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Clive Christian C For Men ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 29 June 2010 22 Comments

Clive Christian C For Men

Luxury niche line Clive Christian will launch C For Men next month:

"C" for Men maintains the complex character of the Clive Christian Perfume House enhanced here with treasured Saffron spice and rare Snow Lotus, bringing a dominant spirit and seductive strength throughout the perfume.

The notes include white thyme, tea, green leaves, lemon, mate, elemi, mandarin, jasmine, rose, cardamon, raspberry, cinnamon, clove, cistus, saffron, orris, oudh, amber, cedar, tobacco, musk, vanilla, leather, cypress, treemoss, styrax, costus (snow lotus), tonka bean, olibanum and guaiacwood.

Clive Christian C For Men is available now for pre-order at Neiman Marcus, $375 for 50 ml "perfume spray". (via neimanmarcus)

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  1. asuperlongusername says:
    29 June 2010 at 12:53 am

    That’s just a wall of notes. And more money than I would EVER spend on something so faux-luxe.

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    • pyramus says:
      29 June 2010 at 7:25 am

      It’s not actually that out of line, you know. The “lists of notes” we tend to see are usually only a sketch; there could easily be fifty or sixty different elements to a scent, or even more, so the 30 listed for this don’t seem like much of a stretch. Back in the day (1989), Giorgio Red was advertised as having over 600, which is obviously showoffy overkill if it’s even true, but there are a lot of different notes that go into a complex scent.

      Still, the whole overpriced-luxury Clive Christian thing has never appealed to me. It would have to be just about the best thing in the history of the universe for that kind of money.

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      • asuperlongusername says:
        29 June 2010 at 10:48 am

        Oh, I understand that a fragrance has dozens of notes; it just seems unnecessary to list 30 of them. Lines usually streamline this list for consumers so they can get a “picture” of it. I didn’t get any sort of distinct impression of this one, though, due to how many they chose to list.

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    • Robin says:
      29 June 2010 at 10:10 am

      It is interesting that they provide such a long list of notes…

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      • DoryCubana says:
        29 June 2010 at 12:03 pm

        you think so?
        and they never want ot tell who is the nose behind the creations. Though they hold very nice presentations in store….

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  2. 50_Roses says:
    29 June 2010 at 1:07 am

    When I was in Saks recently, they had the Clive Christian testers out on a counter, and I did not sniff even one, even though I had been sniffing like mad all afternoon. What’s the use in testing something I could never justify buying? I just looked at the price of the CC No. 1 for women–OUCH!!!

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    • Robin says:
      29 June 2010 at 10:11 am

      They are all nice perfumes, but have never thought any of them worth the price, although you can find smaller travel sizes.

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  3. Tama says:
    29 June 2010 at 1:08 am

    The Clive Christians I have smelled have been pretty nice but the price point is too much. Hard to tell what this will smell like with everything but the kitchen sink in there.

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    • Robin says:
      29 June 2010 at 10:11 am

      They’re certainly spendy!

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  4. zeram1 says:
    29 June 2010 at 1:56 am

    Are you sure you didn’t leave out a “0” at the end of the $375 price? 😉

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    • Robin says:
      29 June 2010 at 10:12 am

      The regular bottles are not so outrageous (unless you consider the $375 outrageous as I do) — it’s the special bottles w/ diamonds & whatnot that are really over the moon.

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  5. miss kitty v. says:
    29 June 2010 at 10:48 am

    I’m sorrry, but when I saw “C” for Men, all I could think of was Cookie Monster and the “C is for Cookie” song.

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    • Robin says:
      29 June 2010 at 12:59 pm

      LOL!!

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  6. boojum says:
    29 June 2010 at 11:17 am

    The bottle reminds me of MPG’s. Tacky.

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    • Robin says:
      29 June 2010 at 12:59 pm

      Ouch!

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  7. Carlos BFL 319 says:
    29 June 2010 at 11:25 am

    I would be curious to try this. I have a travelers set, and I really like them but rarerly put them on. Maybe I don’t want to waste such expensive juice. HA! Go figure.

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    • Robin says:
      29 June 2010 at 12:59 pm

      LOL…yes, you are more likely to waste it if you don’t wear it!

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  8. bjorn says:
    29 June 2010 at 1:13 pm

    For that kind of money I want a better name than “C”. Something as extravagant as the price: Cabassou (really an armadillo, but let’s pretend it a French palace) or Cabrerite (mineral, but we will make it an Italian island). Come on Clive Christian, minimalism is not in fashion any more, try to keep up 😉

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    • miss kitty v. says:
      29 June 2010 at 2:04 pm

      I’d buy something called Armadillo.

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      • tsetse says:
        29 June 2010 at 2:43 pm

        Me too! If Lanvin or Clive Christian had any sense, they’d be in a bidding war to get Bjorn to name their perfumes 🙂

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      • bjorn says:
        29 June 2010 at 4:24 pm

        Google says: “Armadillos produce a musky odor that some people find to be repulsive”. Forget Clive Christian, I think we just found a new project for Etat Libre d’Orange!

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        • tsetse says:
          29 June 2010 at 4:51 pm

          Yes! “Cabassous en Chaleurs” (or something like that). ELdO should get on that, stat.

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