1872 for Women Clive Christian for women

1872 is a clean skin scent that is easy to wear daily or as a signature scent, not very "perfumy" at all. It is fresh, crisp, clean, musky, slightly woody, and earthy all at the same time. The only fruit to be found in this perfume is citrus. While it's a lovely and clean scent, it doesn't stand out in my mind as being particularly unique. It reminds me of other perfumes that I also own--Josephine by Rance 1795 and Penhaligon's Quercus--two perfumes that share the same type of description. I think I like all 3 equally.

This is a light fragrance. Longevity is average, and projection is not very good. Others won't notice it on you unless you'd sprayed it on your skin somewhat recently.

I really don't think it's worth all the hype, but it's fun for the purpose of exclusivity.

This is The Perfume of aristocratic ladies of old, wrapped in long silky dresses and radiating an almost surreal scent, partly fruity, partly floral, partly woody - and yet neither fruity, nor floral, nor woody. What a pity much perfume industry today have lost this class and harmony.

perfection

This is one of my mother's favourite perfumes in her collection. Without hesitation, I decided to try it. I absolutely love the smell! It's not too strong for me... I recommended it to anybody :)

This one smells very nice and sweet. It is not strong or overpowering on me at all. I am not sure it is worth what it costs but it does smell good. It opens on me very citrusy and fruity. I can barely smell the rose and jasmine in the middle notes as it dries. We will see how long it lasts on me as my skin tends to make all perfumes disappear. Unless something magical happens in the next few hours it is not worth the money.

This is a very strong fragrance; fall/winiter night time for me

When I was trying to stingily apply some of my 1ml sample, I accidentally spilled most of it - fortunately right on my wrist. But that turned out to be necessary to detect the fragrance at all, for it has the lightest of all scents I have ever tried (hardly believable that it is EdP).

It is a *barely* fruity scent; the only way the non-citrus edibles come through is in the delightful sweetness of the scent, which is neither sugary nor honey-like and cannot be pinned on any of the flowers.

As for the bouquet at the heart of this fragrance, I fully agree with fragrancefiend - the rose doesn't dominate. In fact, the flowers are so well-blended, that you can detect each one individually, and at the same time not loose sight of their perfectly balanced harmony.

The same goes for the lovely base - none of the notes dominate but rather unite into a single voice of individually recognizable timbres. The woods are real but not gnarly; the patchouli is fresh but not pungent; the oakmoss humid but not rotting; and the musk is warm but not, well, powdery French.

An entirely unique work of art, this fragrance is so masterfully created that it makes *you* feel like a genius for being able to tell apart all the notes without ruining your experience in the process of analyzing it. All of its elements are as perfect as their respective Platonic Forms - and just like the Forms, the resulting scent feels too elegant and ethereal for this world, floating just above it, as if it is not meant for mortal noses; and whatever wisps of it we can catch are the work of a mischievous spirit, teasing us.

I have a very small sample of this and it is sublime. Starts out green and a little sharp; certainly not a stand out or even a fragrance I would consider trying. An hour later I would catch a whiff of a wonderful soft floral scent like nothing I've experienced before. While rose is supposed to be the star, I most notice the violet and lily of the valley enveloped in the sandalwood with just enough patchouli to give it a modern kick. The rose I can smell reminds me of those small wild roses that grow on a vine that smell so heavenly when the sun heats them up.