31 Rue Cambon (Eau de Toilette) by Chanel

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31 Rue Cambon Chanel 2007 Eau de Toilette

Ranked 311 in Women's Perfume

8.2 / 10 296 Ratings

A popular perfume by Chanel for women, released in 2007. The scent is chypreartig-floral. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Chypre

Floral

Spicy

Green

Powdery

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Green notes

Bergamot

Black pepper

Heart Notes

Iris

Ylang-ylang Rose

Rose

Base Notes

Cistus

Patchouli

Perfumer

Jacques Polge

Ratings

Scent

8.2296 Ratings

Longevity

7.4215 Ratings

Sillage

6.5197 Ratings

Bottle

8.3185 Ratings

Value for money

6.227 Ratings

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Interesting Facts

The fragrance was part of the collection Les Exclusifs de Chanel.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

31 Rue Cambon Eau de Parfum

1932 Eau de Toilette

Gris Dior / Gris Montaigne (Eau de Parfum) by Dior

Gris Dior Eau de Parfum

Profumo

1932 Eau de Parfum

Reviews

24 in-depth fragrance descriptions

07/14/2012

jtd
484 Reviews

jtd

Very helpful Review 9

Steal This Perfume

31 Rue Cambon does actually conjure the shape of a chypre. I appreciate the way it redefines the olfactory geometry that makes a chypre so compelling and I love the way it smells. There is a notable lack of bitterness without the oakmoss, but there is a dirtyness/skinness/nuttiness that melds with the buttery amber and just slides along from top through drydown.

Fruit? I actually don’t see it. More of an ambery woodiness infused with a classic Chanel approach to singing florals, all iris and aldehydes. 31 is effectively a floral oriental folded into the shape of a chypre. Light? Delicate? With its oriental DNA, I find 31 both emphatic and durable.

A fantastically successful stab at the contemporary chypre dilemma. I’m surprised it’s not more emulated.

03/31/2014

9Scent

Sweetgrass
35 Reviews

Sweetgrass

Very helpful Review 7

The essence of chic, or the chypre that wasn't

I had read some reviews a while back describing this as one of the more "mature" Chanel perfumes, and like Dulcemio, I can recognize the classic touches in 31RC. I just fell in love instantly with it, even with all its kinda-dated sophistication and aldehydes (I'm sure they're there, but for some reason just not listed in the notes).

31RC lacks the oakmoss required of a true chypre, but Jacques Polge does a really good job in evoking the character of chypre even without it. Along with the oakmoss, it lacks the piercing sharpness, but it does pack a punch of its own -- for some reason, it just hits some receptors in my head really hard and make me love it even more for it. I thought I could never love a classic floral, but I do love this one, and 31 rue Cambon has definitely opened my nose to appreciate some other classic perfumes I thought I would hate.

This is definitely one of those perfumes you really have to test before buying, because I can see it is somewhat polarizing -- however for me, it is totally worth the full-bottle even at the Les Exclusifs prices. I am seriously considering going for the big flask.

04/21/2013

7Scent 5Longevity 5Sillage

Miaw2
339 Reviews

Miaw2

Helpful Review 5

Great aldehydic patch!

Very different take on patchouli and iris surrounded by great florals.

Not easy to use, the opening is very aldehydic but the drydown is powedery and sweet.

Unisex for sure.

Sillage, lasting power and projection are average.

09/16/2012

aoe
51 Reviews

aoe

Helpful Review 5

Withered Flowers

When I visited the Chanel shop in the city they were fresh out of samples, so amongst testing a few other scents I sprayed my right wrist and a card with 31 Rue Cambon. Both seemed to lose any recognizable scent quickly.

Due to a sample request for 31 Rue Cambon I remembered I had obtained a sample from the sharing in July, so I tried it again. It does indeed have a fruity note besides the bergamot in the top notes, somewhat peachy - then it tastes of dead flowers. My untrained nose couldn't directly find patchouli but I suppose it just vanished below the flower bouquet. I won't deny that it has the morbidity of a Gothic festival and I don't particularly mind the cemetery smell but I'll have to think hard whether I want to perfume myself in that.

Interestingly about an hour in I got somewhat sour fruit punch wearing which I'd probably got thrown out of any Goth event. It reminds me of Burberry Weekend for Women and B de Boucheron where I'm hard-pressed to detect the patchouli as well. However the fruity notes vanish as quickly as they have come and leave the morbid bouquet that stays for many hours.

Maybe I just don't get the fragrance, but at least now I know the difference between rockrose oil and resin (labdanum) ;-)

04/16/2015

9Scent 5Longevity 5Sillage

Fanny
67 Reviews

Fanny

Helpful Review 6

Ceci n'est pas un parfum

There are perfumes, splendid perfumes, which can be analysed, explained and deduced.
And there are perfumes where something magical happens.
The combination of notes in 31RC causes my senses to purr from excitement.
A semi skinscent with a capital S. A tempting impression of chic elegance, returning again and again. An allusion almost of sweat, but not quite.

This is how I want perfume to be: indescribable.

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Statements

33 short views on the fragrance

Noureddine

10 months ago

A luxurious, floral-woody fragrance with jasmine, rose, and patchouli, embodying the elegance of Chanel.

JonasP1

2 years ago

9Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

47

44

Green simmering
In peppery shimmer
Blooms softly beckon
Through long gardens
Receive me
Under cistus stars
With powdered chypre kisses

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Seta

3 years ago

8Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

34

Beautiful citrus-pepper start without sharpness. Then a fluffy ylang-iris blend, with a bit of freshness remaining. In the end, quite a heavy patch-rose.

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Siebenkäs

8 years ago

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32

5

Schüpre Schipre Chypre?
Eduard didn't care.
He knew what the ladies in the bowling club
liked about him:
flower melancholy.
3x Pfft and off to the bus

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