Chanel launched Coromandel in 2007 in Les Exclusifs, as a tribute to the Chinese lacquer screens that lined Gabrielle Chanel’s apartment. Jacques Polge and Christopher Sheldrake built an intense amber around patchouli, frankincense and benzoin. Victoria, of Bois de Jasmin, finds a dark, gourmand patchouli, elegant right down to its trail.
Birgit sees in it the most elegant of patchouli studies, Victoria a dark, gourmand patchouli, elegant but polarizing.
What critics say
Birgit, Olfactoria’s Travels, April 2011
In April 2011, Birgit, on Olfactoria’s Travels, singles out Coromandel among Les Exclusifs for its sillage and staying power, five to six hours when other fragrances in the collection fade quickly. Gorgeous, she sums up: a study in patchouli, the classiest there is, an oriental to dream about.
Victoria, Bois de Jasmin, November 2011
In November 2011, Victoria, on Bois de Jasmin, describes a patchouli taken in a dark, luscious direction, between the exuberance of Angel and the bitterness of Borneo 1834, stripped of its earthy facets. Rose and jasmine lighten it, a woody, incense-laden base extends it; she judges it elegant, polarizing, and gives it four stars.
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