Coromandel Eau De Parfum

Initially, Coromandel is nose-prickling, aldehydes, bright and sharp and sour, like a bitter citrus slice of moon on a night when winter is sparingly giving way to spring. It's also brimming with curious camphorous woods and strange subterranean echoes when the first spritz settles on your skin. Soon though, it is inexplicably a dark, floral sprinkle of black pepper atop a mug of palest milky cocoa, smooth and rich and creamy on the tongue, but tinged with that underlying musty bitterness. The strange interplay between those primordial notes and that velvety decadence offers dueling impressions of opulence and austerity; imagine enjoying a delectably elegant beverage…on the damp, cold floor of a mossy limestone cave.

(perfume) coromandel is a spectacular perfume. I have bought it in 2016. sometimes I touch a swab on the palm of my hand, in addition of another Chanel perfume (this time Bois des Iles). not mingled with each other, as that I can smell the Coromandel also singularly. wether the perfume also comes percolating above from out of itself ... I feel it has the same characteristic as No5 in this sense: that these are perfumes which slide so effortlessly inside your personal Clôche, your personal environment and this with elegance and perfect unobstrusive fluidity. the Coromandel of course is another perfume with an emphasis on Resins, Labdanum, Orris and Patchouli. but all these ingredients, of Noble pedigree, add to this extraordinary presence of an all-suffusing perfume. [copy-paste] 'Bitter Orange, Citruses, Neroli, Patchouli, Orris Root, Rose, Jasmine, Benzoin, Olibanum, Labdanum'. it seems to me Olivier Polge used exactly the right Perfume Materials as also blended them in all directions just heavenly. the perfume simularly enfolds as also immediately settles its undeniably elegant and sweetly resinous as also microgranularly Incense smellable shadow. while I mostly do not smell Citruses I have a feeling they 'zestify' the Initials here. yet all ever so lightly applicated while never underperforming. as with all touches in this perfume. may the Resins be the main Ingredients the Roses and Jasmine lend the perfume this unmistakable Chanelissime heaving it up to a place of Grandeur and Artistic Sculpture in aromafluidal dynamics. what this perfume does is sending each Ingredient up and then it is replaced by the next but this movement in perpetuum endlessly shifting while also beholding a regal Stature. so this microgranular fluide dynamics shift shape every following moment as that the 'enfolding' resembles the way a Rose unfolds (fast forward filmed) petal for petal. hereby the Citruses play (or may play) an initial role but I am sure they also contribute to the strong reminiscent character of the perfume. as do all the Ingredients. the Roses and Jasmine, possibly hidden and in that, the more phantomously present (as in homeopathic principle) give the perfume a Delicate Chanel après Toute, Chanel à Tout Court, Chanel Pur Sang, intimity and delicacy. the Patchouli I, retroactively, recognize from Allure Sensuelle and Coco Mademoiselle Intense. it adds some earthiness as even the remotest soil sprout Patchouli and tiniest Flowers, but also the Roses and Jasmine, the Neroli and Orris Root. also an Earty addition whilst at the same time giving in an unforgettable tender Powderiness. this all not phaseological but more simulaneously within the caleidoscopic, chameleontic, fluidisizing Perfume dynamics. we are presented with each time this other 'Plateau Vivante' of the Noble Ingredients, used. Labdanum (Cistus Ladanifer) which I recognize (not only) from Le Labo Labdanum 18, the Olibanum (Boswellia Sacra) as also used in Montales Louban, Benzoin (Styrax) all give this perfume a soothing, almost emollient applicability, out of which is distilled the sheer pleasure of knowing this perfume is nearby. I have the feeling, as also sensation, a microgranulary effect is hovering around my head, where all these resins and with the Orris Root, getting lost to each other both refining and reinforcing themselves reciprocally (I studied philosophy can't help it) in a perpetuous movement giving the perfume a magical, soothing and Ultra Chique Otherworldliness. and at the same time a Spiritual Worldliness, without ever leaving the realm of Couture, Parfum, Frivolités and Frissons. so the perfume is rather this immediate Apparance, 'Event' than the classic 'perfume unfolding in phases'. the Spiritual Sur-Dimension is included in the whole Sacred Ritual of wearing this perfume. in hindsight (i.e. with the perfume still fully moving) I sense that this perfume blends the soft and also Crisp Resinous and Balsamic Incenses and Orris, yet its Floralcy can not be denied: Roses, Neroli, Jasmine and Orris keep persisting throughout the perfume's Presence. it is a mind-altering experience and for me, a Transformative and also très Parisian Événement. Chanel keeps having it's finger on the pulse, in 40 years with Karl Lagerfeld, and let us not forget Madémoiselle herself (1921-1971 as Chanel Couturière) and now Matthieu Blázy, it keeps us on our toes.

Classic and elegant. The warm, distinct woody opening reminds me of stepping into Mademoiselle Chanel's parlor, filled with old furniture, the scent of fabrics and lacquer, a faint hint of dust, and, of course, the veil of perfume lingering in the air. Spices give it a slightly rough edge, but overall, it remains classic, easy to wear, and pleasant to experience. Sweet amber notes make it a safe choice, softening the composition.