X for Men Clive Christian for men

the Manolo Blahnik of colognes...too steep for my cash flow, dude. Ive smelled it on someone, and it did smell like something from another Universe...very classy and very addictive. Maybe one day, I'll find it marked down...NOT!!!

I'm using this perfume for almost 6 years and the price is rasing up and up , but it deserve. I tried to find something similler but it looks so hard. I use other fragrancem but X and No 1 for men are at the top for the spicial events. I like in X that it last for long time with very uniqe spicy smill. For the price you can find tester sometimes since there are no one could copy this perfume and they will be cheaper by the half price some times.

Divinity in a bottle. I really wanted to hate it because of the obnoxious marketing ("The most expensive perfume in the world," seriously? Sell me on quality, not the snobbery please) but after trying it, I just could not help myself. Even my significant other, who is usually apathetic about fragrances and my scent obsession, had to keep smelling the spot where the SA had spritzed my wrist. I couldn't stop sniffing either, and I am super-picky about my scents. The perfumer hit this one in the head- it's pure perfection from the top notes down. Give it a shot.

Tons is super-dry spices, just enough flowers to sweeten the mixture without being nauseating, syrupy, or overty *floral*. Dries down to a gorgeous woodsy base that is rich, smooth, and creamy.

One spray goes a long way so it will last you a while, and always a compliment getter if you are interested in such things.

Cons- Fugly bottle and obnoxious marketing. Neither of which really affects the perfume itself.

Who can tell me why is this similar if not the same as
Costiume National ? I thnik it's bit fresher but 99% the same...

Please share your views

10/10

I've ordered all 3 Clive Christian perfumes directly from CC website. It was my more expensive order of perfumes (EUR 1,500). I did it after I've got the samples of them from Bologna antique niche perfumery after I've ordered there CC 1872 perfume 30ml in crystal bottle (another EUR 650). When you wear the perfume of CC for the first time, you don't really like it (it's very different from all other perfumes, where the head notes are very pleasant and you immediately buy them, but after an hour, or even worse: after you've purchased it, you understand that you don't really like the main notes). Like I told here, CC perfumes are really different: you start to love them after you are wearing them at least for 30 min. So, ask for samples and try to wear them for a whole day, then decide if you like them. I'm sure you will!

Now that I joined Fragrantica I re-post my review of X for Men by Clive Christian.

A very complicated and original top quality fragrance. A little bit too citrusy, but only in the top. The two kinds of jasmin in this perfume are so strange, but not in a bad way. I don't recognise iris. Vanilla and cinnamon are not overpowing, and this is good, because I hate vanilla and cinnamon. The resins and the other spices are good and interesting.

i love it but so expandive for me!

A very complicated and original top quality fragrance. A little bit too citrusy, but only in the top. The two kinds of jasmin in this perfume are so strange, but not in a bad way. I don't recognise iris. Vanilla and cinnamon are not overpowing, and this is good, because I hate vanilla and cinnamon. The resins and the other spices are goog and interesting.

I begged for a small sample of Clive Christian X for Women and the SA decanted this in error (she gave me the other too). I tried on X for men and found it very soft for a men's fragrance. First spicy and later the bergamot comes through and is really delicious. Sillage is small - have to get fairly close to smell but it lasts all day. I then gave the sample to my friend's 22 year old son who in turn received many compliments from ladies of all ages. While expensive, it is wonderful!