So far, the Chanel that I like best is 31 Rue Cambon [*fingers crossed* for a split to come about hint, hint ], followed by Bois des Iles [not that anybody asked haha]. Great point, and good for you for seeing through the strategies! Re: the reference to Chance at some point I received a tiny decant of Chance Eau Frache. What am I? Get a sample and try it on your own skin HKMom. I love a good, strong fragrance as much as the next smellies fan, but theres something to be said for exercising a bit of restraint. Thanks again for helping make a reacquaintance! I ended up buying it 4 years ago when I sprayed it in the mall then held my 3 month old baby and after my husband took the baby and said how good she smelled :)). and on me it dries down quite masculine !!! Replies to my comments but I perfur parfums over colongne any day! We had a commenter above who found it too masculine! Its not my cup of tea but I think shell really like it. (another cool thing for your resume) because this is EXACTLY how I feel about CM. Perfume for Life: How Long Will Your Fragrance Collection Last? Jacques Polge, Chanel's house perfumer, created Coco Mademoiselle, and it was released the spring of 2001. Not only that, I really looove the bottle. And too my detriment, like the more girly scents, so that makes it hard to find a Chanel. My first Chanel scent! Another instance of Coco Mademoiselle abuse occurred during a commute to work. It sounds like you wear Coco Mlle very well! Angela, you crack me up! I get that, too, from time to time. LMAO! I lightly spritzed on my wrist, not expecting to like it at all after reading this. It relieves stress, is fun, and has allowed me to learn so much about fragrances and the perfume industry since I started this blog. Trying to raise the right is like trying to write with my left hand. I am sorry I did not contact you directly, but perhaps Daisy can fill you in. Its nice to have the Coco Mlle around, though, to remind you what you used to love. CM smells good on clothes on the second day after wearing. Yikes! Who knows, maybe one day Ill give the Mlle. "Glossier launches into Sephora US and Canada amid brand overhaul" (cosmeticsbusiness), "Inside the Complex World of Fragrance Dupes" (allure), "Perfumehead Is An Intoxicating Olfactive Love Letter To Los Angeles" (forbes), "Zo Kravitz on Scents and Making Sense of Hollywood" (elle), Updated info on Ferragamo Signorina Libera. Despite its potency, there are still people who think Coco Mademoiselle needs to be sprayed more than . This, however, smells divine. I wore Chance throughout grad school. I hope you got yourself a bottle and have been wearing it happily. Bring back Catherine Deneuve! Excuse me, she says. Ill be happy to split this three ways, certainly makes it more economical Ill email you both. I think I know what you mean about the perfumey part of so many Chanels, and Im pretty sure its that sharp, aldehydic top. It must be like rolling your tongue. Wow, great! I was browsing at Ulta before a date once and gave myself a hearty spritz.as soon as I got to the car I knew I had made a mistake. I love Cuir de Russie, but am not going to plunk down the dough for that one anytime soon. Hi Angela, Call your doctor if you have difficulty smelling. I think its one of the most feminine and sexy fragrances for women out there. I already know better than, when Im low, to try something new I might like. All rights reserved. Diviation? apart from one, which I praise her for= Kenzo Amour. However, in Women's Wear Daily 1 before Coco Mademoiselle launched, Chanel's "Vice President of fragrance and internet marketing" 2 said Coco Mademoiselle could double Coco's business. Im glad you found Coco, at least. If youve been sampling it for two years, and it draws you so much that you sneak sniffs when no one is looking, then you definitely need a bottle! There is that musky-patchouli base to consider, thoughwith the right swagger in my step, who knows? When I think of the Chanels, I choose to mentally omit this and Chance. Our website services, content, and products are for informational purposes only. Perhaps a heavier application would make a difference. (go figure!). I agree that over 40s might be likely to have found their favorites, although I grew up in a home largely devoid of perfume and spent many years surrounding by the scent-sensitive, so I have some catching up to do. But after having it on for a while, it would make me actually feel queasy and I never fell queasy. Although I wear feminines routinely, Im not sure Id have the guts to waft around in a cloud of Mademoiselle. In the same article, "industry insiders" guessed Coco Mademoiselle . They sell it in Marshalls 1.7oz for $25. ok guys, will do that hahaha I dont like how different the EDT smells though, and since Chance is so close I can wear it too. Oddly enough, a combination of all of those fragrances is exactly how I would describe Coco Mademoiselle; theres the sccreeching, lime-green grassiness, the nectary peach roses and earthy, gravelly patchouli. If Coco Mlle inducts anyone into the realm of perfumey perfumes, then it has done its job! Ill be emailing Karin. Initially it is pretty sharp and crisp, but then it gets really masculine and sexy on me. Thats so funnynot at all what I would have expected. I like smelling it in a crowd, too. It has top notes of bergamot and orange; a heart of jasmine and "morning rose petals"; and a base of patchouli, vetiver, vanilla, and white musk. It does smell more perfumey and sophisticated than us early-20somethings usually go for; Lacoste Pink, Burberry Brit, and Angel, or others along those lines, are what I smell most often on my female counterparts. I love Keira Knightley and I love the commercial for this. (And I say this as someone without a lot of extra cash to throw around.). It smells so good on me my sister bought some, she lives a few states away but thats still too close so now I dont want to wear it. The parfum of CM reminds me A LOT of the Badgley Mischka fragrance, minus all the dried fruit and fruit fruit accords that zing up BM. The curse of Coco!! I did not envy those creative directors who probably had to sit in it for a while longer. Im more of a Coco gal, too. Cuir de Lancome is definitely not Cuir de RussieI find it sweeter and smoother, without the signature Chanel aldehydic kick. First try, I fell in lovedelicious fresh orange, some aldehydes, spicy lily, apricot. Once again I havent found a Chanel I can wera but I am thinking I need to get a decant of Bois de Iles. Something about the scent trail it leaves behind kind of turns my stomach a little. I had a sample of Letre aime pour femme, by Divine. I guess that translate as sexy to the fruity floral crowd? However, in Women's Wear Daily1 before Coco Mademoiselle launched, Chanel's "Vice President of fragrance and internet marketing"2 said Coco Mademoiselle could double Coco's business. I hope theyll give you a sample first so you can wear it a few days. Sometimes Ill pull out a bottle and decide that Im going to give it away, then the next day I try it again and love it. Ive never revisited the fragrance and I really should now that its much more appropriate for me. It really is a masterpiece and will be accompanying more frequently from now on. Think I really just wanted the bottle, and at $60 a pop for the 50ml, I thought it a better deal than the .25 oz perfume for $80. I am not crazy about this either but you would be surprised how many women I know in their fifties and older who wear this very happily, in ignorance of its intended demographic. Although just about every card in the tarot deck can have a small spark of love or . When possible, avoid people who have colds or the flu. As someone for whom lemon is the kiss of death, I am nonetheless happy to smell Chance on my GF, who is 53 (! And as mals86 mentions, Coco Mlle wearers all seem to be positively hooked on the stuff. Herbal sounds good to me! It must be pretty good, huh? Copyright © 2005-2023 Now Smell This. I can only raise my left eyebrow, and employ it that skill all too often. Clearly too much time on my hands here. You may have narrow nasal passages for several reasons, including genetics, aging, injury, or a medical condition. Funny how these things work. I think youre going *with* the flow, really. On my skin, it's like driving with a loose fan belt. I love Coco Mademoiselle, especially during the autumn. Id guess the Chanels you might like best would be Coromandel (if you are all right with chocolatey patchouli and lots of it), Bois des Iles (still aldehydic, but tamped down by spice and sandalwood), Eau Premiere (so pretty, and although it has an aldehydic lift, they are fat, creamy aldehydes), and maybe Coco. I think it would be a very nice masculine. Im in luck theremines in a rollerball. If its blocking Tolu, then we know for sure shes overdoing it! I love Coco Mlle-it has more woods/spice on my skin. All I get is the sharp topnotes and a bug spray dry down! My Chanels No. I hadnt worn it in years until I decided to revisit it last week. i like it, but could never wear it. It screeches in a way that is fine for a few seconds, but profoundly irritating any longer than that. plotting and scheming powers already activated! Luckily we dont work together but she does come to my office often (like this morning) and when she leaves, Light Blue stayscompletely blocking out my Tolu. Sharviss, I thank you from the depths of my perfumista soul. See, here are three things Ive noticed with Coco Mademoiselle. Email me at krnszn@gmail.com and lets chat! Yesterday it hit me: of course so many new perfumes have the woody-musky base. Nice! Now thats a comfort, roll up in a blanket, cuddle by the fire fragrance. lol. It sounds like you love itthats great! Its sort of a clich among my friends that whenever you want to get my attention, wear Coco Mademoiselle. This just seems like another in the parade of Angel offshoot perfumes, perhaps distilled down a bit that fruity patch that became so prevalent after Angel. Chanel really does have a range. Ive worn it on and off for many years and it has sat in my cabinet languishing for the last 10 or so in my pursuit of the Goutals and Guerlain gems. So little time, and for a lot of us, so little money! Ill have to try them side by side. Wow. In my younger, but not necessarily that much younger, perhaps just a little poorer days I wore Chanel Chance. I really love it! Never done it before, though, so no idea how to go about it. August 2022, Celebrity perfumes I only did four sprays. Up until recently, I thought of it as the generic womens version of Acqua di Gio. For some reason, Coco Mademoiselle is a particularly potent fragrance. Top notes are Bergamot, Orange and Grapefruit; middle notes are Rose, Litchi and Jasmine; base notes are Patchouli, Vanilla, Musk and Vetiver. Maybe Krogers just wasnt classy enough. Nice analogy! My sister wears Coco Mlle very nicely. I catch a hint of peach in it, too. I cant do it either. Oh good! though the musky-patchy drydown is less than ideal. When I was a little girl, I remember seeing bottles of Emeraude, Imari, Chanel No. When it first came out, I noticed her hoarding the scent strips and raving about it constantly. Its amazing how well a scent can bring back memories! What does Coco Mademoiselle smell like? I dont see the similarities between CM and Chance that others mentionedfor me (and on me) theres a huge difference between the bergamot and the screeching lemon in their openings. There's plenty of Chanel out there for all of us. To me Gaultier 2 is much sweeter and that is an unisex scent. 100 Fragrances Every Perfumista Should Try, Chanel Le Lion de Chanel ~ fragrance review, Rgime des Fleurs Chlo Sevigny Little Flower, 100 fragrances every perfumista should try, And 25 more fragrances every perfumista should smell, 50 masculine fragrances every perfumista should try, 26 vintage fragrances every perfumista should try, 25 rose fragrances every perfumista should try, How to make fragrance last through the day, Fragrance concentrations: sorting it all out, On reformulations, or why your favorite perfume doesnt smell like it used to. I dont think youd like it as much on me, though. I have no idea how to use MUA. Its nice to know youre not alone, huh? I know, insanely wishful thinking, but in a perfect world . The people around you probably love smelling it on you, too. Coco Mademoiselle has continued to hold its ground. It must be genetic though as my toddler can already involuntarily raise just one of hers. When I try to do the rightI end up doing a Groucho Marx thingwhich I can do very well and quite quicklywhich was very entertaining to my daughter when she was little. For my part, although I enjoy catching whiffs of it on others, I'd be happy never to wear it again. Im grateful for NST (and other wonderful blogs) for helping me learn more about whats out thereso thank you and all the other contributors for your terrific articles! 5s a good, solid run over the holidays, and although I can admire them, I certainly dont want to wear them. I bet youve smelled Coco Mlle on others, and once you sniff it at the store youll recognize it! not fair! Woods and spice would be ideal. the 20 minute trip home was almost more than I could take. Ah! I moved onto the original Narciso Rodriguez For Her EDT after CM so I suppose I must like the woody musks even though I dont wear NR all that much either these days. 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