Eau Extraordinaire

This is so good! It's fresh, clean, completely unisex, and very modern. What I get most of all is a wonderfully refreshing iced jasmine tea. There's a mildly tropical feeling–I get a slight green apple top note, but this might just be a mix of the jasmine and citrus. Still, I wouldn't classify this as fruity at all. The ginger here is also very subtle, but it does provide a bit of spice throughout the dry down. This facet reminds me of Origins Ginger Essence (though both are overall very different). Eau Extraordinaire definitely has a spa-like feel in how refreshing and natural it is. This, and all of Clarins Treatment Fragrances, smells healthy. There are four varieties, including this new one, and each is unique. I can wear the original anytime—Eau Dynamisante is super versatile. Extraordinaire is similar in its versatility and I think it has a universal appeal. And while none of the four versions have amazing longevity, they stick around just the right amount and never stay long enough to become cloying. This also makes them great to spritz before bed or as a pillow spray. Most stronger fragrances I own, if I wear them daily for a few weeks, I'll inevitably get anosmic too. This doesn't happen with these. I also love to reapply during the day and the moisturizing, energizing nature of Clarins makes this such a pleasure. They're also all so mild. I get no reactions or UV sensitivity from anything from Clarins' range. I also love the bottle. Clarins streamlined their already simplistic standard treatment fragrance bottle for Eau Extraordinaire. This is certainly due to Clarins' new "sustainable approach". The cap is simplified and visibly uses less plastic than the previous bottles. The glass body looks a bit sleeker, too. It's absolutely beautiful to hold. The form feels like a modernization of a classic medicine bottle, which is very fitting for a treatment fragrance. I can see how some are turned off by the simplicity (i.e. boringness) of these bottles, but I find them so elegant and unpretentious. The vibrant color is the star of the show and really does enhance the perception of the juice inside.

I got this in a beauty box with seven full size products for a tenner (10 GBP) in a second hand site I put it on originally, just to test it while I had on a Lataffa of perfume, so I didn’t get it for all its glory straight away, but tonight, after my shower, I splashed it on my chest, my neck, my shoulders, around my jaw and around the back of my neck and all down my arms, my hands and a little bit on my temple, and I can say that this is just lush. This is green lushly heaven! I can smell limes & Grapefruits, a heady coriander, a very masculine vibe, I thought it was for the females, so then I googled and saw this was a masculine scent. women can definitely wear this too. This is a unisex perfume at its finest. I say perfume, loosely cause it’s a tonic water, an effervescent tonic water, like a gin & tonic, oh my days, this smells so classy and green & herby. I’ve got a massive and huge perfume collection, I have been wearing perfume and I loving perfume since I was a teenager, but this is unusual. I can’t think of anything that smells like, whether you’re a boy or a girl, YOU have to get this. You will not be disappointed. This reminds me of the lush jungles of Sri Lanka, I can smell pineapple, I can smell just yumminess, that is literally good enough to drink. I wouldn’t, but I can imagine this being a drink and it would be the thirst quencher. This is quenching my thirst for a divine boozy, heavy, citric cocktail for sure...juniper. Juniper berries, which gin is made from...told ya! Told ya, it reminds me of a gin & lime tonic 💕 this has juniper in, i would stake my mortgage on it 10 out of 10+ more!

Beautiful relaxing scent. Spa like ginger citrus for the first hour then a fresh jasmine patchouli. Smells natural and clean without being soapy. Like you spent the day at a spa. Great work or outdoor scent non offensive. My boyfriend loves it. Great deal for the price lasts all day on me.

just received a sample of the shower milk with my recent purchase of eau des jardins (which is newly rereleased so yay to that) and i cannot believe how invigorating this is! and paired with the treatment fragrance? in short, im in a spa-heaven!

I liked this scent the second I smelled it in the store, and bought it immediately thereafter. It’s a very uplifting scent, but unfortunately like every other scent in this line it doesn’t last more than two minutes.