Clinique
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The white blossoms and melon duo presents itself with studied nonchalance, almost apologetic in its entry—the melon provides a fresh, almost cucumbery brightness that keeps the florals from cloying, whilst the blossoms themselves smell waxy and white rather than aggressively floral.
The soy milk emerges as a creamy, almost translucent veil that softens everything beneath it, creating an unexpectedly comforting quality as the melon begins to fade and the florals recede into gentle whispers beneath that milky sweetness.
The white musk and vanilla dominate a fragrance that has become decidedly soft and skin-scent intimate, the musk providing a barely-there transparency whilst the vanilla adds a delicate, almost biscuited warmth that lingers faintly for several hours before dissolving into nothing.
Simply is Ron Winnegrad's quietly audacious experiment in fragrance minimalism—a scent that strips away complexity in favour of luminous clarity. The white blossoms arrive with restraint, their sweetness immediately tempered by a cool melon note that reads almost aqueous, as though you're smelling fruit flesh suspended in morning dew rather than a conventional fruity accord. What makes Simply genuinely peculiar is the soy milk heart, a creamy, nearly imperceptible bridge that softens the floral edges whilst introducing an almost edible creaminess—it's less lactonic than genuinely milky, lending the composition an unexpectedly soft-focus quality.
The base reveals Winnegrad's true intention: white musk and vanilla transform what could have been a straightforward fruity-floral into something subtly gourmand, though never in the emphatic manner of contemporary candy fragrances. The vanilla doesn't sweeten so much as it provides architectural support, allowing the musk to diffuse in a whisper rather than a proclamation. This is the scent of someone who finds conventional femininity interesting but insufficient, who appreciates sweetness filtered through restraint.
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