals with green notes and citrus added (shout to VCA’s California Reverie), but CC fills the need for a citrus/ green without them without being too masculine. While Cristalle has that super sharp galbanum note, CC is much more subtle without that harsh note. Buy it quickly- many sites are out of stock. Fingers crossed that Atelier comes back in some fashion- maybe with a pared-down collection.

If you are looking for a pure, no-nonsense clementine scent, this is it. I am very passionate about perfumes and colognes that can capture the replica scent of the real thing, and I find this to be the most true-to-life clementine scent I've found so far. This cologne is a warm summer walk on European cobblestone streets. You've peeled a clementine, and you're giving each piece out to your loved ones. There are no synthetic tones I get from other fruit scents, this one is realistic and doesn't mix up clementine with orange. I will say the middle notes become quite lost. The top notes have been surprisingly long-lasting. The scent may go quiet, and then all of a sudden, you get a bright gust of clementine during a breeze. I would say this can last 4-6 hours, after that, it primarily quiets into the base notes and a bright citrus that is only noticeable right next to the skin. I prefer this scent much more than its sister, Atelier Cologne Orange Sanguine Spray, which has a much more noticeable vanilla and almost gourmand fragrance. This cologne was my signature scent last summer and most likely will make a return this year. I believe it is quite pricey, though, and I had run through my bottle within just a year. Still, I highly recommend Atelier Cologne clementine; it's a happy summery scent you might just fall in love with.

I'm heartbroken that this is discontinued in the states. I use different perfumes every time I switch cities or go on an extended vacation (2+ weeks at same place), and the scents end up representing a period of my life. This was the scent I used when I was 24-25. I was fit, glowing, and excited about what's to come. Every time I smell it, I just end up thinking "this scent is what the best phase in my life smells like." I was a bit late to the game in terms of finding out the discontinuation so I couldn't lock it down anywhere (apparently all of the Atelier Cologne fragrances were on sale everywhere?) so I recently paid close to $300 on Amazon just to purchase a full 100 ml, so I can just possess this scent. At the first spray, you're greeted by a fresh sweet tangerine (or sweet navel orange). Think of it as pressing out the pulp of the fruit, not the skin (I also have Orange Sanguine by Atelier Cologne, which I used for a brief time at 30, and Orange Sanguine smells more like the skin of the orange with a bit of tartness while Clementine California is pure pulp). It stays on 2-3 hours on my skin, which doesn't hold on to perfumes well. I don't smell a lot of pepper in the heart note - to me it stays on pretty consistently with the freshness fading in 30 minutes or so and sweetness left throughout the rest of the 3 hours.

Oh crap. What is happening?! I think I'm in love. They sent me this 4ml sample, but now I'm 2/3 done with it, but it's turned from a "like" into a "love". I can't afford a FB right now 😂 This is adorable! Really predominantly clementine and mandarin (like 80%), but it contains some woody notes. Extremely naturalistic and effortlessly cool, one of those nearly one-note-wonder types. It's a bust of freshly squeezed delight, but whatever they did to this to make it last beyond half in hour is FAR better than I can accomplish at home with my essential oils. I personally, emphatically attest to how much of a pain citrus EOs are to work with, they evaporate obnoxiously quickly! I'm pleased to report that this is not the case here, and that I get around 4 hours. Not insane by any stretch in Frag Land, but insane in Essential Oil World. A little bit of woodiness shines through too, bitter and REAL. It's like the underside of your nails after pruning bushes. Cypress and juniper are alive and well, in the drydown. Very unisex and leans masculine. *edit* I understand why a lot of people dislike the drydown, juniper is a very hard note to appreciate if it's not tempered by some other scents. Extremely aciduous, but it's balanced here. This is an impressive citrus piece and I'd be happy to adopt it someday 🍊🌿