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maxim99 – :
on my skin, while the opening is beautiful and aldehydic…the dry down reminds me of the dry down of Prada candy – the powdery sweet floral notes…?
batikzarj – :
Sometime in the 1960s, when flowers were only for rich people, and mother’s day meant a fistful of whatever wildflower had the courage to show it’s face in March – I was treated to a visit to a park where thousands of daffodils stood proud in the warm spring sunshine. It was a still day, and the scent was, to my small nose, intoxicating. Daffodils and Narcissus Cheerfulness has an intense, peppery, dirty jasmine vibe going on if you care to ram your nose as far into the trumpet as is humanly possible and inhale until your lungs turn yellow with pollen. The drydown of Chanel Les Exclusifs 22 is just that. Deep, heady, rolling in an unending meadow of warm daffodils. It makes me want to weep with pleasure, melancholy and sorrow for a lost childhood, yet, I want to laugh and beat myself about my naked person with bunch upon bunch of daffodils and wallflowers, while dancing barefoot and singing “Let’s Go To San Francisco”. So indescribably beautiful, the most intense Monet of a perfume you could ever wish for. Someone around me wore it long ago ….. damned if I can remember who. Young Love in an Old Heart.
Jeagnonee – :
Elegant, Sophisticated, Classy…..
I love these qualities
No 22 totally hits the mark and is a masterpiece of refined elegance.
Otec_Roman – :
N°22 EDT is like N°5 for those who want something bolder, fuller and a bit classier. It’s a powdery aldehyde lover’s dream scent … nothing about it needs to be perfected. It both works with one’s skin, and around it. Creating a sense of natural skin scent and the scent of things around us. Both natural and the antithesis of natural. I’ve not yet tried the original, vintage N°22 but this version is almost too perfect as it is.
kabardinets – :
Beautiful, bold, heady with aldehydes, No.22 is a perfume of a certain time that fortunately still resonates today. There’s no doubting the Chanel heritage here, and I also sense a strong resemblance to L’Air du Temps.
No.22 is not for the faint-hearted; you need to know who you are to carry off this beauty. Sillage is enormous, and a few spritzes in the morning will be enough to carry you through to mid-afternoon.
vanua9005 – :
Chic-girl,There are 3 formulations of Chanel 22,the classic Chanel 22,the newer formulation Les Exclusif and the latest formulation Chanel 22 edp.All 3 have a different scent.Hope this helps.
miksmill – :
In Fragrantica there are three Chanel No 22. All are in bottles looking same. And I understood they all are Les Exclusifs-line. One is said to be Eau de Parfum, I have that (I think, unless other of the three is also eau de Parfum) but the other two, are they both eau de Toilettes? Does anyone know? They have different notes, and that makes very hard to buy right perfume. I ordered a sample which is Edt, and front of the cardboard says Les Exclusifs de Chanel. That smells different than my Edp.
I’m a little bit confused, because there is third Chanel No 22, and doesn’t mention what strength it is.
Could there be wrong picture because it was launched in 1922, and is not mentioned it is Les Exclusifs, even the bottle looks similar.
Williamisjfy – :
tried the edt on my wrist.
heavy and warm white florals, jasmine and Lilly of the valley plus somehow woody. Nose eating to me, can’t stand it. Seems it’ll never end on my skin.
Compared to Les exclusifs Gardenia: Gardenia is more sparkling, little bit citrusy. no22 edt reminds me somehow on no5, especially the aldehydes, but i like no5 much more.
MAKSKON – :
The archetypal aldehyde fragrance. Diaphanous and intricately-crafted, Chanel’s N°22 (Les Exclusifs EDT) is supremely elegant and unreservedly chic.
Opening with an effervescent explosion of aldehydes; icy-cold and slightly starched, their metallic tonality sparkles for a solid hour after application, during which time the only change is the addition of an ever so slightly camphorous note. As the aldehydes subside to but a twinkle, the middle is very familiar with the rose, ylang-ylang and Grasse jasmine emblematic of so many Chanel fragrances, paired here with rubbery tuberose.
Bold and cold up to this point, N°22 softens to become a luxurious skin scent in the dry down. The finest vanilla, vetiver and musk marry to become slightly balsamic while incense sits broodingly in the background, bringing with it oodles of interest. What really surprises with N°22 is the radiating warmth of its dry down – a stark contrast to the icy aldehydic opening.
Despite its composition, N°22 is neither floral-heavy nor overly soapy. A perfectly unisex fragrance thanks in part to the incense note.
Longevity is excellent with heavy sillage on application, evolving to become a radiant skin scent in the dry down.
9/10
lexa-ggc – :
As a child, the mystery and familiarity of my mother’s small dab bottle of Chanel N°5 struck me as the height of perfumery.
Back then, N°22 would have blown my mind.
Superficially, the two fragrances are closely related with their heady mix of aldehydes, rose, ylang ylang and Chanel’s famed jasmine. Spend a little time with each, however, and it becomes apparent that N°22 is next level. While N°5’s aldehydes are citric and waxy, N°22’s fizz and pop like a fine champagne; while the former’s rose is rich and sweet, the latter boasts a rose that is woody, deep and velvety. It’s in the base, however, that the fragrances really sets themselves apart; while N°5 goes for the animalic route of civet and musk, N°22 opts for pure opulence with lashings of smoky incense and woody vetiver. Take one sniff of N°22, and it’s hard not to become convinced that incense, ylang and vetiver were meant to be together.
As for wearability, N°22 is more potent, but also warmer and less abstract. It’s also more unisex, thanks to its incense and vetiver base, which smells great on my masculine skin. Both are phenomenal fragrances; ultimately, it comes down to personal preference – and I’m firmly in the N°22 camp. N°22 may be five years shy of turning 100, but it is still undoubtedly a well-deserved classic.
Neewoccah – :
I went to the Chanel olfactory bar a few years ago and that was when the entire Exclusifs line was completely reformulated since its initial 2007 launch.
The current version of the Edt in my memory, is that it suddenly seemed a lot easier to wear. It did not as austere, severe, and in-your-face assertive [Even more so than no.19] the first time I tried it. This is the effect from the artifical ‘bouquet’ of aldehydes C11, C12, and C13.
The 2007 version: I felt in order to pull off wearing it, I had to be immaculate in my best business suit, high heels, pearl jewellery, full face of perfectly applied makeup, and nary a hair out of place in a bun!! I’m not surprised men love this fragrance.
The SA told me the main difference in the “refresh” is that most of them are sweeter and vanilla has been added as a component.
It’s true indeed. Also: this time around I actually smell flowers! This is an improvement. My main complaint from the initial launch was that it was too abstract, just something suggestive of something floral maybe a vague rose but that was it.
To my nose, this version is more blatantly feminine than the one before it. It smells prettier and more approachable than before.
ylakljsjdrtyya – :
more in the vein of shalimar than anything else. Subtract the lemon and increase the floral notes and BAM No 22
I have a full 200ml bottle from 2011 id be willing to swap for something of equal value.
kikizokkrz – :
No 22 is not for me. Lots of lovely notes in it but this mixture just gets oldlady-like on my skin. Not bad, just not me.
No 22 är inte jag. Massa fina noter men just i denna mixen så blir det bara gammaldam-doft på min hud. Inte dålig men inget för mig.
velyn – :
I discovered this perfume with my husband on our honeymoon in Paris. We were on a budget and went with a tour group. I walked into the Chanel boutique shop in a large avenue that ran towards the back of the Louvre Museum where I’d been all day. The sales lady showed me a micro mini bottle and actually let me try it on. I was so enchanted by this scent! She wanted me to buy a bigger bottle but no lol hubby thought he’d have to pay with his arm and leg LOL
I have owned several affordably priced micro mini bottles of this fragrance for years. The largest size is too expensive for my budget and I have never been much of a Chanel girl but this fragrance, o my goodness, this review will not do it justice. You’ll have to smell it yourself. This is such a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful fragrance. This is the only Chanel fragrance I wear. I was not big on No. 5 although my mother loved it and I associate that scent with her. No. 22 is said to be similar in aldehydic make-up but I think No. 5 and No. 22 could not be any more different.
No. 5 is a feral animal, musky (not stinky) mossy, dark, sultry, sexy, slutty. She’s a bad girl in black leather. No. 22 is a virginal bride wearing white head to toe, a beautiful girl who wants to everyone to look at her but not to touch her. She’s perfect and otherworldly, an angel, a sylph. Her fragrance is of the softest white flowers of tuberose, jasmine, white rose, yellow floral note of ylang, and citrusy scents of neroli. There’s an aldehyde top and am amber base. The aldehydes give this scent a soapy beginning. It smells like luxurious soap or even baby powder. It’s a delicate bath product. But also it’s quite strong and there’s a glossy vetiver that smells like gold shoe polish. It’s golden and glamorous. My God what an aroma, what an aroma!
When I apply this perfume behind my ears or on my bosom the scent is not detectable to others unless they’re right by my bosom. I don’t find it sexy enough as a boudoir perfume but it can be used to scent my lingerie especially a silky robe. Her color is white. It’s white silk. The fragrance is classified as an aldehyde floral but the aldehydes are not in your mouth or too heavy. It’s really quite beautiful and despite that powder (baby powder) scent, a tad like Dior J’adore it’s really enjoyable.
The scent lingers and stays strong for hours. I have always loved this perfume and perhaps I should look into getting other Chanel fragrances. It’s a line that has always epitomized class, sophistication and French culure. This scent does not evoke Chanel herself, but it’s like a pretty young bride, or in it’s unisex capacity, a young man in a white tuxedo playing piano. It’s something that might have scented the wardrobe of Liberace LOL This is a beautiful perfume, unisex, a fragrant infusion of white colored scents – white roses, white tuberoses, white jasmines and lilies galore.
And that amber is so gorgeous!
There’s also a sweet creamy rich vanilla.
Golden, creamy, white, silky, bridal, virginal, sweet, powdery and glamorous are words I would use to describe this perfume. It can be pretty powerful so don’t use too much although I must confess I am an unapologetic liberal perfume user and if this was an atomizer I would bathe in it. It’s like bathing in white lilies, amber goo and vanilla cream.
Love this perfume y’all
saahka – :
Beautiful. It’s the only “clean” scent in my perfume wardrobe. I wear it for work or bright, breezy days when I want to smell like the weather. It’s less soapy than no 5 in my opinion, and smoother, almost buttery under the aldehyde onslaught. Wiffs of soft incense and vanilla in the far drydown.
It’s also not overtly floral and does not offend others. When I got a text the morning after the night before saying he could still smell my perfume on his pillow, I knew it was keeper. Well, they both were 😉
ВадимКа2110 – :
I’m reviewing the Parfum version, which is not in the database.
This could be my signature scent… if only it had the incense base it used to. I feel that it needs that depth. Love it as it is, but definitely prefer the idea of there being a profound dimension, that Catholic wedding vibe, the deep smokiness juxtaposing the high pitched aldehydes.
I love it so much. Parfum concentration is SO much better than the pissy Eau de Cologne. It’s expensive, and I’ll admit, difficult to find. But the projection and scent are improved. For example, my dad exclaimed that it was strong when he entered the living room (about 8 feet away from me). The scent is smoother, and better blended. The fizzy champagne effect of the EDC is gone, replaced by a cutting sharpness of aldehydes that persists for some time, on a bed of classic soapiness, which slowly gives way to creamy ylang, gardenia and jasmine, and a solid, soft base. This is magically combined into an intricate white floral symphony, and sealed with Chanel’s understated elegance signature. In all, a holy grail for white floral aldehyde lovers!
DinnyBinniy – :
I wore the original Chanel no 22 in the nineties when it was still in the white bottle. I wasn’t quite sold on no 5 or no 19 which I now love. There was something enticing about 22 that just sold me then. Im thinking its the rose note because most of the scents I truly love have some kind of rose in it 🙂 So I was on a desperate search for no 19 edp which for me is so hard to find and by experience I don’t trust online shopping so I had to go to the Chanel boutique. I almost passed out, shoes, clothes, purses! They didn’t have my no 19 edp in stock but they did have this one. One smell of the nozzle and I was 19 again. Got the pitter patters in my little heart even! Powder, but this amazingly clean powder with masterfully blended rose. I know when I will be wearing this. Of course on special occasions, but also if Im ever feeling down and need a lovely friend to surround me for hours. In short, its absolutely gorgeous, no denying. This is a lifetime love affair…
SStrangeRR – :
NO. 22
CHANEL
GROUP: ALDEHYDIC FLORAL
NOTES: Aldehydes, Orange Blossom, Neroli, Ylang Ylang Jasmine Rose Tuberose Lilac Lily of the Valley Sandalwood Vetiver Oak Moss Incense Amber Vanilla
SILLAGE: SOFT Sits Close To The Skin
LONGEVITY: MODERATE 3 to 6 Hours
REMINDS ME OF: CHANEL NO. 5 L’AIR DU TEMPS NINA RICCI WHITE SHOULDERS EVYAN FIRST VAN CLEEF & ARPELS COTY LADY STETSON JESSICA MCCLINTOCK
In 1922 No. 22 one of the 24 vial samples selected by Coco Chanel herself in the lab of her perfumer Ernest Beaux who had released Chanel No. 5. Like No. 5 this was an early aldehydic perfume. It opens with a beautiful sparkling aldehyde note. The fragrance has a white ivory color and scent. It’s a fragrance of white flowers: jasmines white roses tuberoses and lily of the valley. They rest comfortably on sandalwood and are layered in moss as well as woods and amber. The original had an incense note that has now been replaced by sweet vanilla. It’s a fragrance of comfort, sweetness, elegance, and pure femininity. This really does evoke a white wedding as others have pointed out. I find it both soapy and powdery. It’s a floral of the first class. Beautiful, simple, and not overpowering. On me it sits close to the skin and feels like my own skin, sprinkled with white rose petals. The scent is instantly recognizable and has inspired similar fragrances most notably First Van Cleef and Arpels and Coty’s Lady Stetson. This is really a beautiful perfume and a lot more wearable than No. 5 as some people have a problem with the musk and civet. This has no civet and the dry down is pure woods and vanilla. It’s a floral chypre but because of those intense aldehydes its mostly an aldehyde. Chanel did very well in choosing Beaux as her perfumer. He was the best in the business at the time. If you like No. 5 chances are you’ll like No. 22.
yamal – :
It is a perfume of lost love and rainy afternoons. Of missed trains to warmer climates and of melancholy cocktails in the twilight when everything turns lavender in the last moments of the day. It is a beauty that rivals its creators most famous creation. No.5. Rumor has it that it was in the lineup for Coco Chanel to try when she chose No.5 to be her first perfume launch. If that is true it is no surprise for Chanel No.22 crated by Ernest Beaux released only a year after No.5, in 1922 is a more somber, romantic and even wistfully sad cousin to No.5.
Where No.5 is stunningly glamourous and breathtaking, No.22 is of a less obvious beauty. It has mystery a, blue dreamy sad mystery.
It opens with a gorgeous Aldehyde note that is less of a blast than you get in No.5. It is more like a breeze coming up from a damp garden after a rainstorm. In this breeze are carried the lovely floral note of Lily of the Valley and a fresh sharp Neroli. It is a dewy sun dappled and perfect opening to the beauty that is to follow.
Ylang ylang dominates the middle where it shimmers in all its golden glory supported by the famous Chanel jasmine, a subtle rich rose is denuded of its thorns and then there is the tuberose. This is not your grandmother’s screechy tuberose. Now that may surprise you being that this fragrance is from 1922 but in its reissue of 2007 by Jacques Polge it is a stubble touch of the tuberose that comes to lay close to the heart of the fragrance.
The bitter note that gives No.22 is melancholy is in the dry down where a crunchy dry vetiver marries with a creamy vanilla note. This is for me where the dance of the rising vetiver and the dying flower notes make this such a stunning fragrance. Sorrowfully dreamy and beautiful in its somewhat dramatic case of the blues, it likes feeling slightly tragic for after all it has lived in the shadows of No. 5 all these years. Like that old Frank Sinatra song, No. 22 is “Glad To Be Unhappy.”
The longevity of No. 22 is very long, lasting on my skin a good 12 to 14 hours. The projection is not overpowering but at about a foot to eighteen inches. It is noticeable in tight quarters for sure but on the street it has a subtle grace about it. It is balsamic, aldehydic and powdery but not overtly so. It is a powdery scent for the faint of heart who shy away from the powder perfumes in general. And as with almost all of the Les Exclusifs line No.22 works well on a man or a woman. If that man or woman is in the mood to be blue and sophisticated with an air of mystery about them.
LES EXCLUSIFS DE CHANEL NO. 22 FIVE GOLD STARS *****
(FOR THE REST OF THE STORY OF NO.22 VISIT MY BLOG SCENTS MEMORY)
nenaccewalp – :
WHITE WEDDING BY CHANEL
This is my all time favorite Chanel fragrance, well, when I’m not wearing No. 19 that is. Ernest Beaux (1881 to 1961) who brought us Chanel No. 5 in 1921 outdid even himself when he created No. 22 the following year in 1922. What a stroke of pure genius. This is a perfume of incredible heartbreaking beauty. I’m going to break down the notes from the 1922 orignal formula which sadly does not exist anymore because it’s been reformulated by Jacques Polge (from 2007) and now selling as Les Exclusifs De Chanel No. 22, although I’m not complaining or knocking it. The new one is a sweeter softer version that kept the heart of the fragrance at least. I love both versions of the fragrance. No. 22’s original formulaic structure was as follows:
Head Notes: Aldehydes, Orange Blossom, Neroli
Heart Notes: White Jasmine White Rose White Tuberose Lilac
Base Notes: Sandalwood Vetiver Oak Moss Incense
These notes were available as fragrance accords found in Grasse France at the time: jasmine, orange blossom, tuberose, lilac, sandalwood, vetiver and oak moss. The innovative “new” notes that had not been used in fragrances before 1921 were in No. 22 and they were aldehydes and incense. Aldehydes had previously been used for Chanel No. 5. The aldehydic opening in No. 5 and No. 22 are similar, but No. 22 is far more excessive. It’s a sparkling champagne. And that was the whole idea it starts off like someone pops open a bottle of champagne at a wedding. The white flowers are dominant in the heart of the fragrance: jasmine, tuberose and white roses. It’s a wedding floral bouquet. The original had some green notes as well that blended with the white floral accord and it progressed into the dry down. The sandalwood made it a chypre which was already an established structure in fragrance by 1921. It’s a lovely soft scented sandalwood. The most prominent base note of the old formula blew everyone away and sealed the deal: INCENSE! This was the perfumed incense at a Catholic Cathedral during a White Wedding. It’s not dark smoke. It’s pure church incense that totally takes you to a church wedding. It must have been so beautiful to smell on an actual bride during the 1920’s. There is no doubt in my mind that this fragrance was especially created for brides to wear with their wedding gown on ther wedding day. Coco Chanel, never the motherly housewife type, didn’t care for floral scents in her perfumes and would never have worn this one. She preferred oaks and woodsy notes and green notes in her chypre perfumes and was into No. 19 towards the end of her life. I have never smelled a more perfect, luxurious fragrance than No. 22 the original thanks to a good friend in France who has a very old worn fragrance like a trophy that adorns her grandmother’s dresser.
REVIEW OF THE NEW FORMULA FOR CHANEL NO 22
Jacques Polge reformulated No. 22 in February 2007 and they are still selling with the Les Exclusifs De Chanel line. This is what you’re getting when you purchase it in the Chanel boutiques:
Head Notes: Aldehydes Neroli Lily Of the Valley
Heart Notes: Jasmine Tuberose Rose YlangYlang
Base Notes: Vetiver Vanilla Amber
Although amber is not listed on Fragrantica’s list of accords, I can totally smell it. It’s clearly there in the dry down and gives it a very clean soapy scent and warmth. It’s also commonly found in most of today’s formulas for fragrances even if they don’t bother to list the note. The new formula retained the original aldehydes as the fragrance starts to wear on your skin. They kept the white floral fragrances of jasmine, tuberose and rose but added a new flower: ylangylang. And it’s a HUGE ylangylang and clearly the most dominant floral note. They spent a considerable amount messing with the base notes.They dared to take away the incense! And instead of that incredible incense they added what? Vanilla. Oh it’s delicious and sweet and blends well with the amber but it was created merely to soften the fragrance. The vetiver retains the green notes of the original and also makes it somewhat masculine, and this is why men today also wear No. 22. It has a cologne type of smell and can easily come off as a man’s night cologne to wear to formal evening wear events. The white flowers are the true attraction of this fragrance. I wish however that they hadn’t rid this fragrance of that beautiful incense. The incense was what made No. 22 such a winner. I like vanilla, don’t get me wrong, but it’s just not appropriate to a Chanel fragrance. Even as such, this is a magnificent masterpiece that has stood the test of time as much as No. 5. But for me it’s superior to No 5. It is far more beautiful. If No. 5 is the fragrance a woman wears to bed, No. 22 is the fragrance the same woman wore to her wedding day with her wedding gown. It’s a fragrance that exudes class, sophistication, feminine beauty, and romance. This is a romantic fragrance for romantic women. I’m single and love to stay single and don’t even dream about a wedding day. I also don’t intend to get married hundreds of times like Elizabeth Taylor or women who marry more than one time LOL. Although this is definitely a wedding gown fragrance, it doesn’t have to be. It’s a night cologne that you wear with formal evening gowns, ball gowns, and expensive couture for dinner parties, galas and the like. It’s also suited to fancy dinners, romantic restaurants, romantic cruises, a honeymoon in Paris, a wedding anniversary, a relationship anniversary. This is also a perfume to wear to the ballet, the theater, the symphony, the opera. This is as far away from a relaxed casual cocktails-and-lunch or everyday day time fragrance as possible. It’s a fragrance that is so special, so beautiful that it can only be worn very infrequently once in a while, even once a year. I have a large splash bottle and it will be a long time before I finish with it. The fragrance has a lot of strength and lasts for hours. It’s my favorite Chanel fragrance along with No. 19. I love how this smells. Theres nothing remotely like it in the world and I don’t care who wears it whether it’s a bride or my next door neighbor in his pajamas picking up the newspaper.
den1282 – :
i wrote a lengthy review on the other page for no. 22.
in short, my Mum didn’t want it!
she loved it, but not for her. it was “too much” for her and that evening (8 hours later) she apologised to me for having to wash it off.
so, it is all mine.
and as the weather is cooling off here, each time i wear it, it grows on me.
no.22 is an exquisite aldehydic powdery floral, dare i say…bomb.
but this lovely bomb fragrances the air surrounding you in sparkling flowers.
i personally find it very comforting (the comfort of cool fresh air, rather than warm cuddly cosiness) and i am putting this down to all that fizzy ylang ylang.
i was about to say i couldn’t smell the jasmine, but an hour later…out she pops. hello jasmine. oh, hello orange blossom! there you are. with the ylang are a bunch of beautiful accompanying powdery florals, made shiney by that huge dose of aldehydes.
there is a soft vanilla sweetness in the base on me.
the slightest touch of vetiver. and incense? perhaps. not really.
cool, clean, comforting and very “grand” indeed.
lexx122 – :
If you get to No. 22 you hit the jackpot. This fragrance is unlike any other. Today, Chanel No. 5 has become common, terribly common. I’ve been to events where every woman was wearing No. 5. That fragrance is not for me at all. No. 22 tops it. This is so beautiful and there are I have to start off by saying that you have to be a fan of Chanel to love this perfume, as it has that distinct Chanel aldehyde opening. It’s like white wine in the beginning. Secondly you have to be a white floral fragrance lover. The moment I tried on this perfume and lost myself in the scent, I was at a summer wedding al fresco, outdoors. You’re in a beautiful garden but all the flowers are white: jasmine, lily of the valley, white roses. In fact the entire theme is white. Everyone is white. Little girls in white dresses, men in white tuxedoes. White wine is being served by waiters in white dinner jackets. For children, on the smaller tables, white milk. You can’t see the bride because YOU are the bride. Once you put on this perfume, you’ve become a bride wearing a long white floral print gown of roses and jasmine and a veil of white roses, and that is the smell of this perfume. It’s divine. Clearly too formal to be worn for casual wear although I’ve heard people describe this as an any day any place perfume. I disagree. For that wear Chanel Mademoiselle which is floral, but warmer, and full of youthful mimosa. This is an elegant white rose suited to formal events: weddings, Catholic Mass, baptisms (in Latin Communities 15 year old Quincenera parties), cotillions, debutant balls, the opera, the ballet, the symphony. I bought this fragrance with the Opera and those musical soirees in mind but I would have to say that it’s just giving me too much of a wedding vibe. If you’re geting married and you want a perfume to match your wedding gown, any wedding, gown as long as it’s white, this is it. This is the perfect white wedding gown fragrance. I am not married but the day I change my life and lifestyle and decide I want to try it, even just once, I will wear this perfume.
vyacheslav1979 – :
Caution: Must LOVE aldehydes! I have learned to like aldehydes in small amounts, but this one is over the top! What comes to mind is 7-up soda, but with the lemon & lime replaced by floral extracts: flower pop! Very sweet and fizzy!
mulussa – :
If this were launched today, it would surely be as a No 5 flanker – No 5 Intense, perhaps. I don’t wear No 5 any more because it is unfortunately such a cliche nowadays, but this has a very similar resonance without being quite the same: sparkling, upbeat, floral, sophisticated, classic, elegant and bright. Quite delicious.
olyashur – :
It is simply divine! Warmer, softer, sweeter version of No5 without the woody sharpness and far less animalic notes. It is intoxicating, creamy white floral bouquet, like a profusion of white petals swirling in the air intertwined with sweet incense smoke.
Although a little retro in style, it’s not the smell of some old musty closet or an older lady. It is classically timeless like a set of pearls or a pair of diamond studs you inherited from your rich grandmother.
I find it so impeccably beautiful, elegant but approachable and comforting in a way because of the creamy soapiness that I can easily imagine an elegant and romantic young woman in a stunning old Hollywood style vintage dress wearing this perfume for special occasions.
Breathtakingly beautiful!
Bragnella – :
This is simply breathtaking in cold weather. Poetry for the nose. Very feminine, decidedly sophisticated, and unmistakably Chanel.
My skin sparkles with aldehydes; there’s lots of buttery ylang-ylang and powder, but a refined, elegant powder, which I think is the rose. The powder in this reminds me of Givenchy’s l’Interdit, the original one, created for Audrey Hepburn (and in my opinion, l’Interdit has the most perfect powder I’ve ever smelt to date; nothing else compares). I never thought I’d ever experience another powder as beautiful as that one. The scent then develops some sweetness, and a little freshness, I think from the jasmine, and definitely the vetiver emerges in the dry-down. Sometimes a little soapy throughout, as well, but especially in the base.
M. Beaux is turning into one of my favourite noses, especially when I consider that I love No. 5, Cuir de Russie and now No. 22. I would recommend this fragrance as a gateway to Chanel No. 5, as this is much easier to wear, and the aldehyde-jasmine Chanel ‘signature’ present here gives a gentle nod to it’s predecessor. Moderate to soft sillage; lasts for about 11 hours 🙂
shnur0ck – :
Very delicate, zero sillage, feels like a flickering flame – even when I put my nose close to the wrist sometimes I can detect this, though sometimes I just can’t.
Strong aldehydes in the opening, then some faint traces of flowers. Staying power is max an hour, unfortunately. No5 is my all-time favourite, but I see absolutely no similarity with No22. Even the aldehydes are different. No22 is super soapy, like very fine handmade soap. But would I want to pay this much to smell like a (very good) piece of soap? No.
It is really hard to describe this perfume, it slips out of hands like you are trying to capture some white water on a lake at night and then realise it was the moon’s reflection which coloured the water white. It is leaking through your fingers back to the lake and before you even notice it all is gone.
I believe the pure parfum version might be very different though, would like to try one day. I also believe No22 will smell differently in colder weather. Will give it another try:)
tlefdndej – :
Well, I told you all about the surgery coming up, and wanting to get some fragrances, because this is a tough time for us, and for me, nothing picks me up like fragrance. So, today I got my LE Chanel 22. OMG! That is all I can say for right now! I will be back later to edit. Wow, this might be my favorite of all of them so far. I think I like Jersey next, this one is so much more of a woman’s fragrance, look at me, I have arrived, oh, you didn’t notice, sorry. You get the idea. It is fresh, lively, full of life, oh, this might just be the one I wear to the hospital! Which, btw, is the most wonderful hospital I have ever been in. The people, from the man in the garage to the ladies at t