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Oops! They did it again..
And there it is! Chanel's flanker number four, if I've counted correctly and if you ignore the hair perfume, its concentrations and the like. Chance also used to have an extrait and there are still several variants both as EDT and EDP.
What is new here is that the eau de parfum is now being released directly and there appears to be no eau de toilette.
Well, that may be in keeping with the spirit of the times, because for young people - and they are the target group at Chance - one thing counts above all: durability! An eau de toilette is unlikely to lure a TikToker out from behind the stove.
And even if durability is a rather subordinate criterion for me, I still want to say a few words about it, because I actually find it rather manageable. Okay for me, but not quite comparable with the EDP from Tendre or Fraîche from the same range. A few more thoughts on the (possible) reasons later.
Raspberry is clearly at the heart of Eau Splendide. And a tangy fruit is also the signature of the Chance range, which means that this new fragrance fits in wonderfully and unmistakably. As a person who tends to dislike fruit in perfume, I get on surprisingly well with it at Chanel. Only in Coco Mademoiselle EDP and EDT is there too much going on for me, otherwise Chanel solves the issue of fruitiness (for me) in a very appealing and bearable way.
Violet, initially negated by the rumor mill, has now found its way into Chance Splendide and is not normally a favorite note of mine either.
But here too, Chapeau Chanel, they have shown a good hand and incorporated it with somnambulistic certainty in a modern way. This violet is not something out of a moth box, but is very reminiscent of the greenish iris-violet note that we already got to know in Comète.
In combination with a little musk, it creates the impression of a creamy, powdery fluff that surrounds you and slows down the tart raspberry so that it doesn't become too biting.
However, where Comète is mature and grown-up, Chance Eau Splendide is predictably much more playful and youthful.
Paris-Venise also came to mind. Here, Splendide borrows the delicate creaminess and although there are no common notes listed and the two do not really smell similar, they give the comparable overall impression of a delicate body lotion.
But maybe it's just Chanel's signature that creates these associations, who knows.
And now, finally, something about durability:
In my opinion, there is an amberwood derivative hidden deep in the base for the longevity (as I suspect with Tendre and Fraîche EDP as well, Chanel likes to euphemistically call it "ambered"), which could become biting when oversprayed. It doesn't bother me, Chanel does it with great sensitivity and I don't tend to overspray. I would only like to mention it for the very sensitive noses. In my opinion, however, Splendide has been dosed more carefully than, for example, Eau Fraîche EDP - good for me, but there will certainly be people who would have preferred a little more "fragrance sole" (greetings to the forum).
In the forum I wrote:
If you like Chance Eau Tendre, Comète and Paris-Venise, I think you can buy this almost blindly.
I still think that these fragrances give very similar "vibes", but they are of course still independent with their own notes. It is more the basic feeling, i.e. the degree of freshness, greenness, powderiness, creaminess etc. that makes me think of the candidates mentioned.
For me, Eau Splendide is a beautiful and fitting addition to the line. To be fair, however, it should also be noted that it has not reinvented the wheel.
But then again, this was not my expectation for a Chance, so I think the fragrance is quite successful.
Top Notes 
Raspberry
Rose
Violet
Heart Notes 
Geranium leaf
Iris
Base Notes 
White musk
Cedarwood
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