Chanel · 2018 · Olivier Polge

Bleu de Chanel

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseFor men

Bright bergamot and lemon over dry cedar and creamy New Caledonian sandalwood, with lavender and patchouli underneath.

Chanel says

You’ll smell cedar and New Caledonian sandalwood.

More from Chanel’s description

It also mentions Citrus notes.

The house’s page

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Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Bleu de Chanel’s scent picture, a draft: cedar, sandalwood, bergamot, virginia cedar, lavender, patchouli drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Bleu de Chanel, top notes: Bergamot, Lavender, Lemon, Sweet orange, Bitter orange, Geranium, Mint, Anethole (anise)

Heartas it settles

Bleu de Chanel, heart: Jasmine, Rose

Dry-downwhat stays

Bleu de Chanel, dry-down: Cedar, Sandalwood, Virginia cedar, Patchouli, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Coumarin (new-mown hay), Vanillin (vanilla), Hexadecanolactone (musk)

What’s inside it

What the label names

37 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

7 citrus9 herbs & lavender9 florals5 woods2 sweet3 spices1 musks1 powder

7 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Million GoldRabanne · shares cedar (Atlas cedar) and sandalwood$145 for 100 ml
Bleu de ChanelChanel · shares cedar (Atlas cedar) and sandalwood$173 for 100 ml · about the same as Bleu de Chanel’s $210
Hawas AtlantisRasasi · shares cedar (Atlas cedar) and sandalwoodabout $48 for 100 ml · about a quarter of Bleu de Chanel’s $210
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.