Clean
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Nutmeg arrives with immediate warmth, trembling against bright bergamot and the green-tinged mandarin orange leaf, creating an impression of crisp autumn air with a subtle spiced undercurrent. Within minutes, the composition feels deliberate rather than effusive—polished, balanced, slightly austere.
The salted fig emerges with genuine intrigue, its funky-fruity character softened by hazelnut cream's buttery smoothness whilst iris and violet introduce a powdery, slightly soapy floral character that tempers any sweetness. The woody accords become increasingly evident, the sandalwood beginning its quiet assertion beneath the brighter notes.
Sandalwood dominates now, creamy and pencil-shaving dry, supported by amber and styrax that shift the composition into warmer, almost woody-gourmand territory, whilst rose adds a final papery elegance and musk creates a barely-there skin-scent that lingers in close proximity rather than radiating outward.
Clean Reserve Sel Santal occupies an unusual territory: a fragrance that genuinely smells clean without resorting to the synthetic soapiness that plagues the genre. Patricia Choux constructs something altogether more textured, anchored by the woody-aquatic accord that forms the spine of the composition.
The nutmeg and bergamot opening suggests brightness, yet there's an earthy restraint here—this isn't cheerful citrus optimism but rather something more contemplative. The mandarin orange leaf adds a subtle green bite, a slightly bitter herbaceousness that prevents the top notes from becoming merely sweet. What makes this fragrance remarkable is how quickly the heart emerges, where salted fig creates an unusual tension with hazelnut cream. That saltiness isn't a gimmick; it genuinely reads as a mineral counterpoint to the creamy, almost gourmand tendencies of the hazelnut, whilst iris and violet introduce a powder-soft femininity that complicates any singular reading of the scent.
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