Clinique Happy Heart 2012
**Clinique Happy Heart (2012)**
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By the editors · 2 min read**Clinique Happy Heart (2012)**
Mandarin and raspberry announce themselves upfront, bright and syrupy in equal measure, like concentrate diluted just enough to remain cheerful. The fruit doesn't linger long before a soft floral cushion—mostly peony and jasmine—takes over, polite and scrubbed clean in the way Clinique's aesthetic demands. There's none of the powdery vintage sensibility here; everything feels modern, smoothed out, accessible.
What emerges is a springtime fragrance for someone who wants sweetness without density. The musk base is sheer, almost translucent, leaving the fruit-flower combination to drift rather than cling. It's made for daylight, for casual optimism, for those who find comfort in fragrances that don't demand much attention or interpretation. Uncomplicated in the best sense—what you smell at the start is largely what you'll smell an hour later, just quieter.
Scent twins
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