Description
Clinique adds a new fragrance to the Aromatics line which originally started in 1971 with the first fragrance, the rich chypre Aromatics Elixir. Its modern reinterpretations include the sharp and elegant Aromatics in White from 2014 and the seductive and exotic Aromatics in Black from 2015. Aromatics Black Cherry comes out in July 2016 as a new, spicy – fruity gem of this line.
“Pretty and decadent, Clinique Aromatics Black Cherry boasts a jewel-like intensity with a wealth of rare florals set aglow by the warmth of cardamom and sultry, exotic spices.”
Zesty and fruity notes of wild black cherry and bergamot are mixed with the spicy aromas of white pepper and cardamom. A floral bouquet of Sambac jasmine and rose is illuminated by a green note of galbanum and laid on the warm base of amber, labdanum and cashmere wood.
In consistency with the name of the perfume, the bottle with its signature sleek design is colored in shades of cherry red. The fragrance is available as a 50 and 100 ml Eau de Parfum, exclusively presented at Harrods.
Mihan140891 – :
This is a strange one. I like the original Aromatics Elixir And Aromatics in White, so I bought a mini of this to try it.
I get no cherry at all. For the first 45 minutes all I get from it is medicinal coconut, if you can imagine such a thing. Even my husband described it as ‘hospital grade coconut’. Eventually it settles down into quite a pleasant tobacco smell, but I don’t like it enough to tolerate the first 45 minutes.
Юлдаш – :
Blind buy. Oh, i wanted to love it so much! I love cherry!
I bought it spring 2017 and since trying it at different temperatures and seasons. But every time my skin and nose not agree with this fragrance!
After applying it all i get is severe nausea 🙁
No cherry, No Cardamom, No Rose. Only strange mix of sharp, bitter notes and a LOT of synthetic musk!.I guess this is what they call cashmere wood. And this note ruins this scent for me.
dyakonenkoroman – :
As a Huge fan of AE, I was chomping at the bit to try this. I finally got my hands on a sample, settled in for a test run and …. meh.
It has a Cherry Coke vibe, and it dries down to something pretty. Not even close to the bombastic AE. Where’s the spice, the heady smoky goodness? Where’s the sexy and the wow?
I had hoped for AE with a deep cherry in the mix, something deep and fruity and wintry. Something to wear while warming toes by the fire. This is almost a summery scent – fresh and flowery, with very little spice.
I can’t get past the Lip Smacker Cherry Cola scent. Not in this scent. This should have been and could have been so much more.
It’s pretty, and it’s very wearable, and if you’re looking for a fruity anti AE, here it is. It’s not a bad fragrance, it’s really quite good for what it is. Just not what I expected. Impossible to find anyway, so no biggie.
zhur.mih – :
Agree with SirMasterpiece – it does smell kind of like Sobraine Cherry Tobacco! Very smokey strange accord – as of you sniffed an ancient artifact that held cherries. Perfume for a sorceress.
#ge32nnirdfcdkfgfgs – :
Cherry + incense with big sillage. Of all the flankers, I think this one most lived up to the legacy of Aromatics Elixir. Deep, dark, sexy, warm, and lovely!
torovin – :
This was a blind buy for me. I don’t do that very often, but I’m a huge fan of Aromatics Elixir and I really had a good feeling about this line. Ok… so here goes my thoughts.
First thing, what a gorgeous red bottle! I got the largest one I could find on Ebay. So glad I did! I wish I could place it in my window sill just to be able to look at that beautiful red glass! I love this juice!!! Definitely cherry tobacco! It’s smoky, delicious cherry immediately, then a light floral with a sweet, fruity,delicious center. Not a scent you would smell on a teenager!This is not one of those cookie cutter frags. It’s mature, it’s original, it’s difficult to compare. Smells expensive and exclusive. Dry down is soft woodsy, grown up and straight up fantastic. It’s a gourmand with a twist. This smoky tobacco cherry is brilliant! This juice won’t disappoint! Well done Clinique!!!
Carlito – :
It smells bitter and fruity, it is weird. Not for me. I think it’s not suitable for blind-buy. It is long lasting but sillage is not huge.
KenBlock – :
Christmas mood!!!
MasterGeorge – :
Starts off strong and heavy, with a hard jasmine opening like Tom Ford Jasmin Rouge.
The cherry is there too, but this ain’t no watery fruity floral. Not even close. The cherry here is dark, deep and smoky, think more cherry pipe tobacco and not a cherry lifesaver. I wouldn’t even call this fruity at all. Its more like a heavy syrupy musky floral. In a way the opening reminds me of the original M7, as this def has a cherry coke/Tom Ford feel to it. As powerful and potentially unisex as this starts off, it tames down after 45 mins. Then it becomes a soft and waxy white floral, the dry down becomes much more feminine and it’s pretty sweet from beginning to end. Very complex and very interesting stuff, I do like this. It’s a high quality and distinctive scent and the longevity is very good. And I don’t know if this is good or bad, but doesn’t smell at all like it came from Clinique. Too bad its so hard so find, if this was mainstream it could find a bigger audience. If you like the heavy musky quality of Tom Ford’s stuff, then grab this if you see a deal on line, it’s well worth it.
Alina34-2010 – :
I was waiting for this scent to arrive in our country since last year … last evening I was scrolling on internet and found it online, so I grabbed a bottle almost instantly … can’t wait to open the box and test it — I’m so excited!
I’ll let you know as soon as I test it properly
Noir – :
This is scent of luxury – dark, warming, vibrating but it’s not easy to wear. I feel amber from Tom Ford and a dense black cherry licquer. Perfect for intimate winter evening.
tatarinVd – :
Wanted as a blind buy but so glad I waited. Such a hot mess, plastic-like smell with nagging undertones. I got a lot of “old lady” smell at first, than some cheap “fruity” notes and a very unimpressive drydown. Has good lasting power, though. Couldn’t get rid of it for hours.
sakura-san – :
Wow! The more i smell it, the more i’m impressed! Incense, amber, labdanum and sour cherry pie! It is fantastic, both in the bottle and on skin. Could be easily mistaken for tom ford private blends or armani prives. And lasts nearly a day! Bravo Clinique! Who is the nose? Would be nice to know… They deserve some serious cudos!
fakymak – :
Hello, does anyone know if this will be or was available in the U.S.? I went to the Clinique website and I can see it in the fragrances list but if I click on the link nothing comes up. I contacted Clinique through their website chat but they didn’t know anything about it. Is it just not available in the U.S. yet since the description in Fragrantica says excluseviley at Harrods? Help!
SMavrodi – :
This one is AMAZING, I definitly get a very dark and spicy incense that instantly reminds me of L’agent but the cherry is very prominent for me. Also kinda smells like the Dr Pepper Lip Smacker. The silage is great, I love this!
СаNя – :
I love the smoky, spicy aspect of this. On me it smells dark, slightly sweet, somehow woodsy. At first I thought there was oud note. Amber and labdanum is very prominent. I don’t know if I prefer In White or this one, but both are very well done night perfumes with great longevity.
vikakusha – :
My 1/2 price (Clinique sale) bottle arrived yesterday and I’ve been wearing it for over 24 hours now.
Sorry to say I’m not ecstatic; this is merely a “like”.
Very cherry, yes, but somehow rather… ordinary. I don’t get any of the cherry pipe tobacco vibe I was happily anticipating. Sour cherry and a bit of incense or spice – it’s that indistinct.
Given the extreme longevity & monster sillage of original Aromatics Elixir, I expected Black Cherry to be rather bold and long lasting. Alas, sweet & pretty as it is I can’t detect it on my skin after the 4 hour mark.
Perhaps 80 degree (F) temperatures are inhospitable to this fragrance and cool or even cold temps will reveal its glory. I’ll keep it and try again this next fall and winter before I say good-bye.
All things taken into account, I’d say if it’s cherry you’re looking for, whether sweet or sour, there’s a version of La Petite Robe Noire that will be a better bet for you than Aromatics Black Cherry, both in terms of authentic cherry and longevity.
rfnz1996 – :
After it’s had time to settle you get a beautiful sweet scent that really lasts and is nothing like black orchid TF. I’m really digging it.
IGUR3232 – :
It’s got a black orchid vibe Tom Ford for sure. I immediately at first sniff black orchid.
zheka777 – :
Top is sweet cherry then goes into this almost chypre dry sharp phase then some vanilla note that is the amber and labdanum. There’s a little hint of floral in the top, too. The drydown reminds me of La Petite Robe Noire and La Petite Robe Noire Coutour by Guerlain but more amber than those and a rich spicy depth that seems to be a hint of patch. That fruity floral dryness for those who don’t like the typical fruity celebrity modern teeny bopper scents.
Gargonet – :
Starts off with a cherry.. it isn’t a plastic, artificial, sweet, or medicinal cherry. It’s a pretty good true cherry. (My husband even commented it was a good cherry.) Mix that with a peppery spice and that is how this opens on me. It grows adding a rose. I really like this rose, it blends well with the cherry. The drydown is a rosy, woody, amber… the cherry spice has softened to a whisper. in the background.
I don’t get the jasmine from this. I also don’t consider this a sweet scent. It’s deep, dark, and warm. And it’s strong and lasted forever on my skin.
I’m pretty sure this isn’t a love for me, but I do like it. It’s unlike any others I own and one of the best cherry scents I’ve tried. My husband, on the other hand, really does love it.
g261 – :
It’s certainly a very elusive product. The Clinique counter in Selfridges had just a bottle cap, that one of the staff obtained (pinched, actually) from Harrods.
Even just sniffing the cap, it seems a potent mixture. Fortunately, I didn’t really like it, had a medicinal quality. Still, the chance to try the real thing would be nice.
ESSERBCUM – :
A sample? Nowhere to be found. Frustrating.
Duetaccency – :
they are available at clinique.com and Saks Fifth Avenue
dereza – :
Why are the flankers no available in the US? And if so WHERE?
KaperMen – :
I think I’m really falling for the fragrance, Clinique you did it, hot damn! Excuse my excitement, but finally a fruity perfume that works for me. The scent is weird hands down, it’s smoked cherry, well at least that’s the drydown on my skin. Will return with a proper review, but i already know i love it! Such a unique and beautiful scent, a unicorn between all the candy like fragrances right now, a cherry fragrance for grown up ladies. Almost the same smokiness as in Belle D Opium; Black Cherry is sweeter though. Hell yeah!
2401dd – :
Ok, that’s a big surprise.
I thought it would smell similar to Guerlain’s Petite Robe Noire.
But it is so much more interesting.
Not another red fruit sweet perfume.
This is dusty, smoky, older feeling, even leathery in a way. Well done.
It is a festive perfume and I’d much rather prefer it to Aromatics In Black.
zagsergej – :
This fragrance is now available in the US at Saks Fifth Avenue.
Edit Dec 2016: This fragrance is also available at Clinique online now in a 3.4 oz bottle in the US.
DR1 – :
I got this yesterday it takes my mind it s very sensual to me full of passions really sexy I will keep it for my special nights try and see what happen to you but remember its not sweet its passion
f_first2010 – :
Deep, resinous, woody, balsamic scent. I can’t believe tuberose is not listed, this is a tuberose bomb! To me this is a statement perfume, similar to the statement one would have made in the 70s wearing the (then) newly released Aromatics Elixir. Black cherry has nothing in common with its predecessor, but it is as unique and multifaceted as it can be. I do not detect cherry per se, a good thing for me personally. Every single cherry-centric perfume I have tried has a cough syrup resemblance. Aromatics black cherry is revolving around creating the olfactory image of a dark cherry, luscious and juicy. I do not detect rose, just resins, woods and labdanum.
saske007 – :
I got my hands on this in early August, in Harrods, as I passed the Elevators to head to another section, the display and scent of the employee grabbed my nose! I had to have it. Sweet bitter cherry with hint of warm cigar, very exotic like eating a cherry from a cosmopolitan. It’s warm/rich after a while And welcoming. It’s very much a night perfume, couldn’t see myself wearing it in the office. As its sexier for the warmth aspect.
narmatova – :
Perfect to wear on a chilly day or night. Strange that my first thoughts were not of black cherry. I definitely get lots of pepper on the opening with the cardamom not far behind. If you dont like intense, warm, spicey, peppery scents then you might consider steering clear of this. I imagined Boss Intense Red would be like this but its a weed in comparison lol If you think this will be a sweet cherry confection like Guerlains little black dress then you will be disappointed. The amber and labdanum provide a sweetish, warm resinous base that provide a good longevity. The pepperiness remains all along the timeline of this beauty and there is also an almost menthol effect. The pepper really cranks up its intensity. Sadly in the end the pepperiness is just too much on me. Moderate sillage but good longevity.
neozon – :
Terrible smell, really strong plummy smell but not in a good way. Slightly menthol smell. I hate it.
sega-bugor – :
A warm, woody and sour scent. It makes my mouth water. Mostly pepper, wood and a deep, sour cherry feel. The start is very green and almost edible. For some reason my nose is sure it is a musky, cannabis, fruity rose. Not totally gourmand, but totally juicy and if you are into compliments, this sure does get them, every time so far….thumbs up. Not my type of fragrance, but I can see the appeal. This, as well as Guerlain’s Winter Delice have an extreme warming effect. I also detect a similar vibe in Chopard’s Happy Spirit Amira d’Amour.
Arcazychecy – :
Where is it, I’m dying to try. Nowhere to be found!
Makvin – :
Think luscious ripe juicy black cherries and CK Euphoria whipped together into a frenzy of delight and you have Aromatics BC.
This is lovely and spicy and unmistakably cherry. This also has a lovely cherry stone/almond note that rounds the perfume beautifully.
A successful blind buy. Gourmand: a lovely fruity, amber-y, peppery fragrance. Heady but not overbearing.
sel – :
If it smells like Sobraine Cherry Tabacco…I’ll take it immediately!
berbusari29 – :
Oh wow, definitely on my “to-sniff” list!