Eau de Cologne Chanel 2007

8.1 / 10 281 Ratings

A popular perfume by Chanel for women and men, released in 2007. The scent is citrusy-fresh. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Citrus

Fresh

Green

Spicy

Woody

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Citrus fruits Lemon

Lemon

Bergamot

Green notes

Heart Notes

Petitgrain Neroli

Neroli

Spices

Base Notes

Musk

Tonka bean

Perfumer

Jacques Polge

Ratings

Scent

8.1281 Ratings

Longevity

5.3221 Ratings

Sillage

4.9219 Ratings

Bottle

8.4215 Ratings

Value for money

5.562 Ratings

Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 08/11/2025.

Interesting Facts

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

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

Lemon Tree

Dior Homme Cologne (2013)

Amalfi Sunray Eau de Parfum

Echt Kölnisch Wasser Jasmine

Citrus Bigarade

Paris - Biarritz

Reviews

9 in-depth fragrance descriptions

09/09/2016

BrianBuchanan
351 Reviews

BrianBuchanan

Helpful Review 5

Excelent Exclusif

Chanel released two colognes designed by Jacques Polge in 2007, Allure Homme Sport Cologne Sport and the Exclusif.

The strategy reminds me of that used by motor manufacturers who make their cars in a range of models to suit various budgets.
These two colognes are built around the same chassis of a hard and bright lemon & grapefruit accord. Allure is the basic, entry level runaround made to a strict budget, and Eau de Cologne de Chanel has all the trimmings you'd expect from a top of the range model.

They both launch on the same basic citrus accord, but here it's decorated with lime, sweetness, and powdery and woody nuances that soften the citrus and broaden its effect ready for what comes next.

It's when you get into the luxury floral interior that the real magic starts. With quality ingredients like bitter orange, neroli, and decent musk, as well as Chanel's own Grasse jasmin, rose, lavender and spice, it makes for a smooth elegant ride.

The other difference between Allure's basic saloon and the Exclusif limousine must be the care and attention lavished on the evolution and detailing. It holds a fine balance between shiny and matt, acid and sweet, hard and soft.
Crucially, the citrus head accord remains crisp and true deep into the floral heart, keeping the profile's integrity as a cologne. It feels as though its been made to the same standards of excellence as the EdT's.

Cologne de Chanel is classified as feminine but for the first three hours or so it conjours up for me Saville Row shirts and high class tailoring, but then, it makes a swerve to the feminine as the powdery sweet musky drydown starts to break through the citrus glass ceiling.

It's a traditional structure that relies on superb materials and great design for its success - rather than innovation - and so, in this conservative context, I think the mild sense of gender realignment that happens in the base is a negative.

However, despite that, this is one of the best colognes there is.

02/08/2013

9
Scent

TeaWithMilk
27 Reviews

TeaWithMilk

2

Classic Cologne

This is a very simple, classic lemon cologne. I think men can wear it very easily. I sprayed some on my father, and we both liked it on him. It's so refreshing and perfect for warm weather, like sweetened lemon water on a soft base of cedar. I really don't notice any spices, but in a way I am grateful for that as it would ruin the delicate scent of the perfume. It's very uplifting, not tart or sour; refreshing for summer or would be nice after a shower when you just want to smell clean and fresh. This is a perfume one wears for themselves, not to impress others.

SUMMARY: Sunny day in a lemon orchard

06/29/2013

7.5
Bottle 2.5
Sillage 2.5
Longevity 8
Scent

Drseid
821 Reviews

Drseid

3

Great While It Lasts...

Eau de Cologne opens with sharp nose tingling lemon citrus with hints of supporting lime before the sharpness quickly fades as the fragrance transitions to its heart after less than 10 seconds. During the early heart the presentation turns to a clean fresh orange flower and green petitgrain tandem as its co-stars. The fragrance profile remains quite constant through the rest of its relatively brief life-cycle, with no change in the late dry-down to speak of. Projection is minimal with the fragrance almost a skin scent and longevity is relatively poor at about 4 hours on skin.

The sharp smelling sour lemon open to Eau de Cologne is almost aldehyde-like in its nose burning intensity, but it is one of the best presentations of natural lemon in a fragrance I have sniffed to date. After the all too brief lemon fades, the structure turns into that of classic Eau de Cologne all the way with its orange flower and green petitgrain tandem, though the execution in this particular one is flawless. I find it hard to grade Eau de Cologne because for what it is I can't find any faults with the composition but the problem for me is in the classic Eau de Cologne structure itself (or lack thereof). The fragrance goes through its entire linear life-cycle so quickly that while I love what I smell while it lasts, it fades all too soon and requires reapplying every three to four hours (and that is on fragrance friendly skin to boot). The bottom line is the $130 per 75ml bottle Eau de Cologne smells excellent and earns a solid 4 star out of 5 rating that would be higher if others did not exist with more tenacity and a similar quality profile at lower prices like my reference EdC, Cologne du Parfumeur by Guerlain.

05/06/2014

7.5
Bottle 2.5
Sillage 2.5
Longevity 3
Scent

WRoth
154 Reviews

WRoth

Eau de Cologne

Opens with a sharp citrus accord. When the alcohol has dried, I see a lovely citrus blend layered over pale woods and aromatic herbs. Once the citrus notes start to vanish and the herbal notes intensify, I'd say this fragrance is a sheerer Bel Respiro. It is nice mind you, but nothing special.

05/02/2020

5
Sillage 4
Longevity 8
Scent

FvSpee
249 Reviews

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FvSpee

Top Review 28

Colonia instead of Corona. No. 6: Reformation Day.

So now I bought and read the "A-Z Guide" by Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez from 2008/2009 (ok, not every single perfume review). I liked it a lot, but I was a bit disappointed. The general introduction was quite short and contained little that I didn't know anyway after three years of perfume membership. And the individual reviews seemed a bit confused and unsystematically selected to me, more oriented towards the American market and now already at the level of over ten years ago (well, you can't blame them for the last two things).

I was sometimes quite irritated by the content of the individual reviews and the evaluation. Some scents that I personally like very much, but which I also consider to be "objectively" important and very well made (like Opium pour homme, Obsession for Men or Annick Goutal's Ambre Fétiche) are dismissed as trash with underground reviews, and vice versa, there are some scents that I find really bad, but which are rated with at least four stars. With the few "fives" of the two star authors, there is quite a lot of agreement with my own insignificant opinion about "excellent scents", with Caldey Island Lavender and with Caron's Troisième Homme even up to the reasoning. However, I notice here that the Pope and his Co-Popeess (why do I always have to think of "Christo and Jeanne-Claude"?), unlike me, like difficult scents. At Breath of God and Sécretions Magnifique (fragrance Olympus at T/S) I have to throw up
Well, since I'm in the process of exploring and mapping the world of Könischwasser, I took a look at what "Die Zwei" have to say on the subject. In general, they are not big cologne fans, it's a bit simple for them, but if they are, then Chanel Eau de Cologne 2007, the best cologne in the world, that's for sure. Ok, I thought I remembered having tested it and found it ok, and actually, I discovered an older statement of mine with 8 points. So I ordered another 5 ml sample and tested it again. Here the result:

According to the high price and valency of the fragrance I didn't spray but sprayed it, but I sprayed it very abundantly: about 3 ml on neck and arms. After a few seconds of alcoholic-medical prelude (tuning of the instruments) we encounter a beautifully balanced mountain atrium. I used to think it was a lemon, but today I would say it is exactly half lemon and half bergamot. The rest is a citric accompaniment for fine-tuning, balancing and stabilising, there may be neroli, oranges and perhaps minimal floral and green stuff. But at the core: bergamot. And despite the high dosage, it is delicate, but zero creamy, but absolutely crystal clear. Crystalline citric. But still not sharply piercing or sharply cutting, but balanced and in balance. Very beautiful. I like it very much. But somehow it doesn't inspire me to storms of enthusiasm. I miss that "certain something". For me, it's just a very beautifully successful classic cologne, but nothing more. The woman from Spee who was consulted at this point said: "Yes, quite good". On my remark that this fragrance is the best cologne in the world according to the encyclical "De Coloniis" of the perfume pope, she merely put on a pitiful expression, which I would translate with "then I will become Lutheran".

I wondered with this crystallinity, which already makes you think of snow chains, where now moscha and tonkus remain from the base note, especially since the scent seemed to have disappeared after about 15 minutes. But in fact, from minute 15 on until about four or five hours after application, an extremely tight-fitting residue remains on the skin, which then rather reminds of a nice sweet lemon cream or even a lemon pudding. This is a nice gimmick. However, you can only smell it if you press your nose really deep into your forearm, which is annoying in the long run. Or you leave it to your partner during lovemaking, but lemon pudding may not be the ultimate in this situation. So what really counts are the 15 minutes of freshness.

But for that the 140 Euro for 75 ml are too expensive for me. Not because I would expect a cologne (and here it's a classic light cologne like 4711, not a titular cologne like Colonia by AdP) to have a long shelf life, no. But because for a very nice, balanced, refreshing short citric, there are products that offer almost the same quality for a fraction of the price, like Maravilla for 2.99 Euro per 50 ml. So it would also be very good to justify giving 8.5 points for this very valuable and noble looking fragrance (but that's all, because it doesn't really captivate me), but because of the clearly exaggerated price I stick to the 8 points I gave on the occasion of the statement. Here I stand and can't help it.

And there is also a gimmick from me, namely again a reference to a Cologne that has already been commented on and is therefore no longer suitable for series production:

6 a) "Cologne Grand Siècle" by Pierre Guillaume from the PG-with number series: An atypical cologne with long-lasting citric and at the same time strict, dangerous-looking accompanying notes. Freshness with predator. Not really my thing, but very interesting isses already; 8 points generously awarded at that time: https://www.parfumo.de/Parfums/Pierre_Guillaume/Cologne_Grand_Siecle_No_7

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