Coromandel Chanel 2016 Eau de Parfum

Silky usually alludes to lightness, transparency, softness, however this fragrance manages to combine those epithets with density, depth and opulence. I don't connect the former with citruses, as I can't detect any. Instead it's a light veil of white florals which quickly melt into the white chocolate (or at least the fantasy of it).

Le Lion and Coromandel belong to a tight-knit group alongisde Grand Soir - a type of fragrance you wear to a ball. There are plenty of glamorous scents which awake similar images but very little of them are able to take it to this level. This unfortunately means that there is no space for them in my life, but in either case, their "stature" is undeniable.