Aromatics in White

When I wear this and catch a whiff of it, I can get tears in my eyes. Remember when perfume used to smell so good you could get lost in it? You could put on a whole new personality and mood with a couple of sprays? The scent could make you feel like there's nothing you can't do? That everything is going to be all right? For me, Aromatics in White is what Happy is supposed to be. Aromatics in White is multifaceted - and it's beautiful from start to finish. It lasts and lasts and lasts, and it creates new facets of olfactory imagery throughout weartime. It's a PERFUME. It doesn't have any distinctive notes of something edible, or a flower from a garden...it's not soapy, or powdery, or watery...It doesn't allow you think of notes; it just smells beautiful. My 8 year old daughter has proclaimed it her favorite perfume, and I practically have to hide the bottle from her because she likes to spray all her dolls, her bed, and drawers with it. Thankfully I bought the 3.4 oz bottle! Aromatics in White is extremely difficult to describe, because of its lack of distinctive notes. It's a new aroma altogether. I'm stumped when trying to think of another perfume to compare it to...it doesn't smell like anything else I know of. The most I can come up with notewise is a very clean, breezy musk that's not nearly as innocent as it first seems to be. It deepens, but not in a dirty way. It seems more "juicy", and it sparkles like a musk-aldehyde blend. My daughter says it smells like "bubbles". Not soap, she says, definitely not. "Just shiny bubbles." This isn't a sweet scent. My brain wants to categorize it in chypre because the juiciness of the musk connotes "green". But this is not a chypre, and it doesn't have even a hint of it's forerunner's DNA (Aromatics Elixir). Aromatics in White is instant euphoria...it makes my daughter and I both have a sense of anticipatory excitement...like something amazing will happen soon...or we are living in a bubble of wonderfulness. This White is good for the soul!

Aromatics In White is what I associate with a magical forest, its icy, but, warm. It smells almost like someone, kneeling down in an old, stone building is holding a frozen, deep red rose in one hand close to the flame of a lighter in their other hand; smoky, burning roses. At least, thats what I can picture in my head whenever I smell it. Mental images aside, AIW presents itself to me as quite a good universal winter, spring and fall scent, I can detect a lot of the rose and musk in this as well as some labdanum and benzoin, when first sprayed I can pick out the pepper and violet, but after roughly 15 minutes it dries down into this wonderful smoky, incense-y rose, with some of the patchouli, musk, labdanum and benzoin dancing around in the background. AIW is too much for the warmer weather, because of its incense quality and prominent rose notes, it becomes very heady and cloying, its best enjoyed in the cooler and freezing cold months in my opinion, the person I can picture wearing it is someone thats slightly witchy and mysterious, someone that wears black (contrary to the name; Aromatics In White), someone who is in touch with their spiritual side, its quite an understated fragrance I think, its simply divine! Longevity is pretty decent with AIW, I can wear it from 7:30am and still smell it by 5:00pm, its not a super projecting scent, but it does have quite a soft wafty sort of trail, very unlikely to offend, but when someone gets close it will gather compliments, its quite ageless and because of how incense-y it is, its also pretty unisex in my view, though I feel that if you like something you should wear it. Would I repurchase? yes, definitely, its an easy scent to dress up or dress down, it always feels appropriate, its got a wonderful rosey, musky, incense-y dry down and the shot of patchouli, benzoin, violet and pepper keep it feeling interesting and unusual

AE in White Oh, the lovely AE in White. The bottle, though based on the badass "non-conformist" original, fits this perfume perfectly: All white and soft and smooth with a translucent, wholesome beauty. I like this a lot. This scent is above all sweet, creamy, musky, and smooth. When first sprayed on there is a hit of orange blossom rose, which quickly transitions into a peachy sweet patchouli rose, surrounded by a pleasantly green and slightly bitter violet in the background. The violet is dusted with a nice shake of dry black pepper. It's faint, and even a bit jarring if you look for it, but the pepper, but it goes nicely with the sweetness of the peachy rose. That and enveloping all this is the creamy musk! So creamy that it reminds me of a luxe body cream--for the first few hours I feel like I'm wearing an antique body cream, a white cream with rose, violet, patchouli blended in. AE in White really changes in the dry down, the florals fade off and the amber takes over. That peach note is still there though, a peachy amber that has a hint of smoking labdanum. The musk is still there but it’s less creamy. The final stages are a wisp of vanilla. I really like the interesting subtlety of some of the underlying notes. Like I said I find the personality of this to be creamy and sweet—the musk, roses, amber etc. are all smooth and sweet. But the violet is green, the pepper is dry and almost bitter, the labdanum is a little dirty. Lasting power is great, and the sillage is noticeable but polite on my skin. Right now this stuff is on Ebay for a mere $25 for 50 mls which is frankly cheap.

Ok....The reviews and the notes look about right. First off, it smells nothing whatsoever like AE. It starts with a ton of rose. At this stage it reminds me of the heart of Kelly Caleche but with no citrus. Then rose and sichuan pepper. The rose is still very loud. The pepper is really great but there isn't enough of it. Then as the rose calms down I get the patch, but not nearly as much as the other reviewers have smelled, and it's powdery patch blended with powdery amber. The patch smells like the one in 31 Rue Cambon! But there isn't nearly enough of it and it's not in the opening like it is for 31. I start to smell orange rind (tiny bit) mixed in with the rose. Like the rose/orange of Calypso. The rose calms way down now and turns entirely powdery. Still smell powdery pepper (this pepper smells smoky like a wood fire to me. Barely). After about 2 hours it's all sweet amber-musk powder/ patch powder/ pepper powder with a wee hint of rose/orange rind powder. The whole thing is VERY mild (after the loud rose) and only lasts about 2 hours. I had to put it on twice yesterday and still couldn't smell it at bedtime nor on my pjs this morning. IMO, the components are pretty good. The balance is way off. Those are my early impressions...I wonder if it would melt open and bloom in hot weather? All that rose might kill me in summer, though. EDIT: This is becoming my new favorite rose perfume (along with Calypso). I wear 3 sprays: low back, inner elbows, belly. Then it "wafts" in a more balanced way. I get lots more musk, labdanum, and patch this way.

Let me get to the quick of it - this sent is amazing! Although its release occurred some time ago, it was only till this week that I finally smelled what so many have mentioned. Thinking it was a hyped-up sequel to the (in)famously complex Aromatics Elixir, who's chypre base is both as difficult to appreciate as it is to stop wanting to smell, I conveniently placed it on the back burner of commerce. Deadened with sighs recently, and a need to smell something newly wonderful, I cast away any dispersion, and went forth unfettered by prejudice, in purchasing a sleek bottle of my own. The bottle came so quickly from the box, it is as if it leapt into my hand: slick, white, minimal. It had me at hello. I've heard it said that the bottle itself, pristinely clad in angelic white, does not match the essence inside. I would emphatically disagree. White is exactly how I would begin to describe its contents. Smiling upon first spray, I leaned back instinctively, eyes closed in surrender to a heavenly eclipse. There is something so captivating when patchouli is allowed, to not only dominate, but fervently express its natural herbaceous luminosity. Labdanum and benzoin shine radiantly in an amber hue so bright, it becomes gilding. Orange blossom and rose aerate diaphanously; like sifting powdered sugar on angel wings. The talcum nature of violet and vanilla stir incessantly, lifting the floral pepperiness of Sichuan berries. The effect becomes an ethereal chant of joy, that I lament not trying sooner!

I've got to get this thought off my chest first...where did they get the white part of the name? I think this scent is anything but white in its nature. This is a very nicely done, warm, earthy patchouli fragrance. To add the title noir into the name would fit the scent very well. It is unusual in it's nature, as it is its own beast. I get leathery notes, a very mild pepper and a distant bit of non pungent rose. It is anchored with a wonderful mix of Amber, Benzoin and Musk. I do not get much floral from this scent at all. My nose detects no labdanum, crushed violet or orange blossom. After its initial dry down on my skin I get a very well done, warm & SLIGHTLY intoxicating powdery throw. I really like Aromatics in White. (verge of love) It is masterfully mixed to get a simple but deep fragrance that is not just another standard issue perfume. I was a bit baffled as I was expecting it to be a bit spicier (spices are soft)and a bit more...well, aromatic. This is not a criticism in any way, as my expectations were just a bit off. It has a nice strength and depth, good longevity and sillage is arms length or better. I think this version of Aromatics is a bit more balsamic and ambery than its predecessor. I also think this smells like it could be a much more expensive niche perfume. Not yet a love, but ohhh so close. I am really enjoying this elixir. A nice way to describe it is: creamy dreamy, velvety & smooth.

Got this lovely bottle randomly from a very generous fragrantican! What a treat. So finally I can test and properly review. Very tom ford white patchouli, which I love. I don't get much rose but it might be my nose atm (luteal phase yay) it's mostly a soft patchouli with white florals, ambers and musks. Very much up my alley - but as i also noticed at the airport when I initially tried it doesn't last like tom ford. I feel it's very airy, still a bit spicy but not at all the oomphy perfume that tom ford is. I feel like I would need a good 2-3 ml of this per day so I'm thinking I will use this small bottle up in a few months max. But I might save this one for the springtime - I think the weather might also be at play - I get a lot more out of certain smells in the warmer weather. Will be back with more notes upon further testing but, I do love the scent profile. Edit: Getting the soft rose now, but it's very balmy, I think it just gives that aromatic twist to the musks and resins in here. And my bad, this does in fact last, but because of it's airy nature plus your nose gets used to it, it can feel like it doesn't last. I was out an event yesterday and had so much male attention, not that I'm looking for i in fact I was uncomfortable if I'm honest... but it was a bit unusually intense. I'm blaming the perfume I had on which is this one :D

First I would like to thank my lovely swap partner for the chance to try this, I probably would have never purchased on my own. As a huge Aromatics Elixir fan I think I had a mild expectation this would have a hint of the original even though the reviews stated not. So I was semi prepared that it would be nothing like AE. And that would be a correct assumption. With that being said I do love it. Let me explain a bit more. The white bottle threw me and at first the initial spray seemed light, faint and almost a disappointment. Something strange begins to happen in the first 10 minutes. That faint barely there aroma on my arm started to morph into a stronger more complex scent. This rarely occurs with perfumes for me. As I sit here now about 20 minutes later it's continued to become stronger and deeper smelling on my wrist and I like it. I would say the initial spray is light and faint but the dry down is more of an ambery rich and exotic scent. I can't call it gourmand and I really can't even call it floral or spice. I am at a loss of words on how to explain this pretty scent. It's Niche smelling. This could even be a unisex but don't let that worry you ladies. It's not masculine at all. Delightful.

I can definitely see why, on opening, Aromatics in White might remind someone of Nanette Lepore's Nanette. Very similar openings, but Nanette retains the rose throughout. Aromatics in White's sweeter florals move to the forefront quite quickly, and the rose fades as this fragrance settles. I could almost say there is a jasmine or gardenia waxy-creamy note that's not listed, but that could also just be the combination of deep florals giving that impression. I love this for Summer. It is a warm June day, and while this is very present and no wallflower of a fragrance, it is not overpowering in any way. Wearing this may inspire me to tuck a flower behind one ear while wearing it on some warm and lovely Summer dusk. This is lovely. I love Nanette, and consider it one of my favorite rose fragrances, but this is something I will enjoy for different reasons. It almost has a dark and dewy tropical jungle feel, and I envision lush, waxy jasmine and creamy gardenia flowers dripping with fragrant dew. It's nothing new, nothing novel, but still feels very fresh and wonderful to me.

I really really like this. Mind you, I said like not love, but really, it's a very good scent and pretty versatile one as well. On me it works best on warm summer nights, maybe because it has the same balmy, sweet but also slightly smoky aspect as a July evening in this beatiful city, where the smokiness of a big city mixes with blooming trees, the mist of the river, the cigarette smoke of bars, the effervescence of sparkly wine and the smell of people dressed up for the night. As to the notes, while I expected a spicy tart rose, on me it's much more of a fresh AND smokey white floral. It's definitely the violet leaf and the orange blossom that I smell the most, with a pinch of pepper, sexy musk and a sweet and somewhat resinous base, where there is a hint of a geraniumy, but not tart rose. On NST some people voted this to be the most 'meh' perfume release of 2014, and while AiW won't knock your socks off,I beg to differ. It's definitely a sophisticated floral with a depth that will make people stop in their tracks and ask you what perfume you're wearing.

After trying out samples of Aromatics in Black and Aromatics in White for several months on and off I fell in love with Aromatics in White. The bottle is so smooth, porcelain-white and very pleasant to hold. Obviously it's not only the bottle, but the scent that I loved. Herbal, mysterious, plush and warm, incensy in the right kind of way. I like patchouli and rose combination in many perfumes, so naturally I liked it here a lot too. It is very reminiscent of Tom Ford White Patchouli fragrance, as somebody already noticed in the reviews here. Even though they only share patchouli and rose in notes. A tad medicinal and earthy undertone is actually very nice, as well. Aromatics in White is more of a skin scent and much quieter than its sibling In Black. I still can catch whiffs of this scent about 12 hours later, but very very close to the skin. You might not impress the whole room if you are wearing this fragrance, but you will enjoy this amazing scent just for yourself for the whole day. If you like the scent, of course.

I love Aromatics Elixir and I was able to finally get a bottle of Aromatics White locally from an online retailer. The bottle is so pretty and so is the scent. It is so much more softer than Elixir and a soothing floral musky vibe. I have had this for about 3 weeks now and I wear this when I am going to bed or working from home. I layered it with the Elixir and it was so good. The projection of this scent is very low compared to the elixir so when I want to wear it out, I just layer it with a perfume oil to add more depth and volume to it. This has been a successful blind buy and even though I won’t buy it again because I have more than a hundred bottles of perfume and all need to be rotated into the mix, I will definitely use it all up and enjoy it while I still have it. The weather is hot here in Abuja, Nigeria most of the year round so if you want an office friendly, children with allergies complaint perfume, this is an excellent choice for you.

This is such a rich, full-bodied scent. The only other perfume I've tried from this line, the black elixir, I absolutely love. This is no lighter than the black, but it's a lot creamier and cleaner. Honestly, I don't smell any flowers in this except for the slight soapiness of orange blossom. Everyone keeps mentioning rose but I'm not smelling it. Then again, this is only my first wearing so still haven't gotten the full feel of it. What I do get right off the bat is amber, musk, patchouli, benzoin, and very subtle spices. This is a very unique, well blended scent, that doesn't call to mind anything I've ever smelled to date. Instant love. Update - I decided to go full hog and do a full wearing and now I am getting the rose very heavy right off the top. Reminds me of the patchouli rose in Agent Provocateur though a little jammy. My favorite part is still midway through the scent. So satisfying. It's like aromatherapy for me.

I remember swooning when I first smelled Tom Ford's White Patchouli. Unfortunately, once I got a 5ml decant and used it up, I was completely over that scent and found it harsh and headache-inducing. This didn't make me swoon. But it certainly reminds me of the TFWP. It's a very interesting composition (not unique since it pretty clearly seems to follow the WP trend, but still very interesting). It is a sort of clean and fresh patch that can be very easily worn in the heat (which I'm a fan of). TO me, if you like patch, this is a great scent. For someone like me who enjoys it when it's blended well, but doesn't love it, this scent is something I love to smell, but I'm not sure I need it. I think I might try the Armaf just for fun and see if that suits me more or the same (or less). I'm toying with how much I need this. But I can't help but love it!

Am really enjoying this perfume now that the weather has cooled down. I find it has body, depth and it moves in stages. The impression I get is that of a moss and violet tinged velvety opening, followed by finely dosed patchouli sprinkled rose, resting on a sappy, milky wooden base. More so than the original Aromatics Elixir, with which I detect some similarities in the top notes, it reminds me of TF’s White Patchouli (as some have already suggested), and also of Narciso by NR - the dry patchouli and rose of the former, combined with the milky feel of the latter, however, unlike those two, I can wear Aromatics in White without growing tired of its notes - it stays with me all day and it’s great company. I’ve had several compliments at work and whilst going out, and that’s always nice, eh.

One of my most complimented fragrances. I literally can't get around anyone without getting a compliment on this. Strangers stop me and ask what it is. Aromatics in White bears no resemblance to the original in my opinion. This is a seductive creamy musky labdanum rose centered fragrance with a soft powdery yet slightly masculine edge to it. It's strange, I think really feminine at times then other whiffs seem slightly masculine. I initially almost wrote it off as "meh" and boy was that a major mistake. This is an underrated jewel. This stuff is gorgeous. Understated but still has a major presence apparently based on the amount of compliments I receive. It's hard to describe just what makes it so special, all I know is that it is.

Peppery opening, fruity rose shampoo, green herbal patchouli, abstract white flowers, clean creamy musks, and subtle "white" amber in the base. The deep drydown has a touch of vanilla. This is what I was hoping to find from the popular Narciso Rodriguez perfumes (they're all a bit harsh), but the clean, muted, refreshing musk of my dreams has come from Lauder. I shouldn't be surprised, but I am. Lauder work out their perfumes better than most. Sophisticated, subtle, gentle, beautiful. The scent of an upscale moisturizer or lotion. One of the few modern releases I love and wear regularly. It's a relatively soft scent, but I am happy to have something this womanly at a reasonable price point. Thank you Lauder.

I know that the rose & patchouli thing has been done to death, but... here it's just so GOOD. My first reaction sniffing this was "Oh, WOW!". It was just lovely and made me happy! It opens up as an incredibly pretty rose scent. The patchouli is just a backdrop and is the smoothest kind you could imagine - no dirt or bitterness whatsoever. After a while the rose dials down and the scent gets a bit warmer, spicier. I absolutely do not smell this as a "white" fragrance. The colours that come to mind are a rosy pink/red and rich leafy green. Also, there isn't much resemblance to the original Aromatics Elixir - a very good thing, since I can't stand that one.

I put this on at 7:30 this morning. It's almost 9 and still lovely. Very close to my skin. It's exactly as described in the notes. Amber, balsamic, warm spice, musk, patch, rose. I'm getting a very soft powdery, musk rose coming through the most on my skin. Not a heavy spice at all. I don't see any comparison to the original AE. It stands alone in my opinion. Very soft, clean, feminine scent. Very well done, another fine scent by Clinique. This was a blind buy on Ebay. I am enjoying it immensely. I'm not sure it will become a favorite yet. But I think it belongs in my collection. It's a blind buy I am glad I made. I recommend it.

This is like a cool, poofy cloud of baby powder with a soft and beautiful rose. Makes me feel dreamy. A perfect scent-the-scarf perfume! There is a whispery herbal patchouli making this more mature and interesting than "just baby powder," and the softness of this rosy, powdered patchouli just becomes warmer as it wears. Really lovely and special. Clinique Aromatics in Black is a plummy and resinous white floral tinged with a green bite, while the White is the more fluffy and cool powdery, with gorgeous rose note and a bit of an edge. Don't make me choose my favorite right now! I think you need them both. Go Clinique!