Coco Eau de Toilette

Chanel describes the eau de toilette as a floral-spicy accord, a harmony at once lush and light. The house names Sicilian mandarin at the top, jasmine absolute and Comoros ylang-ylang for the heart, and Indonesian patchouli in the base.

Sicilian mandarin

According to the house, the accord opens on a citrus note of Sicilian mandarin. The eau de parfum starts from the same mandarin, which Chanel pairs with a heart richer in flowers and a richer base.

Jasmine and ylang-ylang

The heart of jasmine absolute is heightened by a breath of Comoros ylang-ylang. Where the eau de parfum adds Tunisian orange blossom, the eau de toilette sticks to these two flowers, which the house calls lush.

A patchouli base

The harmony leaves behind a base tinged with Indonesian patchouli. The house names neither the benzoin nor the tonka note it places in the eau de parfum, in keeping with the lightness it lends the eau de toilette.

The 1984 notes

The older lists circulating for Coco, with rose, coriander, peach, clove, mimosa, sandalwood, opoponax, civet or labdanum, describe the 1984 fragrance. The current description of the eau de toilette does not take them up.

What the label declares

The ingredient list published by Chanel opens with alcohol, water and fragrance. It details only the allergens that must be declared, including eugenol and isoeugenol, with their clove facets, and cinnamyl alcohol, with no named essential oil.

It also includes three colorants, red, yellow and blue, and water appears before fragrance. The list gives no dosage: only the substances that must be declared appear on it, and the flowers the house names remain blended into the fragrance.