Pour Monsieur Eau de Toilette

Avant-garde, Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel breathed an incredible gust of modernity into women. Her first perfume, Chanel N°5, would forever mark French elegance. In 1955, Chanel presented its first masculine fragrance, Pour Monsieur. Elegant and refined in the image of the house, Pour Monsieur is discreet and appealing. Revisited in 1991, Pour Monsieur is a perfume where only quality matters.

The Chanel man

In 1950, men's perfumes underwent a real upheaval. At that time, men used a simple eau fraîche or an eau de Cologne that allowed them to smell good. Increasingly embracing their masculinity, men naturally turned toward other fragrances. It was at this moment that Gabrielle Chanel wanted to create her first perfume for men, Pour Monsieur. The choice of ingredients pays tribute to many great men she had met, such as Picasso, Churchill, and the Duke of Westminster. As a general tribute to all men, Gabrielle Chanel decided to name her perfume Pour Monsieur. Like the Chanel ready-to-wear collections, Pour Monsieur aims to be elegant yet understated. The composition of Pour Monsieur, classic at first glance, is a guarantee of timelessness.

The woody chypre notes of Pour Monsieur

Pour Monsieur was thus created, according to Gabrielle Chanel, by perfumer Henri Robert. Pour Monsieur opens with an extremely dynamic burst thanks to Sicilian lemon, orange, petitgrain, and neroli. The heart is deep and spicy, with cardamom, ginger, and coriander. The base draws its virility from Bourbon vetiver combined with oakmoss and Virginia cedar. Madagascar vanilla wraps the whole in a soft sensuality. In 1991, perfumer Jacques Polge decided to revisit this composition. Pour Monsieur thus gained a more intense freshness thanks to the presence of mandarin and lavender. He also wished to offer a spicier heart with the addition of nutmeg. As for the bottle, it aims to be understated, with a small touch of modernity. A clean design that makes the whole very modern. Still just as elegant but more intense, Pour Monsieur is the perfume of an authentic man.

After the success of her first perfume, N°5, Gabrielle Chanel decided to venture into men's perfumery. Pour Monsieur is the house's first masculine perfume. Released in 1955, it was revisited in 1991 by Jacques Polge. More intense yet still understated, Chanel's Pour Monsieur is a timeless classic that has brilliantly weathered changing trends.