Coromandel

This is exactly the case with the magnificent oriental Coromandel, which exalts Coco's love for the baroque in exquisite scents of an amber patchouli with an exquisite luminosity…

Coromandel, a powerful oriental fragrance tracing the indelible memory of Coco

For Jacques Polge, creating the perfumes of the Les Exclusifs de Chanel collection is a true “recreation”. Indeed, this beautiful collection aims above all to be selective, even elitist, but above all to exude the charm of the most beautiful memories of the beloved founder of the house of Chanel, Gabrielle, of course!
The great lady of fashion loved decorating her apartment on Rue Cambon with magnificent Asian decorations, including the famous Chinese panels called coromandels because, according to her, they exuded the infinite patience of the craftsman and the flawless hand of the master. In 2007, Jacques Polge would therefore offer a fragrance designed with the same sophistication for the great lady passionate about the baroque, Coromandel.

Coromandel therefore offers Gabrielle Chanel's dreamed-of Orient, but an Orient less opulent than in many perfumes, an Orient with all the chic and sophistication of Chanel, in short…

Coromandel arouses, provokes, even speaks and tells a story imbued with creation and class, with originality and seduction. Attributed to Au Parfum regarding Coromandel, Chanel.

Patchouli and its wonders in the fabulous fragrance Coromandel

Coromandel therefore has nothing in common with the animalic power of typical patchouli perfumes. Much calmer than its competitors, Coromandel is decidedly amber and gourmand, opening like a window onto the oriental world bathed in light and color without confining the wearer within overly animalic power. How, indeed, could one imagine Jacques Polge composing for Chanel an oriental like any other?

Coromandel opens on woody, sharp notes of olibanum that wrap around a candied orange, at once dynamic and velvety. Then the beautiful jasmine, accustomed to the luxury of Chanel perfumes, marries a sharp, raw black pepper that already announces the strength of the sillage to come. Indeed, patchouli emerges in the sensual, burning depths of benzoin, tonka bean, labdanum and vanilla. Incense wraps around this amber warmth to give the woman or man wearing Coromandel the irresistible sensation of being enveloped in an enigmatic sillage.

The heavy facets, like tapestries, disappear behind this light, modern structure, and on skin, the patchouli softens, caramelizes, and swells to become rounder. A successful choice, since Coromandel enjoys genuine enthusiasm among perfume aficionados. Attributed to Olfactorum regarding Coromandel by Chanel.