Chic for Men 2004 Eau de Toilette

Chic for Men (Eau de Toilette) by Carolina Herrera
Bottle Design Fabien Baron
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7.7 / 10 199 Ratings
A popular perfume by Carolina Herrera for men, released in 2004. The scent is fresh-spicy. It is being marketed by Puig.
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Main accords

Fresh
Spicy
Woody
Fruity
Sweet

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
WatermelonWatermelon CardamomCardamom LemonLemon BergamotBergamot Mandarin orangeMandarin orange
Heart Notes Heart Notes
CinnamonCinnamon PepperPepper
Base Notes Base Notes
MuskMusk SandalwoodSandalwood AmberAmber Tonka beanTonka bean CedarCedar

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Ratings
Scent
7.7199 Ratings
Longevity
6.9154 Ratings
Sillage
6.3155 Ratings
Bottle
6.9158 Ratings
Value for money
7.961 Ratings
Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 10/27/2024.

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Reviews

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Coutureguru

223 Reviews
Coutureguru
Coutureguru
Very helpful Review 7  
Trés Chic ...
I bought this blind in a duty free some weeks ago and it's probably the best blind buy I have ever made! I was very lucky to spend this weekend past in a castle, the private residence of a friend. I took Chic with me and while it's one of those fragrances that I don't really notice on myself after 2 hours, it must have superior sillage because people were tracking me down (the place is huge and easy to lose yourself in) by following my fragrance trail :).

I don't get much watermelon and thankfully the musk is sensibly done and does not overpower. The Pepper and Sandalwood dominate on me with creamy amber nuances in the drydown which lasts forever. My shirts the next day are a fragrant wonder to behold ... all in all the best CH I have ever worn!! So happy to have found this ... It'll be a staple in my rotation. I'd better get a stockpile going before the reformulation police have a go at it!!
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7.5
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5
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7.5
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8
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Hgonzalez

7 Reviews
Hgonzalez
Hgonzalez
Helpful Review 2  
Nice casual scent
Nice, nice, nice. For me this fragrance is fresh, a little fruity and sweet but no too much. I like very much this scent because the smell it's not overwhelming and have good sillage and last long.

For me it's a good fragrance and nice adquisition for casual wear. If you can't stand the fruity fragrances because are too sweet, try this.

Regards.
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Guitar2016

213 Reviews
Guitar2016
Guitar2016
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Compliment getter
A blind-buy based on reviews, It's a great scent by Carolina Herrera. CHIC smells so good,You can't go wrong with it. It opens up with like fresh citrusy and watermelon , after about 15 minutes it changes like slightly spicy pepper and cinnamon in the background , then dry down is sweet musky.
This perfume is moderate with warm background, It is perfect for the spring and fall. I really enjoy the smell of this fragrance.
Thumbs Up.

Rating : 8/10
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OvidiuPop

21 Reviews
OvidiuPop
OvidiuPop
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Tough Love
The Context

This is the second fragrance that Kevin Samuels featured in his video about cheap fragrances that are well made, even underpriced for their value. Towards the end of my college semester I said that when I’m going to finish this semester I will purchase this one, since the price was affordable. The day comes, I order it, two days later it arrives in an afternoon that I swear was around 40 degrees celsius, that sun was melting my skin off. I open the package, I look at the presentation then I do two strays on my left arm and I got shocked. I expected to be a lush watermelon scent that just exploded on the first spray but it was something completely different.

The Scent

This is a spicy, fresh and woody fragrance with some fruity notes in the opening. In this state I can get the watermelon, which evaporates quickly, the cardamom and black pepper. I do not pick the citruses at. I also get that the black pepper with the cardamom and the cinnamon comes a bit synthetic from the opening to the late drydown. The thing that I dislike the most from this creation will have to be the black pepper, which it’s too powerful, offering to the whole scent profile a constant bitter tone from start to finish. But without a doubt this is an intense scent that is easily detectable.

The Projection

This is in the mid to high range. I sprayed this in the front seat of my class and the only colleagues that I had in that room were the ones from the last row because they were playing something on their laptops and in the back they had the electric outputs in the back. But, anyway, at one time someone asked if I sprayed something and the rest were quick to comment on that. Not as they like the scent but as they slightly annoy them. And I love when someone reports something like that because most of the time I’m just noseblind. Check out the video from The Niche Fragrance collector about scent and noseblind, it is with good production and an interesting discussion about this topic.

The Longevity

For this one I get around 5 hours. The first hour and a half is with that fully extended level and after that it is a medium, although I think it becomes just a skin scent in the forth hour. Although, the best occasion when I wore this was during my exercises at the gym. I got

The Bottle

This is a cubic glass with a half decent plastic cap and plastic spray that has good control, good spray and a really wide projection. I’m a bit surprised how these kinds of atomizers can be so well made for such low costs.

The Perumers

This is the first time in a while where I comment on the nose, in that case multiple ones, that contribute and are credited for a single creation. There are few times where I see more than two perfumers credited for one, the other one being La Damme by Cacharel and that one has its long backstory, go figure. So, for this one we have Carlos Benaim, whos is a senior perfumer who worked for YSL, Tom Ford, Prada and other designer brands, then is Jean-Marc Chaillan, who worked for lesser known fragrances for Calvin Klein and Dolce & Gabbana, and at last there is Ann Gottlieb, which is the product developer and she is known for a lot of the AXE products and CK.

Conclusions

I don’t think this is one of my best fragrances that I bought and I was slightly disappointed. I imagine that this is what designer brands work with in case they need a spicy fragrance as a reference. It comes too artificial and disconnected from the true nature of the original raw materials that it repulses me. The only occasion I find this one working really well is when I’m in a gym and I’m sweating my buns off on a cardio or other high intensity exercise.

Thank you so much for reading my review. This is the second draft from this writing, the first one I lost somewhere in my other writings, but either way I’m pretty satisfied with what I wrote so far. Next I will write about Oriflame’s Incognito, a cheap but interesting formulation that just keeps me curious every time I apply it.
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Aglianico

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Aglianico
Aglianico
Top Review 20  
Under Radar
Oh, what beautiful, complex, exuberant, extremely exciting fragrances there is not! Fragrances that are so interestingly composed and whose course turns out to be so amazing that you just want to have them - even if you don't really know when you want to wear them (or could, without frightening your loved ones) before you buy them. I like to jokingly call these scents "vernissage scents" (for me Joop! Homme belongs to this group). But who of us regularly goes to such seeing and being seen happenings? Probably the fewest.

Chic for Men does not fall into this category. He is an uncomplicated all-rounder with an almost frightening versatility - I can only agree with Basti. Clearly born in summer, it can easily be worn in all seasons, provided it does not have to be "out in the fresh air" in winter. He'd catch a cold. It goes with a T-shirt, shirt and suit, a date, work, evening "Me Moments". He's friendly, cheerful, but he doesn't scream.

A somewhat artificial, but pleasant fruitiness dominates the first minutes and lasts a few hours depending on the nose. I wonder if that's watermelon Well... Buy a watermelon from your trusted fruit dealer and compare. In any case, a certain "wateriness" cannot be denied. The cardamom, on the other hand, is much easier to sniff out and is at least related to La Nuit de l'Homme. Or actually the other way around, because Chic dates back to 2004. With Chic, however, I find the cardamom to be more uncomplicated and more wearable; with LNDLH, unfortunately, it quickly triggers a headache in me. After a few hours, chic changes noticeably, becomes wooden in a very light and pleasant way, and is probably very close. Adults, but not old-fashioned.

Throughout, it is unobtrusive, warm, slightly sweet in an ungourmandy way, and especially the first few hours fresh, without being a "citric". Chic in the best sense of the word is the opposite of a spectacular fragrance. But that's exactly why I like him. He's really, really uncomplicated. Sometimes it doesn't have to be twelve-tone music or the Kindertotenlieder by Gustav Mahler, but "simply" well-done, contemporary, popular mainstream to-go. You don't tear out trees with it, but you have a good time.

Personally, I think Chic could have easily moved into the Top20 or, say, Top50 of the perfume charts (men). Side by side with Acqua di Giò, ck one, Invictus or Sun Men - and would, according to my nose, have left all these scents behind in terms of beauty and fragrance. But it is not, which may also be due to the distribution channels. The perfumes of Carolina Herrera are not easy to find here in Germany - the largest selection is often still available in the duty-free worlds of airports or online. And even within the "Carolina Herrera" family, Chic stands in the shadow of the CH Men series, especially with the popular CH Men Privé. The perfume numbers show it: CH Men Privé have about five and a half times as many perfume enthusiasts as Chic. This makes Chic a kind of insider tip flying under the radar - with less than thirty Euros even a very cheap one.

Clear test recommendation, especially for (rather younger) gentlemen who are looking for a versatile "mainstream fragrance" for a relatively low price and wish for a fragrance that they will probably never smell on the street at others.

Simple things can sometimes just be good.
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Topfpflanze3Topfpflanze3 4 years ago
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A less salty and cardamom heavy version of MI. Could've been released in 2021 - not old fashioned
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HugoMontezHugoMontez 3 years ago
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7.5
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Nice cardamom opening with sweet cinnamon. Watermelon vibe overall. Fresh, masculine and sexy! Good casual spring and summer scent. 3/5
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ElysiumElysium 5 years ago
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A marvelous not linear Fall cologne starting with fresh and aromatic watery accord, followed by a spicy heart, and fading with a sweet tail!
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FizzyDrinkFizzyDrink 1 month ago
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Where was this all my life?! Picked it up at the duty free and found heaven. Just perfection to my nose.
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Nik604Nik604 2 years ago
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This will always be a great concept of a eternal good, clean, simple but sophisticated masculine scent. Very modern and already a classic.
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