Chanel · 1984 · Jacques Polge
Coco
VersionEau de Parfum
Sunny mandarin over rich jasmine, ylang-ylang and orange blossom, sinking into an ambery base of patchouli, benzoin resin and tonka.
Chanel says
You’ll smell Sicilian mandarin, jasmine absolute, ylang-ylang from the Comoros, Tunisian orange blossom, Indonesian patchouli, benzoin and tonka.
Top noteswhen you spray it
Heartas it settles
Dry-downwhat stays
Top noteswhen you spray it
Heartas it settles
Dry-downwhat stays
What’s inside it
What Chanel names
What the label names
13 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 sweet2 spices1 powder
Herbs & lavender1
Sweet1
Spices2
Heart4
as it settles
8 more lines on the label, not there for the smell
Our match of the notes
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