I work in an office, and being relatively new to Melbourne, I thoroughly enjoy heading out each mid-day to prowl the shops during my lunch break. Today’s effort was spent skulking around beauty counters picking up some samples to try out.
I happened to be passing the Chanel counter and decided it was the perfect time to acquaint myself with their fragrance lines.
Oddly enough – I have utterly no recollection of what the cult classic Chanel No. 5 smells like ! I house shared with a friend who had made this her ‘signature scent’ and I don’t recall it smelling unpleasant, but I do remember having brief sniffs of the Chanel range and thinking none of them were to my taste.
Today was heading into that direction again as I recoiled in horror from the Chanel No.19 bottle.......big turn off for me.
I dutifully sprayed the next bottle on a tester card, and fell into instant perfume lust. At last – something I liked!
That my friends, turned out to be
I think I’m starting to see a pattern of what scents appeal to me.
Notes listed are:
Middle notes: morning rose, Italian jasmine, ylang-ylang, mimosa
Base notes: Indonesian patchouli, Haitian vetiver, Bourbon vanilla, white musk, opoponax, tonka bean
I sprayed Coco Mademoiselle on myself to see how it fared for the rest of the day, but it’s been perfume adoration since first sniff. I’m now in fragrance lust and MUST HAVE it!
Haven’t yet checked what the perfume guide book says about it......I’m not ready to burst my happy bubble yet if they completely savage it!
Anyone else dig Chanel fragrances or you avoid it like the plague as I have done for years?
I love Coco Mademoiselle. I haaaaaaate Chanel No 5, it just smells sickly to me.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite is Gardenia, but it's not sold in Adelaide - I had though it wasn't sold in Australia at all, but Stefanie from The Lip Print told me you could get it in the Chanel Store in Chapel Street. Anyway, I just buy decants of it from The Perfumed Court.
I like Chanel Allure on guys...but my boss gave me the female version for Christmas and boy, it stinks on me...
ReplyDeleteI am partial to Coco mademoiselle. its my bestie's scent but it doesnt have quite the same effect on me unfortunatly!
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