House of Chanel

Ah, Chanel. House of some of the finest fragrances in the world. I tried out several of Chanel's fragrances: No. 5, Allure, Coco, Coco Mademoiselle and Chance.

First of all, I have a confession to make about the most popular perfume in the world, Chanel No. 5: I don't like it very much. I must be one of the few people in the world who dislikes it; however, I do love their commercials, especially the brilliant epic commercial starring Nicole Kidman made a couple of years ago.

In the tests, I liked Allure, Chance and Coco Mademoiselle. Chance is a true 'green' scent: light, possibly young-ish, and likely a good spring-summer fragrance. Allure was a bit 'heavy', and Coco Mademoiselle was intriguing: it went on light and almost fruity; later it revealed the most exquisite base notes I'd ever sampled.

I sprayed those fragrances on sample cards and took them home to have a whiff later on for a second opinion.

I was definitely on to something here.