Chanel · 2017 · Olivier Polge

Gabrielle

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Chanel asks $176 for 100 ml
100 ml$176

VersionEau de Parfum

Sparkling orange blossom opening onto rich jasmine and fruity-green ylang-ylang, with a creamy glimpse of tuberose.

Chanel says

You’ll smell jasmine, ylang-ylang, orange blossom and tuberose.

More from Chanel’s description

It also mentions Ylang ylang.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Gabrielle’s scent picture, a draft: jasmine, ylang-ylang, orange blossom, tuberose, coumarin (tonka) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Heartas it settles

Gabrielle, heart: Jasmine, Ylang-ylang, Orange blossom

Dry-downwhat stays

Gabrielle, dry-down: Tuberose, Coumarin (tonka)

What’s inside it

What Chanel names

JasmineYlang-ylangOrange blossomTuberoseYlang ylang

What the label names

14 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 & lavender7 florals1 sweet2 spices1 powder

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals7

CitronellolHexyl cinnamal (aldehydes)GeraniolBenzyl salicylateHydroxycitronellalFarnesolAmyl cinnamal (aldehydes)

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 alcoholAvobenzone (a UV filter)Yellow 6Ext. violet 2Yellow 5

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Do SonDiptyque · shares jasmine, ylang-ylang, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain) and tuberose$195 for 100 ml · about the same as Gabrielle’s $176
Quelques Fleurs L'OriginalHoubigant · shares jasmine, ylang-ylang, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain) and tuberose$250 for 100 ml
BeautifulEstée Lauder · shares jasmine, ylang-ylang, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain) and tuberose$115 for 75 ml · about the same as Gabrielle’s $176
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.