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Clive Christian X

Citrus
Fresh
Floral
Jasmine
White Floral
Iris
Fruity
EDC · 2001 · mens

Clive Christian is a British niche fragrance house known for creating high-end compositions with distinctive character. X, released in 2001, exemplifies the brand's approach to bold, unconventional fragrances that prioritize ingredient quality and complexity over mass appeal.

X opens with a bright, slightly tart combination of rhubarb, pineapple, and bergamot that immediately sets it apart from typical masculine fragrances. The heart develops into a warm, spiced floral with iris, paprika, and jasmine, adding depth and an almost culinary quality. The base is substantial and woody, anchored by Virginia cedar, oakmoss, and vetiver, with amber, vanilla, and styrax providing warmth and sweetness that prevents the composition from becoming austere. The overall effect is a floral oriental with masculine edges, balancing fruity brightness against woody spice and creamy amber.

X works best for someone comfortable with unconventional fragrances and wanting something with genuine substance. It's a year-round fragrance but leans slightly cooler due to the rhubarb and pineapple opening. Those drawn to The Homesteader, The Sensualist, and The Romantic will find plenty to appreciate here.

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Main Accordsreported by community
Citrus
30%
Fresh
30%
Floral
100%
Jasmine
50%
White Floral
50%
Iris
50%
Fruity
60%
Green
26%
Aromatic
26%
Woody
79%
Vetiver
26%
Earthy
52%
Powdery
50%
Amber
80%
Warm Spicy
90%
Spicy
26%
Balsamic
52%
Vanilla
26%
Sweet
50%
Gourmand
26%
Tropical
30%
Fragrance Notesbrand verified
Top · 0–30 min
Rhuburb
Rhuburb
Pineapple
Pineapple
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.
Heart · 30 min – 3 hrs
Iris
Iris
One of perfumery's most prized and expensive ingredients, iris has a powdery, cool, almost carrot-like richness that is hard to describe and impossible to mistake. It's simultaneously earthy and refined, like the inside of an old Parisian couture house. Iris root (orris) adds quiet luxury to anything it touches.
Paprika
Paprika
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.
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.
Cinnamon
Cinnamon
Sweet, warm, and instantly comforting, cinnamon bark has a familiar warmth that slides easily into oriental and gourmand fragrances. Used sparingly it adds a pleasant warmth; used heavily it can dominate. It has a slightly sharp, peppery facet alongside its sweetness that keeps it from being purely foodie.
Oakmoss
Oakmoss
The defining ingredient of classic chypre perfumery, damp, forest-floor earthy with a faint bitterness and incredible complexity. Real oakmoss is now heavily restricted by IFRA regulations, which is why vintage chypres smell so different from modern ones. When present, it creates a raw, outdoorsy anchor that no synthetic fully replicates.
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.
Vetiver
Vetiver
Earthy, smoky, and complex, vetiver root is extracted from a grass native to India and has a scent that is simultaneously rooty, woody, and slightly lemony. It's one of perfumery's great base notes: tenacious, unisex, and endlessly adaptable. A fragrance built around vetiver feels grounded and deeply confident.
Styrax
Styrax
A complex resin with both balsamic-sweet and slightly rubbery, leathery facets, styrax adds a dense, heavy warmth to oriental fragrances. It has an almost tar-like quality that, in context, creates depth and presence. One of the oldest perfumery ingredients, it anchors many classic oriental bases.
French labdanum
French labdanum
Vanilla
Vanilla
Warm, sweet, and universally appealing, vanilla is to fragrance what salt is to cooking. Real vanilla is complex and slightly smoky, though most perfumery vanilla is synthetic and reads as clean, sweet, and creamy. It slows the evaporation of other notes and is the reason certain fragrances feel like a second skin.
Who Wears ThisScent DNA matches
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The HomesteaderBest match85% match
Rooted, warm, and entirely self-sufficient.

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

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The Sensualist85% match
You fill the room without trying.

Warm, smooth, projecting. Leather, tobacco, dry amber, bold woods.

❤️
The Romantic82% match
Your fragrance is a love letter you never stop writing.

Warm roses, vanilla, amber, creamy musks. Soft, evolving, intimate.

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Scent Profile
Citrus30%
Fresh30%
Floral100%
Jasmine50%
White Floral50%
Fragrance Family
Floral Oriental
EDC
Decants Available
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2ml$2.25/ml

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Clive Christian is a British niche fragrance house known for creating high-end compositions with distinctive character. X, released in 2001, exemplifies the brand's approach to bold, unconventional fragrances that prioritize ingredient quality and complexity over mass appeal. X opens with a bright, slightly tart combination of rhubarb, pineapple, and bergamot that immediately sets it apart from typical masculine fragrances. The heart develops into a warm, spiced floral with iris, paprika, and jasmine, adding depth and an almost culinary quality. The base is substantial and woody, anchored by Virginia cedar, oakmoss, and vetiver, with amber, vanilla, and styrax providing warmth and sweetness that prevents the composition from becoming austere. The overall effect is a floral oriental with masculine edges, balancing fruity brightness against woody spice and creamy amber. X works best for someone comfortable with unconventional fragrances and wanting something with genuine substance. It's a year-round fragrance but leans slightly cooler due to the rhubarb and pineapple opening. Those drawn to The Homesteader, The Sensualist, and The Romantic will find plenty to appreciate here.
What are the notes in Clive Christian Clive Christian X? +
Top: Rhuburb, Pineapple, Bergamot. Heart: Iris, Paprika, Jasmine. Base: Virginia Cedar, Cinnamon, Oakmoss, Amber, Vetiver, Styrax, French labdanum, Vanilla.
What fragrance family is Clive Christian X? +
Clive Christian Clive Christian X belongs to the Floral Oriental fragrance family. It is an EDC.
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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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