Chanel · 2005 · Jacques Polge

Chance

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Pink pepper over jasmine, settling into amber patchouli, white musk and soft vanilla.

The drawn Chance bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Chance’s scent picture, a draft: pink pepper, jasmine, patchouli, white musk, vanilla, coumarin (new-mown hay) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Chance, top notes: Pink pepper, Citral (lemon)

Heartas it settles

Chance, heart: Jasmine

Dry-downwhat stays

Chance, dry-down: Patchouli, White musk, Vanilla, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

11 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.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender6 florals1 sweet1 spices

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

IdôleLancôme · shares pink pepper, jasmine, patchouli, clean linen and 1 more$157 for 100 ml · about the same as Chance’s $185
Chance Eau FraîcheChanel · shares pink pepper, jasmine, patchouli and clean linen$155 for 100 ml · about the same as Chance’s $185
AccentoXerjoff · shares pink pepper, jasmine, patchouli and vanilla$265 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.