Sealed For Women

Sealed opens on a juicy, slightly tart fruit accord - peach, rhubarb and pineapple lifted by mandarin and bergamot, with a green snap of ivy - much like the sharp-fruit entrance of Clive Christian X for Women. The heart blooms into a creamy white-floral bouquet of jasmine, rose and lily of the valley, smoothed by a powdery iris root. The base is the chypre heart of the scent: patchouli and vetiver give an earthy backbone while vanilla, musk, virginia cedar and a touch of French labdanum round it into a warm, sweet skin scent. Against the original, this Perfume Parlour version captures the fruity-floral-to-warm arc but renders the plush, luscious skin-scent quality flatter and a little more synthetic, with shorter longevity and gentler projection than the famously rich Clive Christian. A sensual, dressed-up fruity-floral chypre for cooler-weather evenings and date nights at a fraction of the luxury price.