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Clive Christian 1872 Feminine
Clive Christian

1872 Feminine

citrus
aromatic
fresh spicy
woody
floral
green
amber
EDC · 2001 · men

Clive Christian is a British niche fragrance house founded in 1872, known for luxury positioning and distinctive bottle designs. The brand maintains a focus on quality ingredients and artistic composition, with fragrances often named after significant years in the company's history.

1872 Feminine opens with a bright, herbaceous citrus blend of petitgrain, bergamot, grapefruit, and lime, quickly joined by rosemary and lavender for an aromatic freshness. The heart shifts to a floral-herbal profile with clary sage, cyclamen, and jasmine tempering the earlier spice notes. The base settles into a woody, amber-musk foundation with cedar, patchouli, and olibanum providing depth and longevity. Despite its feminine classification, the composition reads as decidedly unisex, with the woody-aromatic accords dominating over any sweetness.

This fragrance suits those seeking a sophisticated, slightly herbal citrus with a refined woody-amber drydown. It performs best in cooler months or as a work fragrance where its restrained projection won't overwhelm. The EDC concentration means moderate longevity, so expect 4-5 hours of presence. Its DNA aligns with The Tactician, The Aristocrat, and The Homesteader.

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Main Accordsreported by community
citrus
100%
aromatic
100%
fresh spicy
100%
woody
75%
floral
50%
green
50%
amber
50%
sweet
50%
fruity
50%
balsamic
50%
Fragrance Notescommunity verified
Top · 0–30 min
Petitgrain
Petitgrain
Crisp, woody, and slightly bitter, petitgrain is distilled from the leaves and twigs of the bitter orange tree, making it the green, herbal sibling of neroli and bergamot. It adds a clean, aromatic freshness to masculine fragrances in particular, with a slightly soapy, barbershop quality that is effortlessly wearable.
Lime
Lime
Crisper and greener than lemon, with a faint bitterness that keeps it from smelling like a cocktail mixer. Lime zest has a raw, almost herbaceous quality that pairs naturally with aquatic and green accords. It signals freshness and informality, the note of beach bars and gym-fresh colognes.
Grapefruit
Grapefruit
Bittersweet and juicy with a faintly metallic zing that sets it apart from sweeter citrus notes. Grapefruit is uniquely energising, it reads as clean and modern rather than traditionally 'citrusy.' It pairs effortlessly with musks, making it a staple of office-safe, all-day fragrances.
Bergamot
Bergamot
A sun-ripened Italian citrus with a brightness that goes beyond lemon, simultaneously tart, floral, and slightly spicy. It's the defining note of Earl Grey tea and the backbone of countless fresh colognes. Perfumers love it as an opener because it lifts the entire composition without overpowering what follows.
Rosemary
Rosemary
Herbal, camphorous, and slightly pine-like, rosemary is a Mediterranean herb with a clean, almost medicinal crispness. It adds freshness and a culinary familiarity to fragrances, grounding more abstract notes in something real. A pillar of classic fougère (fern) fragrances and modern herbal compositions.
Lavender
Lavender
One of perfumery's most essential and beloved notes, clean, herbal, and slightly sweet with a calming, familiar quality that works in almost any context. Lavender is simultaneously the most versatile and the most human of ingredients: it appears in barbershop colognes, romantic florals, and sophisticated orientals alike. A note that simply works.
Galbanum
Galbanum
One of perfumery's oldest raw materials, a bitter, intensely green resin with a cut-grass, slightly medicinal quality. It's the note that gives vintage green chypres their sharp, naturalistic edge. Galbanum alone is almost unpleasantly aggressive, but in a composition it adds a vivid green freshness that nothing else can match.
Pepper
Pepper
The most essential spice note in perfumery, encompassing the dry, woody heat of black pepper and its many relatives. Pepper adds edge, lift, and a masculine vitality to fragrances without sweetness. It is the note that stops a composition from feeling comfortable and safe, adding a confident, assertive character.
Peach
Peach
Ripe, juicy, and velvety, peach has a warm, slightly creamy sweetness that feels lush rather than childish in the right context. It adds a fruity sensuality to floral and oriental fragrances, and its slightly fuzzy quality can even play into tactile, skin-like accords. A note that feels like high summer.
Pineapple
Pineapple
Vivid, tropical, and intensely sweet with a slightly fermented, almost winey quality, pineapple is one of the most assertive tropical fruit notes. It adds an immediate, unambiguous tropical sweetness that can dominate if used too heavily. In moderate amounts it adds a lively, summery energy to fruity and aquatic compositions.
Mandarin Orange
Mandarin Orange
Nutmeg
Nutmeg
Warm, woody, and softly spiced with a slight sweetness that makes it gentler than clove or pepper. Nutmeg adds a quiet, autumnal warmth to fragrances without sharpness. It blends seamlessly into woody and oriental bases, acting more as a supporting character than a lead note.
Heart · 30 min – 3 hrs
Clary Sage
Clary Sage
Dry, slightly fruity, and intensely herbal, clary sage has a warm, tea-like quality with faintly floral and nutty facets. It's the more sophisticated sibling of regular sage, used in Eau Sauvage and countless classic masculines for its clean, Mediterranean character. Simultaneously natural and refined.
Cyclamen
Cyclamen
Crisp, watery, and slightly green with a delicate floral sweetness, cyclamen is one of perfumery's more transparent flowers. It evokes mountain air and rain-wet gardens rather than a florist's shop. Used to add a clean, airy quality to floral compositions that might otherwise feel dense.
Marigold
Marigold
Pungent, earthy, and bitter-green, marigold is one of perfumery's more challenging florals. Unlike romantic rose or sweet jasmine, marigold smells of sun-warmed earth and slightly sharp greenery with a medicinal edge. It adds a grounded, uncommon naturalness to compositions that want to smell genuinely alive.
Jasmine
Jasmine
Intoxicating, heady, and slightly animalic, jasmine is one of the few flowers that smells as rich in a bottle as it does climbing a garden wall at dusk. It has an almost fleshy, indolic quality that stops it reading as purely 'clean.' Jasmine is a workhorse in both feminine and masculine perfumery, adding depth and soul.
Freesia
Freesia
Bright, clean, and slightly peppery, freesia is a springtime flower with a fresh, almost citrusy edge that prevents it from reading as purely sweet. It's one of the more versatile florals, sitting comfortably in both delicate feminine compositions and fresh unisex fragrances. Approachable and elegant simultaneously.
Base · 3–12 hrs
Virginia Cedar
Virginia Cedar
Warm, slightly sweet, and clean, Virginia cedarwood is the most commonly used cedar in mainstream perfumery. It has a familiar, pencil-cedar smell with a soft warmth that makes it universally approachable. Less assertive than Atlas cedar, it acts as a quiet, reliable base note in hundreds of commercial fragrances.
Musk
Musk
The base layer of almost every modern fragrance, a soft, warm, skin-like scent that extends longevity and bridges other notes together. Natural musk was once derived from deer (now banned); today's musks are synthetic and range from clean and soapy to dark and animalic. The right musk makes a fragrance smell like 'you.'
Patchouli
Patchouli
Dense, earthy, and darkly sweet, patchouli is the scent of damp soil and dried herbs with an almost chocolatey richness. It polarizes people because in high concentrations it's overwhelming, but as a supporting note it adds depth and longevity that almost nothing else can match. The backbone of countless oriental and chypre fragrances.
Amber
Amber
A warm, resinous accord rather than a single ingredient, amber is typically built from labdanum, benzoin, and vanilla to create a rich, honeyed, almost solar warmth. It's the quintessential base-note family, adding a comforting richness that makes fragrances feel complete. The difference between a fragrance feeling cold and feeling alive.
Olibanum
Olibanum
French labdanum
French labdanum
Who Wears ThisScent DNA matches
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The TacticianBest match85% match
Precision over excess. Always.

Crisp, dry, clean, worn close. Citrus, aromatic herbs, light woods, soft musks.

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The Aristocrat85% match
Timeless doesn't try. It simply is.

Cool, clean, commanding. Heritage aromatics, classic citrus, dry fougères, refined woods.

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The Homesteader83% match
Rooted, warm, and entirely self-sufficient.

Warm skin musks, sandalwood, soft cedar, clean vetiver. Grounding, intimate, unhurried.

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citrus100%aromatic100%fresh spicy100%woody75%floral50%

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Clive Christian is a British niche fragrance house founded in 1872, known for luxury positioning and distinctive bottle designs. The brand maintains a focus on quality ingredients and artistic composition, with fragrances often named after significant years in the company's history. 1872 Feminine opens with a bright, herbaceous citrus blend of petitgrain, bergamot, grapefruit, and lime, quickly joined by rosemary and lavender for an aromatic freshness. The heart shifts to a floral-herbal profile with clary sage, cyclamen, and jasmine tempering the earlier spice notes. The base settles into a woody, amber-musk foundation with cedar, patchouli, and olibanum providing depth and longevity. Despite its feminine classification, the composition reads as decidedly unisex, with the woody-aromatic accords dominating over any sweetness. This fragrance suits those seeking a sophisticated, slightly herbal citrus with a refined woody-amber drydown. It performs best in cooler months or as a work fragrance where its restrained projection won't overwhelm. The EDC concentration means moderate longevity, so expect 4-5 hours of presence. Its DNA aligns with The Tactician, The Aristocrat, and The Homesteader.
What are the notes in Clive Christian 1872 Feminine? +
Top: Petitgrain, Lime, Grapefruit, Bergamot, Rosemary, Lavender, Galbanum, Pepper, Peach, Pineapple, Mandarin Orange, Nutmeg. Heart: Clary Sage, Cyclamen, Marigold, Jasmine, Freesia. Base: Virginia Cedar, Musk, Patchouli, Amber, Olibanum, French labdanum.
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Based on shared notes, Clive Christian 1872 Masculine (Virginia Cedar, Musk, Clary Sage, Cyclamen), Clive Christian Clive Christian 1872 (Virginia Cedar, Musk, Clary Sage, Cyclamen), Boadicea The Victorious Imperial (Musk, Patchouli, Jasmine, Freesia), Hugo Boss Boss Sport for men (Virginia Cedar, Musk, Clary Sage, Jasmine), Hugo Boss Sport for men (Virginia Cedar, Musk, Clary Sage, Jasmine) may smell similar to 1872 Feminine.
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Grey market retailers sell authentic fragrances sourced through unofficial distribution -- typically excess inventory from authorized distributors. The product is real and identical to retail. FragranceNet (est. 1997), Jomashop, and MaxAroma are well-established with millions of verified reviews.

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