Happy To Be

Clinique · Eau de Parfum (EDP) · 2005

≈ $70 · 100ml · approx. retail

Juicy pear and watery notes lead into lilac, hibiscus and rose, with an unusual cacao-and-sandalwood base giving the drydown a soft, cocoa-dusted warmth.

The scent

Top notes

The opening · first 15 minutes

Heart notes

The core · the next few hours

Base notes

The dry-down · what lingers

Best for

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Perfumer

Olivier Cresp

French · 102 in collection

A Grasse-raised master perfumer at Firmenich and 2018 Fragrance Foundation Lifetime Achievement honoree, Olivier Cresp is one of the most influential noses of his generation, responsible for the genre-defining Mugler Angel and a string of bestsellers.

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