Flynn92

My first fragrance love that started it all. Still my biggest love. Many say its the male version of Bois des Iles, but I think its a more slimmed down version of Coco (my second favorite). The far dry down of the Vintage smells a lot like Egoiste. Florals removed, sandalwood amped up. The rose note is actually made up of damascones, famously used in Shiseidos Nombre Noir and Coco. They have a smell of rose and dried fruits. Egoiste never smells fruity on me, but MyMickers (RIP) seemed to got it sometimes... I get 10 hours out of Egoiste, but even later when I have a hot shower after a long day it reactivates and fills the shower with its heavenly aroma. This is seriously the last thing I want to smell before I die.

Pleasantly fresh, creamy. Not 0815. Reminiscent of Fico di Amalfi but less fruity. I think the fragrance has something lactonic/milky about it, although Dior gives maritime notes. Recommended but not for me "bottle worthy".

Maybe one or the other may be surprised that a young man writes a comment to such a fragrance, but I am certainly no stranger when it comes to classic "women's fragrances". Chanel is my "home" anyway (together with Guerlain) and I like to wear Egoiste and Antaeus as much as I like No 22 or Misia.

Now for the fragrance. For me No 22 is what you probably imagined in the 20s under "clean". Nowadays the ladies are rather citric, the men " shower gel-aquatic". It was powdery then. The fragrance starts aldehydic-buttery and then migrates to vanilla-powdery. The flowers are just to underline the whole thing, I wouldn't call No 22 a flowery scent. This is Sister No 5, where you can clearly smell jasmine and ylang ylang. That's why I really like no 5 only as a piece soap. I have the privilege to own a bottling of the EdT and a Vintage Eau de Cologne (from America). It is clear that the EdP is a higher concentration and it is understandable that the fragrance has been used in lower concentrations for decades. The scent can be too much and too dense for many people, I can take it fortunately. What I find really unfortunate is that no 22 has stolen the incense. Today's version has lost complexity. Nevertheless, anyone who likes aldehyde scents should give No. 22 a chance, it is a great feeling to feel clean in this special way!

Thank you Lâncome, thank you for proving with this fragrance that the modern art of perfumery is not completely lost yet. Smell that smell on a lady on a plane. I don't know how much she sprayed on but her scent was at least 2 rows before/after her noticeable. At first I thought it was Pure XS for her, because this Tonka/Vanilla Combi smells similar to this popcorn chord in the air. I think the fragrance is extremely well balanced. Sweet but not too sweet, elegant but not old-fashioned. Slightly synthetic but that doesn't bother. The scent carries the handwriting of Cristophe Raynaud, I think, in the air I did not perceive it so, but on my hand I always smell out this DNA of 1 million / 1 million Privé. Trésor resembles the latter the most.

I have the privilege to have all 3 concentrations of Coco in my collection. Of the 3, the EDP is probably best suited for daily use, if you will. It lasts a long time and you have a pleasant fragrance around you. I have to add that I have a vintage (60ml refillable bottle). I don't know what the modern formulation looks like. The EDT is simply too weak for me, the perfume is clearly of higher quality with more beautiful flowers and an even more animal undertone. Becomes quieter quickly like the EDP and therefore more suitable for an intimate date.

What I find really interesting as a young man is how wearable Coco actually is, I have associations with this fragrance with my aunt who has been wearing the fragrance for years and therefore I was a little afraid at first to wear this fragrance. But men's fragrances have become so sweet nowadays that coco is still quite spicy in comparison. Legendlich this dried fruit chord, which had become possible by a synthetic smell developed again at that time, lets guess that it concerns a lady smell.

I have worn Coco several times now and never was I looked at funny or did I get any comments. Surely nobody in the U30 generation knows her, the ladies prefer their fruity-sweet waters from Victoria's Secret. Lucky me, I'd say.

Coco belongs with Coromandel and Egoiste to my favorites for the colder half of the year. It is an incomparable masterpiece and is often seen as Chanel's answer to opium, but that would be the same as saying that opium is Ysl's answer to Shalimar. Sure, all the same fragrance family and heirs of Shlimar but each with their own personality.

The only criticism for me would be the top note. Just a lot of civet, as is often the case with older fragrances... But after a minute the spell starts :)