Clinique Happy Heart 2003

I'm a Clinique girl. Love their skincare, and love their fragrances. While the original "Clinique Happy" is a great scent–I love its gin and tonic, citrusy and white floral freshness–it's the flanker "Happy Heart" that has my...well, heart. I love a good fresh fragrance, and "Happy Heart" has quickly become my signature fragrance. Like "Happy," it opens with a sparkly citrus scent, backed up by a base of gentle white wood. However, the heart notes are wear it shines. "Happy Heart" is a wash of soft, melony sweetness and aquatic freshness. The combination of cucumber and water hyacinth is nothing short of soothing and magical. There's also a slight ozonic quality to the dry down, especially on my skin. I also detect a hint of swimming pool chlorine–I think that's the cucumber in the forefront. For those of us who grew up in the 90s and 00s, "Happy Heart" bears a slight resemblance to Bath & Body Works' iconic "Cucumber Melon" products, but with a slightly more mature, green, crisper and watery edge. It's super refreshing and even rather cooling to smell and wear. I argue that it has slightly better longevity than the original "Happy," with a mild sillage. This is a really pleasant fragrance and I can't imagine it offending anybody. While it is a bit on the safe side, for me, this is like a nice glass of water with a twist of lemon and cucumber. It lifts my spirits and, yes, it does make my heart happy. I recommend this as a good, user-friendly freshie. Its relatively affordable price point doesn't hurt either.

It smells just like the Main Accords tab would have you think; cool, cirsp, fresh, ozonic and aquatic. I love the OG Happy (despite its weak longevity) and didnt think it could get much better until I decided to blindly buy this based off the notes list. OH MY GOD this is the stuff summer dreams are made of! Since this is a flanker of Happy, it does have some similar DNA, but this isn't about the bright, zingy citrus notes, this one is all about the aqueous, crisp freshness of cucumber, I'm sure someone when I was growing up used to wear this because there is something so familiar and nostalgic about it, it creates mental images of early morning drives to the beach and being sat in the park with friends on a warm, breezy day, its an easy to wear casual scent. Notes wise I get the cucumber, some slight citrussy notes from the mandarin and some very feint floral notes from the water hyacinth, its a semi linear scent on me with it only changing mildly towards the end of its 7hrs of longevity on my skin, where some slight woody nuances come out, but for the most it stays very fresh, cool and airy on me. Its a perfect daily scent for work, casual wear even the gym and I also have to say, its a really hard scent to dislike IMO especially if you like shower fresh, aquatic fragrances. Longevity is 7hrs on me with 4 sprays, silage is soft bordering on moderate; enough to get compliments but not enough to offend or irritate. Future repurchase? yes, 100%!

Clinique Happy Heart Perfume Spray: This Is Simply The "BEST" Fresh Aquatic Perfume Ever!! Pure Holiday/Vacation In A Bottle, And Absolutely Perfect For A Fresh Spring Day, Or A Hot Balmy Summer Day, When Your In Need Of Something To Really Freshen, Reawaken Your Senses!! It's Also SO'OOOOO Uplifting, And Comfy As If It Actually Is Giving Your Huge Hugs!! You Simply Can't Stop Smiling When Your Wearing This Hidden Gem, Plus The Compliments It Never Fails To Bring Me, Each Time I Have It On!! Tbh, I Much Prefer "HAPPY HEART" Over The Original Clinique Happy!! As Sometimes I Get A Strange "FAKE TAN" Smelll From It - (SO NOT SURE IF MY BOTTLE HAS GONE OFF) Even Though It's Been KEPT In It's Box, And KEPT Inside My Cool Wardrobe, Alongside My "Happy Heart", And A GOOD Few Other's etc!! I Remember Reading Somewhere That Clinique Happy Perfume Didn't Keep At All Very Well, For Some Unknown Reason!! So This Definitely Seems To Be The Case For Mine, Like So Many Other's Have Stated!! Anyhow, As Long As I Have My Clinique Happy Heart ❤️ I'm One Happy Girlie Indeed!! I Also Like And Rate Estee Lauder's Pleasure's And Pleasure's Intense Very Highly Too!! And It's KindA Nice To Rotate These Three Fragrances In Spring And Summer Time, Alongside With The Likes Of Eau De Rochas, Ô de Lancôme, D&G's Light Blue/Light Blue Intense, And Eau de Guerlain!! Which Are All Fresh Beauties In A Bottle!!

I have recently moved this to the top of my “up next to buy/repurchase” category. I wore this in high school (graduated in 2006, and am currently 33, married and have a 12 year old stepdaughter, as well as an 8 month old little girl... my, how times have changed!). About a month after I delivered, I received the terrible news that my high school sweetheart (who I was still friends with and respected very much) passed tragically in a weather accident. He was a well respected local firefighter and we dated from the time I was 15-20 years old. This fragrance, while certainly no fragrance masterpiece, brings me back to being a fun-loving 17 year old with not a care in the world. When I smell my sample, I am literally transported to bond fires, rides out in the country and the awesomeness that was the mid 2000’s. It was a pretty damn cool time, if you ask me. There are fragrances that transport you to a time, a memory...where it’s impossible to be objective in analyzing/judging a fragrance. This, along with a few others (including the original Ralph by Ralph Lauren) do that for me. A+ in my book!

I ́ve been trying to find a perfume that makes me feel as good as this, I ́ve smelled many and none of them have managed to say "I like this better thant Happy Heart", the only one I like "almost" like this, is Chanel Chance Eau Fraiche, not even because it is Chanel. Happy Heart is unique, unlike any other, I love it and think it's perfect for me. At the beginning appears the cucumber, then the water hyacint adds a strong and flowery note, after that, the mandarin orange makes the balance and adds a citric and exquisite freshness, these are the highlights of the perfume,the mixture between them is sharp but a minutes later becomes a delicious scent, discreet, elegant, young, and incredible long lasting. For me this perfume is great not because the ingredients are the most interesting (carrot? really?), but because together they make a unique perfume, which has the perfect balance of sweetness, floral notes, fruity notes and freshness. To me it is not just a Chypre-Floral, is a work of art. (As my last and fast review of Happy Heart, I still give it 11/10)