Coco Extrait

Coco Extrait gives Coco, the amber Jacques Polge signed in 1984 under Gabrielle Chanel’s nickname, its most concentrated form. Chanel presents it as the quintessence of a composition with floral and spicy notes, and seals it in a bottle hand-finished with baudruche.

A taste for the baroque

Chanel links Coco to its founder’s art of paradox: the couturière of pared-down style also relished the baroque, which furnished her apartment on rue Cambon and inspired her Byzantine jewelry. According to the house, the extrait carries its full intensity.

A fragrance first conceived as an eau de parfum

Elena Vosnaki, of Perfume Shrine, counts Coco among the first fragrances conceived in a diluted concentration, the eau de parfum, rather than as an extrait. In her view, the market of the 1980s demanded powerful sprays, able to announce a woman before she was seen.

The extrait ritual

For the extrait, the house recalls Gabrielle Chanel’s advice: wear perfume wherever you might be kissed. A single drop is enough, on the nape of the neck, the wrist, the décolleté or the crook of the arm, where the heartbeat can be felt.

An extrait grown rare

Chanel offers Coco Extrait in a 15 ml bottle in Canada, where it is out of stock. In France, the house now offers Coco only as an eau de parfum, an eau de toilette and bath and body care.

Within the Coco line

Two fragrances extend Coco within the house, Coco Mademoiselle, in 2001, and Coco Noir, in 2012. Each has its own extrait: Coco Mademoiselle’s is sealed with baudruche like Coco’s, Coco Noir’s with a wax seal, in the bottle of Les Extraits de Chanel.