Chance Eau Tendre is the floral, fruity variation on Chance, launched by Chanel on April 2, 2010. Jacques Polge sets grapefruit and quince over a heart of hyacinth and jasmine, closed by white musks, cedar and amber. The line's round bottle turns pale pink here.
Elena Vosnaki finds the softness of Chance Eau Tendre beneath the house's standing: she hears a mass-market fragrance rather than a Chanel.
What critics say
Elena Vosnaki (Perfume Shrine, 2010)
The critic faults Chance Eau Tendre for smelling like Marc Jacobs Daisy, and holds the likeness to be a failing of substance. Without holding anything against Daisy, she reckons a house of this standing should not be putting out that trail.
Her piece widens the charge to the name itself. She recalls that a label makes people believe in the intrinsic difference of an object, and that the buyer sometimes pays for that belief rather than for the juice.
From the same line
- Chance Eau de Parfum
- Chance Eau Fraîche
- Chance Eau Vive
- Chance Eau Tendre Eau de Parfum
- Chance Eau Splendide Eau de Parfum
The whole line on the blog: Chance by Chanel: the whole line, from 2002 to 2025
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