Chemistry

oh boy! this fragrance is masculine! ;) I'm loving it since 1994. just from the day it saw the light on the shelf of Dillard's in US. at that time fragrance for man from I would say one of the first producers of lux fragrance free skin care products for man was just not usual and very outstanding. Chemistry. the last bottle I got few years ago. it was last in a stock and the seller told me that it won't be available any more. so I used it very rarely to save to precious drops of my favorite Chemistry until one summer day when I arrived to Dubai and saw it at the airport store. I was sooo amazed that Estee Lauder and co have made a great decision to recreate it's extravagant perfume. and the box has changed to conquer hearts that already have not been stolen.

I adooooore this fragrance. I wore it my entire senior year of high schol waaay back in 1996 and never thought much about it in the intervening years mainly because I stopped wearing cologne for many years but now I've tested hundreds in the last 4-5 months and came back to where I started with this one. I was expecting this one to possibly be discontinued but I never expected it to have so few supporters. This is a very, very dry fragrance. Its downright pucker-inducing. Bracing mint,ginger and white musk. The longevity is monsterous for this type of cologne. I think its amazing but obviously this is a polarizing one. I purchased my new bottle from ebay.

A highly refined classy scent that has an almost invisible smokey-like presence - perhaps similar to the effect of the ISO E Super ingredient style of fragrances. I think it works off body heat to become more incensey and noticeable, but it accompanies and complements your presence like a shadow. I would buy this if it wasn't so overpriced, but a highly overlooked fragrance that is not so easy to find. Definitely worth checking out in my opinion!

I love this scent on my husband for day/spring/summer. This is masculine, but without trying too hard. No awful leather or strong tobacco notes. It's quite citrusy & warm. It's a refreshing fragrance that blends smoothly & lasts a long time on the skin. The price is pretty decent too!

It's supposed to be for men but I wear ii so I would say it could be a unisex scent. Spraying on clothing, I could still smell it on my clothing after 8 hours. On skin, barely smell it after 30 minutes. That's just me though. It smells so clean!

there is a chance to buy it again. it's a limited edition, however it's not being sold everuwhere like before, but if you really like this cologne you can find through the net or dutyfree shops, etc.

Very nice man fragrance. It's reminds me the 90's a lot. Worth to try, if you will managed find it now a days, as it's discontinued.

I own two bottles of limited editions

Dated by some standards, Chemistry by Clinique remains my favorite of the clean, fresh, sporty fragrances that achieved zenith in the mid-1990s. Others that come to my mind's nose are Polo Sport, Tommy by Tommy Hilfiger, and Fathom. It evokes a sense of wellness, fitness, and vigor - something one would wear when going out for a good run, bike ride, or inline skating session, then spray on afterward to continue the feeling. My last bottle is just below the halfway mark and while I'll hate to see it go, as surely it will, it will have been an enjoyable aromatic companion across some wonderful years.

Have always been attracted to this one once the Summer humidity begins to fade. The warm but much drier days of Fall are fantastic for Chemistry and it absolutely becomes signature worthy as your afternoons transition into cooler - but not yet frigid - evenings. A soapy Neroli/Ginger combo with a touch of mint surrounding, and sturdy Lauder longevity. Chemistry has a nice, vital energy, lending itself to a day not cooped up, indoors. Reseller prices are great for a laugh.

I have an original mid-90's bottle that was probably purchased not too long after it was launched. My dad passed it on to me since this was a gift from my mom and was not really his style (He was a PS Paul Sebastian guy). For this fresh and clean style of fragrance, it is very long lasting. I still have about 1/2 a bottle. This juice was never brown, as someone else mentioned. It has always been a very light yellow/clear.

I loved this in the 90s when gifted a bottle: this, Armani and Minataur were my impossibly chic fragrance wardrobe at university. I just had to find bottle - and now its discontinued it was a very expensive itch to scratch. But I'm glad I did. Is it unique? No. Is it deep and weird and strange? No. Is it fresh and evocative of a place and time? Yes.

Chemistry is actually a pretty decent late 80's/early 90's fresh fougere along the lines of Calvin Klein Escape for Men or Aramis New West. Also it's unbelievably strong and tenacious on my skin - and this is just from the current version! I can only imagine how bombastic the vintage stuff is. Worth trying!

definitely a child of the 90s, but works for today. Light, gingery with a muted floral undercurrent. a safe, pleasant fragrance for daytime and the office. Has a clean vibe that some will read as bland. longevity good. sillage ok. not much to offend here.

This reminds me so much of Big Pony 3 by Polo! This however, is much more adult-like whereas Big Pony 3 is very youthful and preppy.

A quintessential mid-90s fragrance like bottled up time capsule: citrusy-bright sporty aromatic freshie. I get mostly musk, oakmoss, ginger and lavender. Not unique, not a great performer, kinda dated, but it has nostalgia going for it. There's no way I'd pay anything close to what the current going price is on ebay these days.

We just recieved a shipment of goods from Estee lauder and Co. A big big shipment with loads of brands that were not sold in the shop previously like Tom Ford, Aramis, DKNY and Clinique. Lots of sampling these days :D! One of the new items was a Clinique named Clinique Skin scent, Cologne for men! I tried it and I wanted to review it... But my search here came out empty... Then I found this... It's the same bottle shape but the box is pure white and the notes seems be the same either... Well... I'll review Skin scent here. Unfortunately... Skin scent is just... Well... a skin scent. So subtle and so gentle you won't feel it on you without putting your nose into it. That's aside it is fairly long lasting... You get easily a 6+ hours from it. It starts out with a lemony minty fragrance before turning into a musky spicy aroma which was completely unexpected... I thought it would remain citrussy and fresh... The drydown is soapy and very clean. All in all... It's not bad but not my cup of tea... The main problem for me is it's weakness and blandness! For those who likes to smell subtly clean and unoffesively gentle this is perfect! Edit: I rechecked and found out that chemistry is written in bold above everything else... I don't know how I missed it...!!

This is true hatred for me. I am generally very patient with fragrances I don't like but this I had to scrub off. So loud, chemical and feminine smelling it was embarassing to walk around in public after a timid spray on the wrist. It doesn't wash off!!! I had to endure its horrible stench for two days (and yes I had showers and washed hands maniacally during)! I felt like living in a carton box of laundry powder (the cheapest available at the market). I tried it out of curiosity because I had never noticed it before. Turns out it lives among us since 1994 and no one has heard of it. No wonder... PS: If my coworker wore this at the office I would slap him in the face. It is THAT offensive! PS2: I don't want to say all bad so the bottle is nice in its simplicity. In fact it tricked me into testing the contents PS3: On paper it tells, a different, much better story of cleanliness and floralcy, if only it could do it on skin...

I can understand the nonchalant attitude toward this fragrance and the fresh thing is something that's hard to dislike right? Well it must be my 'Chemistry' that doesn't agree with this fragrance because I actively don't like it. The opening is bitter and musky then becomes cheap and lacking in everything which could make it enjoyable or just inoffensive. Just weak perfumery for me, I couldn't wear this and I'm someone who has worn Happy for years despite finding it synthetic smelling it's fresh and uplifting in a way I'd hoped this would be. Chemistry is a flop...not good at all.

Jesus, this stuff nearly took the lining off my nose! I actually thought it was for a woman as the packaging is quite unisex - I might come to it with a different perspective if I think of it on my husband. Has it got no Aldehydes in it? It was so searingly aldehydic from the bottle (come back, White Linen, all is forgiven!) I think it would take a brave and individual guy to wear this and now I really want to smell it again, on skin!

I gave this a try and the initial hit is gingery and citrus, which dries down pretty quickly to a skin scent that reminds me of celery and linen cupboards. Projection and longevity seemed fairly poor. There are so many better fragrances available.

I did not give this frangrance as much time before judging as I usually do, simply because it wss not long lasting. Aside from not being long lasting, I don't care for it. Nuff said.

Soap and dryer sheets. Nothing offensive going on here, but it just smells bland. Highly recommended if you want your clothes to smell like you JUST washed them all the time.

I must have tried a dud bottle in Boots. This absolutely stank of urinal soap and bombay mix. The most disgusting thing I've ever sprayed from a fragrance bottle.

It would be unfair to reduce Clinique Chemistry to 90s nostalgia, though it does bring me back to that time when a clean, aromatic musky fragrance was de rigueur for fashionable young men of that time. Chemistry bring me to my very first days entering gay clubs as a bi kid, just 18, exploring my sexuality with a guy that I befriended at the time. We visited Qwest in Boston, it must've been 1997. The men smelled like this or CK One, but while the latter sort of has associations of the not so great feelings of late adolescence, this one makes me feel wistful and brings a smile to my face. Chemistry is like just having had a dip in a chlorinated pool (don't let that put you off, there isn't a "chlorine" smell per se), the showering with a nice soap and using freshly laundered white towels. There is this feeling of cleanness and clarity that so few fragrances that attempt this effect achieve with success. The notes that stand out most is this bright, fresh ginger root mingling with coriander and mint, with neroli further imparting this fresh laundry, clean skin quality. It also reminds me of the way dryer sheets smelled back then (none on the market smell that way any longer). A dollop of laundry musks in the dry down is what really fixes the whole composition together, lasting on clothes for an eternity and on the skin for quite some time, given the nature of Chemistry. For someone who is such a fan of the rich, resinous, incensed, and complex, I am amused of my affinity for this (and for Aramis New West), as I do not gravitate towards the "so fresh and so clean" or aquatic when it comes to fragrance. But Chemistry is just so well composed and presents this experience without any rough edges. It's a wonderful palate cleanser, with cheer and sunniness. Sometimes I really just need something as simple and straightforward as that. It's unfortunate that it has long been discontinued while far inferior scents from that time period prevail in neutered form.

Being a big Clinique skincare fan, and hopelessly devoted to Aramis 900, the male version of Aromatics Elixer, I had such high hopes when this was first launched in the nineties. I could not believe what I smelled back then for the first time: flat, anonymous roomspray. I've tried it many times when I found a tester, just couldn't believe my favourite brand came with something so bland. Finally I lost track. Then, I came upon it on sale at a local drugstore in 2018: for only E 13 for a 100 ml spray, use it for what I thought it was, an expensive roomspray. Well, I don't know if it has been reformulated, or that my nose has changed the past decades, but what a beautiful sophisticated scent this is. Fresh, classy, green with a twist. Super masculine, office safe, long-lasting, just beautiful. Could have been my new signature scent at last. So sad (now) that is has been discontinued. Forgive me Clinique, my fault for 24 years.

It's metallic and citrusy. It's citrus juice staining your old carbon steel knives. It's somewhere in no man's land between the powerhouse 80's and 90's fragrances and the much more subtle fragrances of this century. This fact probably is the reason why this fragrance never broke out into the masses. But the fact that this one is well done has kept it on the shelves. Longevity and projection are good. Those who want to be subtle and those who want their fragrances to make an announcement will both be disappointed with this one. Not sure this fragrance's history with being pulled off the shelves or discontinued but it's been readily available at Clinique online for years. I don't use it often. But every time I do give it another try, I say to myself: this is too good for me to use it so infrequently.

I’ve seen reviews saying that no one would ever revive a fragrance profile like this, but that’s exactly what Replica did with “At the Barber”. Chemistry does EXACTLY smell like a man in the 90’s. Not a teen like Ck One, but a man. It’s the classic smell of aftershave with mint and lavender. Not everyone wants to smell like a humidor or the bottom of the ocean, which seems to be the only options afforded to men these days. This was the perfect fragrance for a man wanting to smell clean, fresh, and quietly confident. It’s a shame Clinique discontinued it because it’s much better than At the Barber.

I've bought 3-4 bottles over the years. I do think it's a copy of Eternity, but even though Eternity may have come first, I think Chemistry is of a higher quality. It smells more natural. And because Clinique doesn't use allergens I wouldn't be surprised if this is composed of natural ingredients. The ginger in Chemistry is wonderful. You can't go wrong with Chemistry,it just smells fantastic. And I love the pharmacy style bottle. It's being discontinued so grab a bottle before it's gone. (It's miles better than happy).

Right out of the bottle, I get a strong, minty, spicy citrus. As it dries down, it becomes musky and woodsy, but remains clean and soap-like. But, it is not the same kind of soapy as Gendarme or Acqua di Parma. It's much more brisk and masculine to my nose. Unlike a lot of newer soap-like scents, I get an old-school barbershop vibe from this one. Initially, I didn't care too much for this scent, but I have come to like it very much. It's clean and easy-to-wear but with enough spice to make it different.

This amazing frag was masculine! I used it around 3 times till is no longer available cause its been discontinued like many unforgetable parfums like Insensé by Givenchy. I don ́t understand why is that but it ́s what happened with Chemistry. At least in Argentina. I remember it like a very longlasting scent in my skin. Really delicious and fresh scent!

I have to agree with the review from Joey G about a slight weird smell of Bombay mix coming from my latest bottle of chemistry. Not pleasant. I have had numerous bottles of this over a 25 year period and always loved it for a clean daytime freshy. It was always a re-buy favourite but I won’t buy or wear again now.

I was gifted a bottle of this stuff. I never like it from the start. Strong, heavy and gave me a headache as soon as it hit my nose. It sat on the shelf for years. I know some older fragrances are timeless, this is dated to me. I ended up using it as a bathroom spray.

A great quality blend with a fine, stand alone aroma! I love it on fall and spring days. Comforting and reliable, like a good friend. Stood the test of time and has a fantastic performance as well! Pure class!

I wore this for a few years and I loved it. The original juice was a BROWN color. Now I see it is a translucent alcohol color. This should give you an idea on how the reformulation went.

Soapy goodness!! Smells like Ivory Soap when it settles down. Clean and fresh all the way. It is a very subtle scent that stays close to the skin but lasts. Smells so good!!!

i came here to read the reviews on this, my daughter raves about it so. it's live on the clinique site. it must be a holidays-only type of scent.

A clean, modern, refined & elegant fragrance. Easy to wear, yet stylish & sophisticated.

This is supposed to be a man's fragrance but I love it! It's very clean smelling.

@sultan I had the same experience and got mine in Harrods.