Chanel Coromandel Eau de Parfum meant to be a “tender and voluptuous embrace” with “intense amber notes”. It is a perfume that opens with citrusy, not-quite-ripe orange notes that change into milkier, sweeter, and fewer definable because the floral coronary heart notes emerge. The bottom notes are extremely blended collectively, making a dry down that is creamy, virtually chocolatey, with the evenly spiced woods and resinous sweetness. Chanel lists Coromandel’s notes as: patchouli, incense and benzoin, however a extra full checklist of notes seems to be:
- Prime notes: Bitter Orange, Neroli, Citrus
- coronary heart notes: Orris Root, Patchouli, Rose, Jasmine
- base notes: Musk, woody notes, white chocolate, amber, olibanum, benzoin, incense
It opened to the aspect with a burst of subtly sweetened orange and its freshly peeled pores and skin. It was only some minutes earlier than the patchouli emerged leaving solely a barely pungent citrus sensation, much less definable than orange and the sweetness much less noticeable because it grew to become creamier, smoother and milkier.
As the highest notes light, the center of the perfume ushered in a wealthy, heady floral high quality with hints of sweetness coming from citrus fruits which have change into creamier, softer and extra mature.
Within the subsequent hours Coromandel grew to become hotter, spicier, and smokier as amber and incense made their presence identified. It developed a extra resinous high quality, however every little thing felt so blended that particular person notes have been tough to discern. There was a slight woodiness and earthiness, hints of spice (which pervaded most phases of the perfume) and virtually vanilla benzoin/amber.
The drydown was extra of a pores and skin scent, with notes perceptible an inch or two above my wrist, and stays on the creamier aspect with evenly spiced woods, hints of powderiness, and resinous sweetness. Preliminary drying appeared to begin after 4 to 5 hours, however heady, resinous amber turns into extra evident from there, displacing the creaminess to a level.
To check, I blindly purchased the smaller of the full-size bottle choices – I appear to reside and spend dangerously – however it got here as a robust advice from a private good friend who has a superb grasp of my fragrance tastes. For testing, I used two sprays utilized to the underside and high of my wrist space on my left arm. I take advantage of an unscented moisturizer earlier than making use of the scent as that is additionally my swatching arm (aka being extremely parched at a sure level) as I discovered the scent did not final nicely right here in any other case. It was lengthy lasting (over 10 hours and nonetheless detectable as a pores and skin scent) with average sillage for the primary two hours with average projection for the primary three hours.
SubjectiveI take pleasure in subsequent wears of coromandel, I’ve a full bottle and positively do not remorse my blind buy. I desire it Xerjoff Richwoodwhich shares many similarities in its perfume growth, however Richwood stays sharp and heavy on the citrus high notes for much longer than Coromandel, which I desire. I completely benefit from the dry down with its candy amber resins, spicy woodiness and incense tendrils.
Out there sizes
- 2.5 fl. oz. for $250
- 6.8 fl. oz. for $400
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