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Polished Patchouli – Review: Chanel Coromandel
Because I have more time now to look into my box of samples, I made another stunning discovery: Les Exclusifs de Chanel offers one perfume that is impressive in both sillage and longevity. Unlike the...
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Garden Angel – Review: Chanel Bel Respiro
Bel Respiro was the name of Gabrielle Chanel’s chic country house outside Paris, also nicknamed Noix de Coco (coconut), in a play on her own nickname. Bel Respiro, the fragrance, is part of the Les...
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Easy Elegance – Review: Chanel Les Exclusifs 31 Rue Cambon
By Tara 31 Rue Cambon is a mass of contradictions; modern yet timeless, spare yet luxurious, elegant yet relaxed, chypre yet without oakmoss. In my capsule Chanel perfume wardrobe, Bois des Iles is...
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Luxe Leather – Review: Chanel’s Cuir de Russie
By Tara There’s no getting around it, you really have to like birch tar to like Cuir de Russie. Historically, the bark of the birch tree has been cooked-up and used to cure leather. The synthetic birch...
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Pas De Deux – Review: Chanel N°22
When little ignorant me tried N°22 along with several other members of the Les Exclusifs line a good while back, I thought, well that is just like N°5, so what is the fuss? But when N°22 started to...
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Lean On Me – Review: Chanel Les Exclusifs Sycomore
Here we have a vetiver perfume again… Somehow that note grows on me. My initial vetiver scepticism has been turned into genuine appreciation by the likes of Guerlain (Vetiver Pour Elle), Serge Lutens...
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Surrogate Spring – Review: Chanel Les Exclusifs Gardénia
I once wrote a damning mini-review about Chanel’s Gardénia and now I’m here to eat my words and apologize to Gardénia and all who love it, as well as to Jacques Polge (he will be so excited ). Spring...
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My Favorite Colour – Review: Chanel Les Exclusifs Beige
My recent run-in with springy white florals in general and Chanel Gardénia in particular, brought my attention to another (off-)white floral in the Les Exclusifs line – Beige. Named after one of Coco...
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Olfactoria Is Pretty Angry – Review: Chanel 1932
When I smelled 1932 for the first time last week, it was with high expectations. It is a Chanel after all and the reviews I have read so far had been positive. Unfortunately I went away from the...
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In The Circle Of Trust – My Top Five Perfumes (For Now)
The original title of this post was: “What remains when the wild frenzy ends.” But then I thought about Robert DeNiro’s character in Meet the Parents, who maintained a Circle of Trust, wherein only a...
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