Description
Iris is the central ingredient of the fragrance, along with several “new interesting musks”, found by the perfumer. Talking about iris, the perfumer pointed out it is a very demanding ingredient. First of all, it’s hard to source, because anything can affect the final quality of the oil, including climate and soil. Secondly, processing of iris is very time and labor-consuming process, which lasts a couple of years. However, Chanel never made a single compromise about the quality of her (their) perfumes. The new No.19 Poudré (2011) unites the latest technology advances (musks) and the best that can be achieved in a good old artisanal way. The nose behind this fragrance is Jacques Polge.
мигел – :
The most gorgeous green scent ever. I love 19 Poudre for its quiet beauty. It is chilly and warm at the same time. Full of rooty, mildly carroty iris, bitter galbanum, and a touch of lemongrass to my nose which I know to be vetiver. Sometimes I think I pick up frankincense in the base but who knows. It’s quite heavy on the coumarin which I appreciate. Tonka is one of my favorite notes and it pairs so well with these sort of higher pitched florals and citruses and musk. =A fabulous concoction! It’s not sharp in any way. It is smooth and refined. I get a cool earthiness when it opens,then the snuggly,inviting warmth comes in and there it remains- on its musky, powdery, tonka, iris cloud for the remainder of wear. Not at all the “bitchy” assertive green that can be No 19 edt. This is more of a relaxed kind of assertive, not overbearing in the least.
Powdery she is, but not like baby powder. More like a luxurious face powder. Longevity is good on me but it’s not a huge projector. I find I reach for it a lot during that time of the month when my hormones are out of whack and my senses are looking for a break. It’s my go to when I need to baby myself and it truly does the job! Couldn’t ask for a better comfort scent if you’re an iris lover. Just the best.
игоряqwe – :
Wow!! Beautifully realistic galbanum. Galbanum has been an elusive favorite note of mine ever since I smelled it in the wild (literally) while hiking near Santa Barbara. I don’t know about galbanum elsewhere but near the California coast it is actually quite sweet smelling and I’m not sure who was more inebriated off the scent, me or the bees!
Usually when I encounter galbanum in perfume, it is bitter and very dry.. which is fine but not really wearable with my chemistry as it comes across very masculine and maybe a little *too* “old school.” This is the first time I’ve come across a truly wearable galbanum.. a galbanum that translates well to this generation and isn’t too mature to be worn without judgment in public.
No 19 Poudre is indeed powdery and soft, but not so soft as to be a muted skin scent. The “green” note is quite prominent, nearly strident in its strength but never too strong.. it is just enough to be a unique scent among today’s fruitchoulis and musky florals. I feel that I can wear this fragrance when I want to stand out a little bit in the crowd, but still be assured that I smell fabulous!
Another wonderful Chanel.. this is quickly becoming my favorite perfume house!
livnet – :
God this is gorgeous. The powder is silky, not cloying or heavy. Iris in this composition is warm and smooth, accented by the cool earthiness of vetiver and a green snap of galbanum. There’s a touch of white flowers in there, but the focus remains on the iris. No 19 Poudre wears like a sheer, watercolor silk scarf, gauzy and floating. It doesn’t last as long as I would like, but it’s so lovely that I don’t really mind. I’m so glad I gave the whole N.19 line a chance.
Svetlaja – :
Chanel no 19 poudré
this perfume needed a double, even triple take for me to truly appreciate its full delicacy and merits. now do I belong to that half of people unable to smell synthetic musks. it was amusing, walking through a perfumery with a blotter of Narciso Rodriguez for her (in various incarnations) smelling, even after ten minutes, nothing at all. the “musk” note there did me in. I guess I had the same with Chanel no 19 poudré. then came Alberto Morillas’ Mizensir. Poudre d’Or with his musks named exaltone and paradisone. I smelled a full warm and lasting perfume also build around the iris. I love iris. and then now something may have altered my amnesiologic or olphactoric properties because it is now I can smell Chanels perfume from 2011 to the fullest. of course the striking similarity with, not so much “No 19” (which I love) but with Prada’s “Infusion d’Iris” is spectacular. I guess they both have their own pluses but the sheer femininity and delicacy of Chanels iris perfume is revelatory. with musks I understood they traveled, cotraveled along with other notes to enhance these. Iris already is such fine yet also identifiable scent. it tends to become “poudré”, and I like these ‘old ladies’ tendencies. Oriza L.Legrand also does them so well. “now this is perfume”, as I am rather from the hefty hookerscents I always also had a knack for deft (old) ladies’ scents. (Miss Dior, Joy de Patou, Calèche, No. 5, Fidji, Ivoire.) the perfume managed to become a myth and I am afraid “Gabrielle” and “JoyDior” are already too much marketsteered where it doesn’t matter anymore if there are discernable ingredients palpable but where they curate these new perfumes …..to death.
kuban-23 – :
It’s my absolute favorite from all of the Chanel fragrances!! I want to have two bottles of it back up! It’s so beautiful to me! Just pure perfection!
Машуля – :
Been sampling this for a few days.
Reminds me of original Chanel no 5 partum + Prad a Infusion d’Iris. Pretty, delicate powdery, plus the original Chanel feel but colder, frostier. I think this is good for early spring, easter, formal events. Could be slightly intimidating like a wealthy older woman who is intelligent and good at reading people. Smart classy but slightly cold. I like it but it’s not ” me”.
I wouldn’t call this sexy but maybe impressive.
hammbeer – :
PLEASE CHANEL WE ALL WANT THIS 19 poudre IN PURE PARFUM !!
It would be divine in a stronger more lasting more lush version ……
Yummi yummi yummi 🙂 this EDP is my favourite in summer….well it’s body mist weak in some ways but still cooling on a hot day.
how about bath powder and bath gel …..mmmm i can dream 🙂
If only , but wouldn’t it be nice !
We all want an elixir of this beautiful perfume…
dcy129JeomiWogkig – :
The best channel perfume although smells synthetic but its a lovely smell.. Nothing like flowers or anything you could find in nature.. But its beautiful and unique not sexy ..not feminine but different and elegant ..like many Prada perfumes ..
TOLIKKK009 – :
As I sit here on my sofa, covered in a powdery elegant aroma. I smell galbanum, iris & musk. After 20 minutes the vetiver creeps up on my nose, it’s starting to smell soapy, and some what dry. I like it, I like it a lot!
With 2 sprays I get about 2-3 hours of sillage & 5-6 hours of longevity. Just going easy with my sprays.
I remember going hard with 6 sprays, it caused my partner to give a sour expression, and he actually did tell me he hated it & never wanted me to wear it again.
I’m home tonight, he’s not around… Lucky him hah.
LUCIFER9990 – :
Sneaky No 19 Poudre, making me think it’s faded out, and then I get a waft of it like it’s an actual powder lifting off my skin in a sheer cloud.
Chanel does powdery so well.
I didn’t warm up to the original No 19, but Poudre… This is exquisite, a veil of iris powder.
This has sillage, but it is subtle, maybe too subtle. If you’re like me, you’re going to have to spray it on like you can afford it. But hey, how else are we going to empty a bottle?
If iris scented cosmetic powder is your idea of heaven, try No 19 Poudre.
De_dus – :
In the beginning poudre is fresh yet soft and sophisticated, it’s really that ‘hhmmmm’ oh yeah this is nice, it’s a beautiful scent, she’s pretty… but then it turned just a flat powdery on me, that prettiness was gone, was a sad moment for me, really want to love it.
Patik.E46 – :
One day, after he had already ordered the labels with the name COCO, he realized that she did not like them anymore. She then called him No. 19. Why N ° 19? Coco explained it just before she died to her friend and confidant Carmen Tessier. “It’s the day I was born, August 19th. I was born under the sign of Leo. I am a lion and, like him, I take out my nails to prevent others from hurting me. And yet, believe me, I suffer more to scratch than to be scratched ”
“So, this perfume?” He asked, still steaming a little. “How do you find it? You think that once, because of him, I was stopped by a man on the street. On leaving the Ritz, I felt a hand rest on my shoulder, turned around and saw the face of a stranger. I was ready to rebuke the arrogant badly when, with an American accent, he said: Excuse me, these two friends of mine would like to know what perfume it brings. ”
CONFIDENCE OF MADEMOISELLE CHANEL TO CARMEN TESSIER ABOUT 19, LES ANNÉES CHANEL, PIERRE GALANTE, 1972, p. 322
Never trivial nor conventional.
It has something bold, an insolent spontaneity that makes it irresistible.
I love it
Fanta1128 – :
Chanel 19 Poudre turns into a coumarin tonka bomb on my skin which is really disappointing, because all of the IRIS and green freshness completely surrenders to sweet thick powdery opacity. The tonka is like the dry down of Lush’s Twilight minus the lavender. 19 Poudre rapidly loses its character until it’s basically a tonka solinote scent. Boring, too sweet and unoriginal on me. However it did lack a sour metallic note that the 19 edp has (new formula), as well as having better longevity than the 19 edt which was more of a body mist than an edt. If you love tonka, the Poudre is great. Otherwise just leave all the Chanel 19s alone and get yourself some L’heure Exquise from Annick Goutal. It’s like if 19 was made with an appropriately large budget using top of the line ingredients. Comparing 19 in any iteration to LE is like night and day.
asgyclyxmnm – :
There are only a few Chanels that I truly like so far in my aromatic journey; those are: Allure edt, Allure Sensuelle edp and edt, a little bit of Chance Edp wouldn’t hurt, and then there are Coco and the 19 range. Coco I haven’t really found a way to wear yet but 19 edp and 19 poudre are becoming quickly favorites of mine, especially the Poudre version.
Which finally appeared in my local Sephora low on the shelves, these perfumes are not displayed properly with 19 edt missing completely, in May. Too pity, they are really really beautiful.
19 poudre smells by definition as a perfume. There is not one edible or sweet quality about it, instead it smells as abstract as possible and at the same time as modern as possible. You cannot deny the vintage flair, and you gotta love these types of scents. Powdery, bitter, dry, groomed, ladylike. So feminine, more feminine than Infusion of Iris. 19 Poudre definitely has more feelings than most irises I’ve smelled. Silky and sensual, lazy mayby? The scent of the afternoon in warm spring and summer when you finished all work and chores and just sit at your balcony, doing nothing. It’s calm and quiet. Maybe melancholy. Maybe thinking too much. Appropriate for all seasons.
Initially I smell a lot of acrid notes, something between patchouli and galbanum, white musk for sure, green notes will develop soon enough and underlying bitter peppery notes. Good projection but not the best longevity. Four hours tops with constant projection and then it starts fading, but I don’t mind reapplying.
For ladies.
With the Cristalle range I’ll deal when I’ll find them displayed; I just don’t seem to find them anywhere.
Edke – :
Ignore the ridiculous comparison to lettuce. This is heaven in a bottle.
Meoto816Negeltzex – :
I fell in love with this perfume tonight. I’ve been on the hunt for a couple of new scents and happened to try on this one. The sharp green intrigued me, and the powder really balances out the sharpness, so there’s a bit of “prettiness” and still a bit of green mystery. I have been smelling my wrist all night and cannot wait to get my hands on a bottle of this beautiful perfume.
Steaxx – :
No 19 poudre a floral powdery green. LOVELY !
on my skin this starts out grassy green with a citrusy not quite sharp but noticable fresh lemony start , but in less than a few mins it looses the grassy start and becomes delicate and powdery. The iris is more tender and soft , a tad warmer (maybe from the tonka bean) than in prada,s infusion d iris.
Infusion is intensely powdery full on iris and incense and i love it very much but its got a slightly colder feel than this iris dominated chanel perfume which retains a slightly green and citrus feel with the iris ( instead of the incense of prada.)
As time goes on it becomes a beautiful very chanel skin scent and sadly in my book its more an edt in that way than an edp so for me it looses a few points for being almost too soft. I have to use a lot of this to build any noticable scent and its quite veil like , a whisper of fragrance. In n fact 10 mins in this is perfection , sadly it fizzles out over the next half hour and i keep spraying to get that lovely 10 mins to half hour perfection, my partner says he can still smell it however .
Chanel is quality and sometimes a gentle fragrance , a whisper of clean chanel powder , almost lemony icing sugar is more preferable to a heavy loud “perfumy “ perfume if you get my point.
This is imtimate and beautiful but for me personally it stops just slightly short of having the sillage i need in a fragrance its just a tad too quiet for my liking, that said a generous sprayer will give a little more so for me overspraying is essential , i use mine like body spray all over.
no 19 poudre is not harsh or bitter nor baby powder its something inbetween , a SILKY VEIL of beautiful and classy soft , expensive , powdery , fresh just detectable mandarin dusted in powdery iris , blended to perfection with tender kind hearted musks.
Its quite agreeable and inoffensive , pretty even ,refreshing in summer and cuts crisp in the colder weather.
TigerLillian down below explains this perfume perfectly !
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I lOVE this it’s VERY addictive the dusty slightly sweet silk Powder & mandarin is perfection and makes you want to keep smelling your wrist ,I cannot stop picking it up ! No 19 poudre grows on you so much , give her time !
CHANEL : we would love a deeper pure parfum of this Please ! oh and while your at it can we have bath powder and oil too ? 🙂
German007 – :
This doesn’t smell like Chanel 19 or Infusion d’Iris.
I have them both and haven’t really learn to love No19. I have tried many times,
but who knows; maybe some day…
I Love Infusion d’iris and this Poudre version, but they smell different.
In addition Prada is much more sharper, this is soft.
Edit: My Prada (Infusion d’Iris) is eau de parfum, I can’t compare to eau de toilette.
nestormusic – :
Refined. It captures attention without screaming for it. Perfect for a woman of class who knows herself. The perfect Chanel woman. Exquisite.☆☆☆☆☆
Ya9581 – :
Musky – earthy – woody
Color impression: pistachio green
They say the early Nº19 was a groundbreaking masterpiece that begrudgingly diluted. After Iranian revolution in 1979 which sentenced the country to extreme embargo, raw material suppliers could not once again obtain Iranian galbanum that was the main element of that fragrance, so they changed the composition.
I’m not a fan of the new substitute of original Nº19. I’m not either old enough to remember the early formula. But what I have on my skin now is a slice of heaven with refined opulent iris, woody vetiver base and premium musky tone. Nº19 Poudré is an easy to read, straightforward, friendly, comfortable, easy to communicate and harmless feminine fragrance that showcases an unbearably beautiful and young taste.
★★★★
BALD – :
Got a sample from a lovely fragratican. ❤️ This started lemon lime for me,,then turned into a wonderful tonka iris-sweet powdery thing!!! Not related to Prada iris at all to my nose.Quite lovely and soft.
Tonka iris heaven…and now that I compare it’s similar to Prada iris edt.
vho315speagoessenda – :
I am kind of hesitant in front of Chanels, usually, although I own and used to wear a lot Coco Mademoiselle ( can’t anymore!), and still have on my immediate testing list Cuir de Rusie or CoCo Noir. However, I know what to expect from a Chanel- an exquisite formulation, classic beauty, austere, restrained elegance, always to be taken with a grain of pearls:). Well, Chanel 19 and 19 Poudre took me by surprise. Was expecting a more heavy and aldehydic form. Chanel 19 Poudre is far from that. It is, indeed , almost identical with Prada Iris (I have the 2015 version) . Moreover, it is easy to wear, not at all formal and subtle, inoffensive, easy to wear- it’s more of a mademoiselle than Mademoiselle itself. and, as someone mentioned below, is almost unlike other Chanles or the misconception about this house. A fresh yet powdery iris, no talc , lipstick, powder, purple feeling whatsoever, almost a fougere chypre- if that’s an accepted category of a fragrance. An uplifting, waiting for the spring feeling.Happy that I just bought a 50 ml full bottle at a quite low price from a local e-bay like website.
SOKATTETFAT – :
This is the slightly powdery, warmer sister. All the No 19 perfumes are very green, foresty and fresh. It’s still authentic to the others and very well made. I like it! It’s a wonderful fragrance.
ForameryWar – :
It really is a refreshingly green scent with a slight powdery feel to it. It’s smooth and soft, really delicate to say. Like a delicate glass piece that’s going to break if you don’t handle it carefully. But it has a sort of a kick to it – like a classy and should I even say – a slightly naughty vibe to it?
It’s not a sweet perfume, like at all. Nor is it sour or juicy.
It’s comforting, yet classy. Sensual and calming. It just has this X factor that makes me so incredibly calm and relaxed. Totally opposite to my usual hot tempered nature.
I mean it’s already hard for me to not love a perfume that has tonka beans in the base notes. And tonka beans really stick to the base notes in this one – they don’t appear on my skin in the top or middle notes. The scent definitely has “by Chanel” written all over it.
Sillage is moderate and lasting power is moderate on my skin.
soft2007 – :
Iris. Perfect Iris. It’s refined, exquisite, sophisticated. It is my go to love. And it’s Chanel. Wear it in close quarters with confidence. Long after I think it’s gone, I get, “You smell wonderful. What are you wearing?” I also love that it’s so unrecognizable it becomes your own unique scent. Beautiful, feminine, divine. It’s worth every penny.
trackerplusru – :
This fragrance will garner compliments if you use it generously.
It is a beautiful musk and iris combo,, but way too costly when put against a great many iris/musk concoctions. It is a prestige brand and will appeal to the committed Chanel purchaser who enjoys understatement. Sometimes its enough to catch a simply stunning moment from a soft scarf; in this it matches Annick Goutal.
No 19 is my favourite perfume overall; Poudre as a flanker has very little to do with my perception of 19, so it mustn’t be purchased on that basis. It’s tonka marshmallow, infused with iris, a cupid’s dart that will find its target with those of us who simply love what Chanel does with perfumery. Even though I have sampled many of the Exclusif range of perfumes and loved them whole-heartedly for an hour, their lack of longevity has prevented me from buying. I have purchased Poudre, it lasts in a similar way to Narciso FH, in little puffs of sillage and a very lovely skin scent.
timoshka – :
Definitely musky, almost mushroomy- green, soft, powdery.
I really like this fragrance, Chanel did a spectacular job on the iris – I haven’t experienced the original No. 19, only the poudre and it’s definitely that – green and powdery.
It’s a dream of a fragrance that’s mysterious, evocative, leaves a gorgeous trail and lingers well.
Earthy….
violanika – :
This is not the sweet delicate boudoir feminine powdery that I adore. This is more green fresh cold hit-you-in-the-nose kinda powdery. It’s OK but not a keeper for me.
Huligan74 – :
this powdery fragrance it is very intense on me. If I wear it every day, it just gets stuck on me; even if I take a shower twice, I still smell it…lovely but overwhelming
Юрик – :
Interesting fragrance. Definitely powdery, due to the iris, and a tad sweet in the drydown (probably Tonka and musk). I bought it with the intention to use it mainly in the office, but soon realize that I love to wear it in the evening, at home, after shower. It has comfortable vibe and calms me down after a long day at work. Chanel 19 poudree is not distant and cool fragrance as it seems at first with the crisp freshness that hits your nose. Soon it smoothens and sweetens and that is the moment I love it the most. Pure femininity.
biossyanync – :
Sweet, definitely smell the iris and tonka. Musky too. For some reason, maybe my weird sense of smell, I get a nutty aroma also – like almonds. Perhaps that is just my skin. Unusual but lovely. I still prefer no 5 but this is lovely also.
venom1488 – :
Elegant. Sophisticated. Feminine. Empowering. Enduring. I am absolutely in love with it. I was first afraid it didn’t have much staying power. I could not have been more wrong. I get complements long after I assume it’s gone. It can be easily worn in the closest quarters. I have absolutely found my Chanel. It is now my signature scent.
modoemomiagop – :
Just bought large bottle at duty free shop, love the iris….have to say the sillage and longevity are poor though, rather surprised for a Chanel. Won’t buy it again due to this.
michaelmyers – :
Chanel No 19 Poudre is one that had me whispering “oh my God… oh my God… oh my God… ” to myself at first spritz.
This opens with beautiful, crisp, lightly bitter galbanum tempered with dry vetiver.
I find vetiver to be quite multi-faceted, sometimes woody and dry, sometimes rooty and earthy, and sometimes gently sweet like dirty, natural cacao. Here, with the introduction of powdery iris, the vetiver delivers a subliminally delicate bitter cacao accord. Tonka presents its darker side too with a dry coumarin/hay aspect.
The citrus and neroli are also delicately bitter, slightly waxy and softened by musk, delivering that clean, French soap quality that is signature to this house and similar to the base of No 5 Eau Premiere. Jasmine is lucid and ethereal in the dry down which is dusted with iris.
No 19 is such a sublime, delicate beauty with a dream-like enchantment. I’m completely captivated by the symphony of notes and enchanting reverie.
2999199 – :
I need to get a sample of this one. I’ve never really had any experience with Chanel perfumes at all but I’ve seen a couple of obscure perfume collection videos on youtube where they showed this one. It doesn’t even look like anything I’d be interested in truthfully, but a couple of nights ago the strangest thing happened in which I had a dream that I was hiding a bottle of this perfume under my bed and someone kept trying to steal it. So weird. Anyways because of that I feel the universe is telling me to check this one out, so I hope it lives up to dream me’s expectations.
neon1984 – :
This is unbelievably beautiful. I am very picky about musk and prefer them powdery or soapy. This winner is loud and soft at the same time.
It evokes a feeling of being somewhere damp where the fog is thick and enveloping to my nose. Where the collecting dew is green stems and purple flowers. It’s not a cold feeling though, it’s refreshing and energetic. Perhaps an Indian Summer where the day is hot and the more temperate afternoon brings new energy to the day with cooler but not cold temperatures.
AlobiaobliB – :
This is such a beautiful perfume, so soft and powdery, delicate and warm, yet also lovely and fresh! The iris is superb, and so is the musk; so soft and rich and lush. Beautiful. And the woody vetiver is gorgeous. It’s a very pretty, sensual, elegant and feminine perfume, and demure, quiet. For an elegant and delicate lady, which it certainly makes me feel! It’s so lovely! And it’s a highly complimented one I must say! And it lasts terrifically well too; all day. I love it.
DMITRI 26 – :
The sun is setting. The wind blows through an iris field, crawls amidst the flowers and spreads the smell of fresh recently-watered irises together with wet soil. And Chanel N.19 Poudre emerges!
bokkar – :
This is my powerful business woman who has a secret sensitive side and dances ballet after work perfume. I find the green color of the liquid very attractive, and I think it represents the smell well. Indeed, this is powdery, but also a green floral and woody. This smells very dry and makes me think of talcum powder and nylon tights. I actually don’t get a lot of any particular notes, it’s very blended. But you can smell a lot of what is in the note pyramid, if you pick it out, if that makes sense. I think maybe the resin and vetiver is just a little bit too strong for my taste for this to be a purchase for me. I really prefer prada infusion d’homme which is a bit similar.
Side note, I do prefer no. 19 EDT over poudre because I like the stronger citrus notes.
stropax – :
Right now this is the most beautiful fragrance I know and more often reach. I love iris so much and this is fresh not sweet scent. I like each of all other notes too, can’t specify them more. Although I wish it would be stronger. It’s so much skin scent, I have to press my nose to my wrist to smell something. But it smells so beautiful. This is my favourite. I wish I would be able to write more proficient english, that my writings could be more complex.
I liked Fragrant Desert’s review of this.
pichugina_ov – :
I haven’t worn mine in months and I’m just smelling the atomizer bottle.
It smells dewy, floral, musky-powdery, woody, and grassy all at once. The addition of this musk powder facet imparts a gauzy veil over the bright, strident astringency of the original green gem. I would class this as a floral musk perfume.
When I focus on the musks, I can’t help but notice how sweet it smells. It’s comforting, cottony smooth as ever but there is something of a wide-eyed innocence to it. Like talcum powder. Also I can almost swear there is a cotton candy/burnt caramel smell to it: ethyl maltol. It doesn’t smell pink by any means, more like a chalky grey to white. The musk[s], bitter galbanum, and aromatic tonka unite to give a leathery-suede textural impression. The sweetness of the musk also gives the Jasmine have a fruity, almost candied nuance. Iris has a sweet violet note gives the retro makeup powder feel. The aldehydes lend a waxy feel too a bit like lipstick and also luxury triple milled bar soap.
Whatever the case, the entire perfume is still very clean and classy. Poudre is definitely more overtly feminine, warm, romantic and cute than it’s predecessors. That said, it still retains a bitter leather quality which gives it a nice dark edge. Vetiver as always gives it a grounded assertiveness. Extremely well blended perfume that settles in the skin in a low hum of Jasmine, Musks and aromatic Tonka.
I think this time around, the reformulation makes it more dissimilar to Prada’s Infusion d’Iris because it lost its original dry character. Even if you compare the Prada flanker to Poudre, they definitely aren’t alike, though they share similarities. I remember the Prada flanker as a total screechy vintage powder bomb like a velour powder puff, very resinuous and rich. Poudre is much more soft, genteel, transparent, and dewy. It’s also quite a bit softer in projection and sillage, so it’s also feels a lot more intimate. I think it also has a bright, happy personality but still refined and classic. Very Chanel.
This could work as a wedding perfume. I can see myself wearing this on dates. This could be worn to the office if the work culture is about soft, inoffensive scents… This can be worn year round but I will probably reach for this in spring and summer evenings.
Some loud complaints l would make is that this perfume is not loud enough as expected of most perfumes labeled “Parfum”; there is no Rose! How l miss it. Sigh.
That’s why l layer my No. 19 EdP with Poudré. I know, it’s excessive of me to purchase and wear both at the same time. I do it anyway. And happily.
TymnRattcam – :
Took a while but it is clear Chanel No. 19 Poudre is my preferred Iris fragrance. I adore Iris as much as civet and have it as a main note in many a bottle and as center stage in a few. Namely, Hiris by Hermes, Prada Iris Infusion and even Iris by Demeter. Of these, Hiris by Hermes is by far the most green. Reminds me of being in the cutting room of a florist. Prada is nice but it really offers no competition to me in terms of sheer elegance and perfumery excellence. Both Chanel and Prada are in the office appropriate realm but No. 19 Poudre turns out to be something more. It would be quietly stunning anywhere. The powdery is not so powdery .. meaning, I have others that give me much more of an impression of a cloud of talc filling a room. Indeed, No. 19 Poudre stays close to your skin but it isn’t some faint and weak fragrance. This stuff lingers and light and whispery as it is? Comes right through other, stronger scents that I’ve later layered over it. Slowly but surely I came to really appreciate this one as the Star of my Iris collection. Wasn’t 100 percent sure at first but now? Right up there as one of my all-time favorites and I’d happily repurchase this before the last spray is out of my bottle. It’s nice to know that when someone comes close to you they are going to realize that you are something quite special and top drawer.
jeki2010 – :
I adore chanel 19, especially the perfume-version, but this one is very nice too. I don’t get the connection with the Original no. 19, because that is a fresh oakmossy green, while this is a powdery iris. But I love the poudré on colder days. Very cosy and comforting. It makes me feel strong and confident 🙂
ionpetcov56 – :
Just added this bottle to my collection after a year of thinking it doesn’t smell of anything! There was obviously something wrong with my nose the first day I tried this! I honestly could not smell anything after the first spray. Just proves that sometimes you have to give things another chance. So the fact that I’ve bought it says it’s good! Don’t really get powder from it but I do get green. First spray is very similar to No19 but it changes to softer more unusual scent altogether. But not too soft.Definitely not a mainstream scent. I am hopeless with picking out notes but I will say it’s a lovely fragrance and one that lasts on me all day. I think it will be even better in the cooler months.
katysha_ket – :
So disappointed. I like powder, I adore Chanel no 19, so I figured this would be a safe blind buy. How ever. My lovely and fierce no 19 has now become an old lady. I feel a 100 years old wearing this. A classy old lady for sure, but still an old lady.. I should have listend to all the bad reviews. Maby it will grow on me.
vac827Bessinepome – :
Fragrance Review For No. 19 Poudre
By Chanel
Top Notes
Neroli Mandarin Orange Galbanum
Middle Notes
Iris Jasmine
Base Notes
Musk Tonka Vetiver
No. 19 Poudre is a reformulation of No. 19 and more of a powder scent. It opens with a green herbal galbanum and that is one chypre ingredient that has always pleased me. This is herbal as it opens and citrusy with mandarin orange and neroli/orange blossom. Smells fresh and crisp like walking under an orange grove in the autumn. The galbanum is still present and it is an homage to galbanum based scents in gorgeous chypres I have worn and experienced like Ivoire de Balmain and Aliage by Estee Lauder. This is not too camphorous as the powder from unlisted powder notes is stronger. The iris is the dominant flower here. It’s a beautiful violet. The jasmine is indolic sort of like Alien by Thierry Mugler. In fact this doesn’t smell too different from Alien. The jasmine is Indian night blooming jasmine. The bottom is composed of musk and vetiver giving this scent a nocturnal grassy outdoor smell. God I love it.
This smells great on me and on my Hindi girlfriend Charita. We associate this fragrance with our trip to India where we smelled it on a beautiful woman in Mumbai who only wears this scent. This is not exactly the chypre bomb that is No. 19 so if you cant stand the original 19 try this one. It has more flowers and more powder. It’s mature, elegant, glamorous and smells amazing.
Recommended wear: evening wear, formal wear. Fall or Winter.
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