Clean
Clean
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A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Pear nectar floods the senses with a clean, almost juicy fruitiness, but there's an immediate creamy undertow courtesy of the ambrette seed—you're not smelling fruit alone, but fruit rendered vaguely powdery and warm, like biting into a pear that's been sitting near a musk-scented pillow.
Orris butter dissolves everything into creamy softness, and then the tobacco flower and carrot seed arrive with subtle dry-herbal-spicy warmth, reshaping the composition from sweetly fruity into something savoury and almost briny, as if someone's whispered umami into a floral arrangement.
The base settles into a tender, skin-like warmth where musk and ambroxan create a barely-there second skin, whilst white cedar provides the gentlest framework, leaving you with something gossamer and intimate that smells less like fragrance and more like a well-kept secret.
Clean Reserve Radiant Nectar occupies an intriguing middle ground—it's neither gourmand nor ethereal, but rather a meditation on how sweetness can coexist with restraint. The pear nectar opening immediately establishes a luminous, almost translucent fruitiness, but it's the El Salvadorian ambrette seed that prevents this from becoming merely candied. Ambrette brings a subtle muskiness, an animalic whisper that grounds the fruit in something earthier and vaguely powdery.
As the composition unfolds, orris butter emerges with a creamy, talc-like iris quality that softens the sweetness considerably. This is where the genius lies: tobacco flower and carrot seed create an unexpectedly savoury counterpoint. The tobacco isn't smoky or leathery—instead, it contributes a dry, almost herbal texture, whilst carrot seed adds an aromatic, slightly spicy undertone reminiscent of gently warmed root vegetables. These middle notes prevent Radiant Nectar from tipping into cloying territory.
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