Chanel · 2024 · Olivier Polge

Allure Homme Sport Superleggera

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Chanel asks $173 for 100 ml
100 ml$173

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Parfum

Grapefruit over musk.

Chanel says

You’ll smell grapefruit accord and musk.

More from Chanel’s description

It also mentions Citrus, Mandarin, Sandalwood, Patchouli and Cedar.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Allure Homme Sport Superleggera’s scent picture, a draft: grapefruit, musk, mandarin, sandalwood, patchouli, cedar drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Allure Homme Sport Superleggera, top notes: Grapefruit, Mandarin, Bergamot, Sweet orange, Lemon, Lavender, Geranium

Dry-downwhat stays

Allure Homme Sport Superleggera, dry-down: Musk, Sandalwood, Patchouli, Cedar, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Coumarin (new-mown hay), Vanillin (vanilla)

What’s inside it

What Chanel names

Grapefruit accordMuskMandarinSandalwoodPatchouliCedar

What the label names

30 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 citrus7 herbs & lavender6 florals5 woods2 sweet1 spices1 musks1 powder

Citrus7

Bergamot oilLimoneneBitter orange oilLemon oilCitralTerpinolenealpha-Terpinene

Herbs & lavender7

PineneLavender oilCamphorLinalyl acetateLinaloolTerpineolCarvone

Florals6

Geranium oilBenzyl salicylateCitronellolGeranyl acetateRose ketonesGeraniol (rose)

Woods5

Patchouli oilSantalolSandalwood oilIso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)Vertofix

Sweet2

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices1

beta-Caryophyllene

Musks1

Hexadecanolactone

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)
3 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell3

AlcoholWaterBenzyl alcohol

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Wisal DhahabAjmal · shares grapefruit, cashmere knit, mandarin, sandalwood and 2 more$53.61 for 50 ml
Detour NoirAl Haramain · shares grapefruit, cashmere knit, mandarin, sandalwood and 1 more$66.67 for 100 ml · about a third of Allure Homme Sport Superleggera’s $173
RehabInitio · shares cashmere knit, sandalwood, patchouli and cedar (Atlas cedar)$430 for 90 ml
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