Chanel · 2025 · Olivier Polge

Bleu de Chanel L'Exclusif

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5

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A lift of bergamot and lavender over creamy sandalwood and cedar, deepening into dark, leathery labdanum and warm amber woods.

Chanel says

You’ll smell sandalwood, cistus labdanum and woody ambery notes.

More from Chanel’s description

It also mentions Woody notes, Leathery notes and Ambery notes.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Bleu de Chanel L'Exclusif’s scent picture, a draft: sandalwood, labdanum, woody ambery, leather, amber, bergamot drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Bleu de Chanel L'Exclusif, top notes: Bergamot, Lavender, Lemon, Sweet orange, Geranium, Bitter orange, Mint

Heartas it settles

Bleu de Chanel L'Exclusif, heart: Woody ambery, Leather, Jasmine, Rose

Dry-downwhat stays

Bleu de Chanel L'Exclusif, dry-down: Sandalwood, Labdanum, Amber, Virginia cedar, Patchouli, Iso E Super (pencil shavings), Coumarin (tonka), Vanillin (vanilla)

What’s inside it

What the label names

38 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 florals6 woods2 sweet3 spices1 musks1 powder

8 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

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Overture 41Amouage · shares sandalwood, cistus and leathery notes$550 for 100 ml
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