It was Katie Puckrik who had me wanting to try this fragrance. After watching her perfume collection videos on YouTube and hearing all about her love for incense-based scents, Chanel's Coromandel went straight to the top of my 'for test' list.
It took a while for me to discover my love for Coromandel. When first applied to the skin, it seemed to be very masculine and indeed very strong. The incense note was barely evident for the first ten minutes.
When I re-visited Coromandel, it reminded me of a stronger, more lasting and much more complex version of Allure Sensuelle.
After leaving the Chanel boutique I was quite certain that Chanel's Beige was my pick, however as I walked on through the crowd of people at the mall, I was enchanted by a deliciously smokey scent drifting up and around my nose.
Once settled into the heart, the magic of Coromandel can be truly felt. This is less sophisticated than other Chanel's I've tried. Coromandel makes me feel like a bad-girl; a little daring, merciless and wild.
Coromandel is earthy patchouli, rich ambery incense, exotic spices, syrupy vanilla and dusty woods. I would be game enough to call this fragrance sexy.
Some people mention chocolate as a note not listed here, and on second thoughts, there is a rather chocolatey accord hidden in there somewhere. However, don't expect Coromandel to be anything like Thierry Mugler's Angel.
The lasting strength is amazing. I had my wrist stuck to my nose until almost 3am. I think Coromandel excited me so much that I couldn't sleep.
Coromandel does remind me a bit of Angel, and whilst I like Angel, I think Coromandel is definitely the best of the two by far. Whilst I do not find Angel to be masculine at all, I detect something masculine about Coromandel but not so masculine that women cannot wear it well. I think a man could very easily wear it, though.
Yes. It is an exquisite perfume. And I really, truly hope no-one is going by notes/accords alone and thinking this is ANYTHING like Angel (which is a great perfume in its own right, just the polar opposite of this), hahah :D
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