Clinique Wrappings

The most recent version of wrappings I have dates back about five years ago. It has the brilliant frosty brightness of Chanel No. 22, a kind of glare that would make you squint outdoors. It smells of cypress and first-to-spring-up florals under even fresher sheets of splintering ice. The 1990 original involved a much lighter jacket. It was brisk; more in-between seasonally. The light was more afternoon sun, and the snow was starting to melt and drip from the tree branches. Saps and resins were a crucial part of that effect. This steered the fragrance closer to the more-chilly-than-cold evergreen climate of Bill Blass and Private Collection. It’s unlikely anyone would have drawn comparisons between the original Wrappings and No. 22; the relationship to Aromatics Elixir was far deeper then than now. Aromatics Elixir was almost twenty years old when Wrappings first came out; whereas the oceanic craze was just cresting. Escape came out the year after Wrappings, and it’s interesting to think of Wrappings as a bridge between old and new; Clinique trying to keep up with the market at the time. Wrappings transplants its water from the beach to the foliage of the great outdoors. Both bottles of Wrappings I have, old and far less old, are worth having, like slightly different flankers of each other. There aren’t very many scents that capture the emotional experience of climate and place this specifically. Wrappings puts you inside a scene you animate with memory and imaginative longing. The older version for me is a certain kind of afternoon in my Midwest adolescence—at the far end of an oppressive, shut-in winter, when the trees and nature are first gasping back to life, warmed awake by the sun. The newer version is the morning after a third or fourth heavy snow, a vista of white and the blinding sun it amplifies in every direction, a sense of being out in the wide open but bundled up to hold your own in it.

At my age, the year 1990 seems to have only passed by a few days ago, but then I think about it longer, and realize that it's been 22 years since Wrappings was first released. Even at that time it seems things were geared toward grown ups, but nowadays I feel like everything is geared toward your average 12 year old--books (Twilight? TMZ?) TV (American Idol, et al) and perfumes (see: most celeb scents, shampoo-conditioner frags, Kool-aide/cupcake scents, etc.) So when I got the tail end of an older bottle of Wrappings in a swap, I was completely blown away. It literally smells like sharp, clean, high mountain air in the middle of winter--a frozen balsam/pine/conifer forest. Invigorating, shocking, cold. It is so gorgeous. The green-aldehyde-artemesia, bitter balsam artemesia, oh my. I don't detect any florals in here, and as Wrappings wears down, it becomes oakmossy-musky-resinous. Obviously this is not a feminine sugary clean modern frag, and I don't even know if it's in production anymore. In light of further perfume restrictions, I am lamenting the death of perfume notes that I love. So to find a few ml's of Wrappings is bittersweet for me.

Wrappings opens with this wonderfully sharp effervescent sherbert lemon note with a backbone of fresh pungent moss and greenery.Its very much a lovechild of Aromatics Elixir and Calyx with the freshness and easiness of the latter and the unusual structure of the former.The artemisia adds some bitterness and the hyacinth makes a fleeting appearance as do the rest of the florals after the midpoint, when Wrappings is very much a skin scent ,with just an echo of its former glory.Longevity is arround 5 -6 hours and slightly more close to the skin. Wrappings could be Niche as its so unique and beautiful.I wonder whether the 'monster' longevity of old has changed as this perfume must have been reformulated many times.Certainly the Oakmoss will have changed.Finally Cristalle devotees I suspect will love this perfume as I do . Wrappings is currently available on the UK Clinique website as a set for a very reasonable price.Just a heads up as It's sometimes difficult to obtain without paying silly prices.

ladies, Wrappings IS NOT a discontinued product, but it's a Christmas season Exclusive, being sold only limited time of each year. If you love Wrappings check it out during November-December at your local Clinique counters, it's always available then in a gift sets with body lotion. Definitely my next purchase when it appears in the stores next Holiday season! I cannot classify this scent easily, don't find it particularily floral , rather kind of cool, herbal and woody, with a hint of warmth in the heart . This little,simple and pale frosty bottle holds inside a unique, chilly,earthy and warming wintery scent, if that makes any sense. Absolutely very well blended mix of herbs, flowers and woods. Outdoorsy and fresh , scent of clean Alpine forests! A little goes a looong way, superb longevity and sillage guaranteed for all day!

I wore it today and I remembered again how gorgeous it is. I would not classify it as an aldehydic perfume because I cannot recognize any aldehydes in the whole composition. Moreover it doesn’t remind me the Christmas season or a winter day and that’s the reason I have not worn it since October. On the contrary, although it’s woody, I feel it so green and cool that I consider it ideal for a sunny April day as today is. I believe that it suits well the Mediterranean spring. The bottle I have is from 90’s as the Christmas limited edition never reached my country and I keep it as a crown jewel because it’s only 25ml and I’m afraid that I will never find it again in the market. It was one of the most exceptional perfumes of that decade and it still remains unique. It’s a shame they stopped creating such a masterpiece.

Truly a masterpiece from Clinique, as many of you have stated. Amarlia's review is right-on. When Clinique discontinued this scent almost two decades ago, I loaded up on several bottles and have just one left of the perfume and two of the body lotion. I saw it in Perfumania stores and Clinique counters a few times during the holidays. What a shame that Clinique has only offered new scents that are floral and teenager friendly. Aromatiques is still a classic, but was never a friendly choice for my chemistry. I wish Clinique or Estee Lauder would bring it back like they did for Prescriptives Calyx---another great scent which is the complete opposite of Wrappings, but truly unique in its blend of green and fresh. If anyone in the North Carolina area sees a Wrappings offering in 2014, please post!

now listen, I do not advise blind buying this scent; however, that’s exactly what I did. I ordered the gift set from Harrod’s online, since it appears that’s the only reliable source for it, and wow is this stuff bonkers. honestly, Clinique fragrances are so underrated for how wild they are. this is such a wet, cold, dank green scent, like a dark wooded forest overgrown with ivy and moss and possibly the supernatural. after living with it for a while this morning I realized this must be what The Green Knight’s chapel smelled like when Gawain finally arrived to uphold his end of the bargain. I’m extremely into it, it’s so witchy. wear it for Halloween, wear it for Christmas, and remember not to get carried away if challenged to a New Year’s Game ;)

Many reviews here are mourning the "discontinuation" of Wrappings. I don't think it's been discontinued, though. I know here in the USA Wrappings is on all the department store shelves as well as Clinique's on-line store during November-December (during "wrapped gift"-giving holidays). Wrappings is a beautiful, classic floral aldehyde that connotes skiing in the mountains on a sunny day. These days, it's almost too striking and beautiful to sell all the time, because people choose smell regularly like Gain laundry detergent. Wrappings is the kind of perfume that used to be made; with fine ingredients. It's the kind of fragrance that was created as a work of art to be evocative and memorable.

This was my mum’s perfume for most of my childhood, alongside Chanel Number 5. It smelt amazing on her; we were both sad when it was discontinued. Thinking about how my mum smelt wearing this when I was a little girl brings me real happiness. It smelt like home and comfort and being safe. Mum has always dressed simply and wears almost no makeup most of the time, but she always smells amazing. Clinique Wrappings was fresh and green, like the outdoors, but also sophisticated and put together at a time in her life when she was mainly caring for children and didn’t have a lot for herself. It was something special.

Yes -it really was perfect. I would say this was my signature scent all through the 90's and part of the 2000's. How woody and dry it was, really got everything just right. If I had known it was being D/C'd those years ago, I would have stocked up. Somehow I was caught up with other perfumes by then and didn't have a clue it was going out- I didn't even think that a perfume this good would ever be in danger of going out ...can't even believe Clinique would end such a quality perfume. This was better than many Chanels and nobody is ending them....sad about it for sure....

Questo magnifico profumo che ho usato nel 1993 e ancora adesso lo uso ogni tanto,mi ricorda un paesaggio mediterraneo dove le montagne scendono a picco sul mare e la vegetazione ha esattamente questi odori. Il mare, il cielo, il verde delle erbe, i fiori, il sole caldo, l'atmosfera radiosa e rinvigorente sono racchiuse in questo piccolo profumo. Ne basta un leggero spruzzo che si espande come una nuvola e dura tutto il giorno. Le versioni anni 90 sono le migliori. Ne ho una recente ma è troppo fredda e rarefatta e non contiene tutte le ricchezze ardenti e profonde.

A sadly discontinued fragrance, but I miraculously found a used, almost full bottle online and purchased it immediately. I’ve been in a state of ecstasy ever since. It smells like taking an open-air bath somewhere in rural Japan, soaking in a beautiful wooden tub. The water is rich with minerals and little flower petals float on the surface. It rained a couple of hours ago and I can hear droplets of collected rainwater falling from the large, mossy trees surrounding me. Wrappings is pure therapy.

Wrappings by Clinique was if not a MASTERPIECE of a fragrance nothing like it. I can't believe that it was discontinued while they still have HAPPY UFF SMH. I would love for Estée Lauder/Clinique to relaunch this highly missed perfume thank goodness I have back up, if I would've known I would have racked up! Shame on you CLINIQUE for discontinuing this fresh green floral long lasting beauty you left me unwrapped like a Jolly Rancher waiting to be savored!

Tremendous scent... deceives on application with its intensely green scent, but departs from that rather quickly to wear gorgeously. A true signature scent, very sophisticated. I've gotten more compliments on this than on any other fragrance. As an aside - after it got re-introduced as Christmas gift sets, I feel like they might've tweaked it a bit; it doesn't seem to wear as long as it did before they stopped producing it en masse.

I worked for Clinique back when this was launched. I loved !!! It. It was discontinued for some time,but I see it back at my local department store again. I like it because it is a rich floral, without being sweet. It's also a good three or 4 season fragrance. Because it is so strong and long-lasting, I would suggest to not wear it at the office if in close quarters. So glad to see it back, love it!!and has nostalgia for me now.

Wrappings smells like walking through damp dewey forest undergrowth. A very familiar bitter, green, cool, wet smell. There is also something addictingly sea side and salty in it which reminds me of the taste of sea samphire. I appreciate the way it smells of the outdoors without relying on patchouli or vetiver to complete the image. Sometimes I worry if it's astringency makes it smell a little bit like a cleaning product...

For some Wrappings relates to Christmass, for me its this time of the year in Europe, still frost, but the days are longer, the birds are loud, the air is clear. Nothing articulates more the hope of spring than Wrappings. So well blended, natural, uplifting. AE is too heavy for me, and I am too young to know chypres first hand, but I can wear this easily. I wish Clinique continues to issue this beauty for the holidays.

Wrappings is stunning. It’s green and astringent. Once it warms up on your skin, it softens but remains persistent throughout the day. Good for all seasons and unisex. It only comes out at Christmas time in a gift set. Sample on your skin first. Let it settle for 30 to 60 mins. If you like it, you can get it for half off at Macy’s, Lord and Taylor’s or the Clinique website in early January through February.

It's Clinique Wrappings Time! It's now in Macys, Nordstrom, Saks, and Bloomingdales. This fragrance reminds me of weekends skiing in the Southern California mountains when my husband and I were dating. In the 1990s Wrappings was unusual...it was so green, fresh, unisex, and spa-like. Wrappings was my scent for mountains, with and hot tubs steaming as thick snowflakes melted in the warmth.

This is such a gorgeous scent and it's in season right now they only bring it out on Xmas time so for those of you who are lovers of Clinique Wrappings now it's the time to wrap yourself! Go to Macy's and online in the Clinique website. This stuff is heavy and one of the most iconic perfumes I've ever smelled. Its a Floral Green aldehydic and Woody lush absolutely not for the shy IMO!