Clive Christian

Royal households once established their own perfume houses. The English royal family was no exception. During Queen Victoria's reign, Crown Perfumery created perfumes especially for the Queen and the rest of her family. But things have changed. How much? In 1999, the company, founded in 1872, was acquired by Clive Christian, an English designer. The only remaining sign of this perfume house's royal past is that it was allowed to continue using the royal crown as a symbol of quality and excellence. To receive the title of the Order of the British Empire - the British apparently take the monarchy very seriously, even when it comes to perfume and fragrance. So when someone like Clive Christian took on the task of carrying on the long-established perfume house, he was effectively declaring his pursuit of perfection within a tradition. To make sure there could be no misunderstanding, and to show that the royal family viewed this positively, Clive received the OBE - the title of the Order of the British Empire. The title was awarded for his contribution as a designer in the British luxury goods industry. Designer Clive Christian has 73 perfumes, the earliest dating from 1872 and the newest from 2019. These fragrances were created in collaboration with perfumers Beverly Bayne, Mike Parrott, Christian Provenzano, Angela Stavrevska, Julie Pluchet, Celia Orozco Cirimbilli, Geza Schoen, and Tim Gage. Clive Christian - The Noble Collection. Its Noble Collection takes wearers on a journey back in time. Its perfumes evoke the decadence of the aristocracy on the one hand, and a more sophisticated, romantic era of art and harmony on the other. It is an attempt to capture the pursuit of passion and perfection: beauty, indulgence, and timeless elegance, and ultimately to express the British Empire. All the perfumes created by the brand contain 20-25% pure perfume and are made with the finest ingredients from around the world. This collection consists of four pairs of perfumes: powerful, intoxicating fragrances of unmatched strength and quality, each representing a figure from the era, or a story from the past told entirely through perfume. The Noble Collection stands out for its polished, matte, black bottles. Matte black symbolizes the significance and elegance of the different eras. The Addictive Arts Collection and the Private Collection. The Addictive Arts Collection was inspired by the secret underworld of Queen Victoria's time, when the aristocracy used illegal substances. To portray this, the series uses cobalt-blue bottles reminiscent of poison in the Victorian era. The perfumes themselves blend ingredients such as Jasmine, ylang-ylang, and Kinamon with narcotic Narcissus. Clive Christian used pioneering perfume technology here that cannot be traced. The Private Collection, by contrast, is a particularly striking perfume collection created to celebrate all those extraordinary moments, using rare and precious ingredients from around the world. These perfumes have a strong presence and last on the skin for a long time. Among his new perfumes is fragrance 20, available in a men's and a women's version. The men's fragrance is based on citrus and woody notes. It is rich and heavy, yet lasts on the skin for a long time and, surprisingly, is very suitable for warm summer nights. The women's version, by contrast, is more Peiruti and floral, with Plum and Saffron as top notes, middle notes of flowers such as Damask Vered and violets, and base notes of amber and Devash. Despite its rich, heavy scent and long wear, the women's version suits every season and time of day.