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Deroxbnwns – :
One of the cosy, musky quartet from CLEAN (Skin, White Woods, Cashmere and Warm Cashmere). I like them all. Warm cashmere definitely makes me think of a cosy cardigan, but not this one. Cashmere is just nice and musky. First minutes there’s very much going on. Citrus, flowers, some spices – a hint of tobacco? – and – of course – musk. But it soon settles, and you have more musk, now together with wood and lavender for a while. Then: here comes the tonka beans! Enjoy the sweet musky/caramel blend for a couple of hours before Cashmere fades away. Luckily there are some sandalwood strokes in the sweet mixture. Sometimes I really love it, sometimes I’m not into the caramel sweetness. It’s office safe. Unisex? The first hour perhaps. To me, it’s definitely on the feminine side, but we are all different and unique and that’s great!
sodanmees – :
This fragrance is one of my favorites. It is a bit casual by nature but office appropriate because it stays close enough to the body so as to be inoffensive and unobtrusive.
The opening is bright citrusy bergamot with a hint of the woodsy note backed by a vague hint of lavender. It’s the opening I personally want CK One to have but where CK One is overwhelmingly sharp with the lime opening, Clean Cashmere quickly softens the tone with the lavender and cedar. The opening doesn’t last more than 20 minutes on me though there is a subtle trail of bergamot left for the entire wear time. Very occasionally the opening smells a bit synthetic like mosquito repellent, but this is not the only fragrance where I’ve had this issue and might have something to do with my body chemistry and/or the weather.
The base notes that stick on me are primarily the musk and tonka bean. I’m left with a slightly soapy and lightly vanillac fragrance. The soapy essence is never astringent like detergent but more like a finely milled French soap, and the tonka bean brings a bit of warmth and a light dose of sweetness while never being gourmand or sugary.
I’d say this leans slightly more feminine than masculine. It begins bright and fresh and ends warm and alluring. The longevity is the worst part of this because I have to spray this on clothes otherwise it is gone within a few short hours. On clothing it lasts maybe 5 hours and for the price I’m not impressed but I love the fragrance so much I’ve decanted into a Travalo for quick touch ups during the day.
izy934 – :
It’s got a smokey, dry incense feel to it. I daresay soft oriental.
For people who want to humbly enjoy a taste of oriental without making a scene.
Cashmere is different from all the other Clean scents. It doesn’t try hard to be clean and fresh.
Close to skin, lasts about 3~4 hours.
Unisex, no doubt.
Tatsy79853 – :
Woody and musky, with a slightly sheer lavender undertone. It’s almost dry! On me the first hour is straight up pine needles. I’m not complaining. It smells a little like Needles and Pine shower jelly by Lush, which is one of my all-time favourite bath products. After an hour or so the musk adds in with the lavender. In the end it sits close to the skin. Very pleasant. Not that long lasting, though.
I like the woodiness and muskiness. It’s so different compared to the other Clean perfumes. I hate them and the detergent-y aesthetic. This I can dig. It’s a good combination of feminine and masculine.
Norikasan – :
I love this one, and carry a rollerball in my purse at all times because A) it doesn’t last very long and requires touch ups and B) It layers and plays nicely with all other scents. This is a skin scent, and clean white musk. It really does smell like a cosy cashmere sweater! But like all the Clean scents I have, it doesn’t LAST and I use it more like a body spray! A good way to try this is the buy the rollerball trio – Clean Skin, Cashmere, and Warm Cotton – and try them all if you like laundry musks and skin scents. They also play well together. I love Clean’s scents in the way I love Philosophy’s scents – when I just can’t think about what fragrance I want to wear, or can’t justify using a luxury scent, these are what I reach for. They’re easy on the wallet, and you can use them with abandon. As a signature, not really one that stands out or smells unique, but there’s a place for these in the world nonetheless.
kamran-310 – :
This is a really interesting scent…kind of unique. It reminds me of my grandma because IT SMELLS LIKE INSULIN. I’m not sure if insulin has a smell on its own, or maybe they used to add something to it that gave it a certain smell, but I remember how my diabetic grandmother would inject it into her stomach and I remember liking how it smelled. This is a sweeter version of it, but I don’t think I can wear this scent without being reminded of insulin and my late grandmother.
Dron627 – :
My go to-scent at the moment.
Almost liquorice finish to it, this perfume suits woolly jumpers and vintage dresses alike. Personally, I have never been able to smell lavender in anything (not even when sticking my face to a bush of it) so it is lost to me but the scent opens to fresh bergamot which then gently deepens to the liquorice-tinted muskiness. It has almost become a security blanket to me as it simply smells so wonderful.
qdr199elipseskism – :
Febreze Light Bergamot and Musky Lavender
Clean Cashmere opens up with a burst of bergamot, warms up with a hint of white flowers, while tempering down on the bergamot, a light breezy lavender appears, anchored by a strong musky base.
Sounds nice? Let’s explore this a little more. Most of the notes are very thin. The bergamot is pale, the white flowers are but a suggestion, the lavender is not the lush, herbal green camphorous lavender of a garden, but a kind of fractionated type that smells light and a bit powdery, there is a faint hint of powdery vanilla/tonka bean, and while the other notes are light, the musk is about as demure as neon spandex, it is heavy as hell, wears like lead, and the musk base lasts longer than 12 hours on my skin. The musk is identical to that found in commercial laundry detergent.
I never thought about perfumers working in the home care industry, and while the average person who goes sans traditional perfume probably doesn’t consider the daily dousing of shampoo, conditioner, body wash or bar soap, lotion, face cream, laundry detergent, fabric softener, air freshener, and linen spray as ‘wearing perfume’ my lord no wonder no one needs to wear perfume anymore! You are already wearing a gallon of it anyway!
Anyway I read an interesting article by Chandler Burr called “Purple Odor Eater” about a perfumer who works for Proctor and Gamble. She was trying to design a new scent for Febreze, and she wanted something that smelled ‘natural’ as was popular at the time (2007–I think we are starting to enter another fragrance trend now, but that is another subject) and was trying to center the perfume around Lavender. When they blind tested several lavender profiles, most people hated natural Lavender, in all its green pollen sharp edged strong glory. Instead they liked “lavender” which just smells like a soft purple flower that has had all the actual lavender rinsed out. So that’s what she ended up formulating, a perfume for Febreze centered around that focused grouped lavender.
That’s what Clean Cashmere reminds me of. I actually enjoyed the scent a lot, and its lasting power is amazing, I truly got a full day’s worth out of it, but lordy that laundry musk base got grating after awhile. As a perfume for the skin it’s a no go. If I can find it on sale, say $20 a bottle, I would actually buy it as a linen or car spray, it smells very pleasant, but in no way is it something I want to wear all day on my skin. Does this company just buy perfume formulas from Proctor and Gamble or whoever and then bottle it in minimalistic bottles as “perfume?” And why do they charge so much? This perfume has to be among those were the actual perfume ingredients cost pennies per bottle. Oh well these perfume must appeal to someone or they wouldn’t keep churning them out. I just think that they would work better as home care perfumes.
аndrei – :
I smelled this on a test strip at the mall. The beginning of it smells absolutely intoxicating, like a warm blanket on a cold fall night. And then something kind of “off” hits my nose in the “after-smell.” I wish I knew which note it was– I suspect the Tonka.
апельсинка – :
I really like this perfume, but don’t love it. It is inoffensive and unobtrusive. It’s good for wearing to work and the grocery store and hanging out with the kids. It doesn’t rock my world or that of my husband. I absolutely love Clean Provence, which was discontinued, and I still keep searching for something to replace it.
smobbyits – :
This is an awesome after-bath or chilling-at-home-on-a-Sunday fragrance. I’m having a lazy day today and this is the perfect scent for relaxation. It’s soft, creamy, slightly sweet, and cozy–like being wrapped in a cashmere blanket. I’m really enjoying this today!
antndrv – :
I really like this perfume. I received a sample vial in from a Sephora order and used it up so quickly. If I can get it discounted, I will likely buy a bottle.
The main note from this fragrance is musk. I can smell some cedar and jasmine when I wear this but the other notes aren’t very prominent.
When wearing this out at night, I got several hours of wear and a low-moderate sillage. Other people could smell it on me, but it was more of a skin scent and not overwhelming.
Of the Clean fragrances, this is my favorite. In fact, I despise most of the others and thought I’d hate this one too, but these notes are some of my favorite. Very comforting and safe scent. Not particularly unique though.