Chanel · 1984 · Jacques Polge

Coco

VersionEau de Parfum

Chanel says

You’ll smell Sicilian mandarin, jasmine absolute, ylang-ylang from the Comoros, Tunisian orange blossom, Indonesian patchouli, benzoin and tonka.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Coco’s scent picture, a draft: mandarin, jasmine, ylang-ylang, bitter orange, patchouli, benzoin drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Coco, top notes: Mandarin

Heartas it settles

Coco, heart: Jasmine, Ylang-ylang, Bitter orange

Dry-downwhat stays

Coco, dry-down: Patchouli, Benzoin, Tonka (coumarin)

What’s inside it

What Chanel names

Sicilian mandarinJasmine absoluteYlang-ylang from the ComorosTunisian orange blossomIndonesian patchouliBenzoinTonka

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

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals6

Benzyl salicylateGeraniolCitronellolHexyl cinnamalCinnamyl alcoholFarnesol

Sweet1

Coumarin (tonka)

Spices2

EugenolIsoeugenol

Powder1

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

Not for the smell8

AlcoholWaterBenzyl benzoateBenzyl alcoholBHT (keeps it fresh)Red 4Yellow 5Blue 1

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

RemainAmouage · shares mandarin, jasmine, ylang-ylang, patchouli and 1 more
Black OrchidTom Ford · shares mandarin, jasmine, ylang-ylang, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain) and 1 more
Reflection 45 ManAmouage · shares jasmine, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), patchouli, benzoin and 1 more
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.