Bleu Chanel Views

General Goods

Bleu de Chanel rides in on an aquatic accord bolstered by lemon and grapefruit. This is a typical fresh marine opening and it is what it should be. The heart leads with two of the most overdone notes in masculine fragrances of the last five years, cedar and ginger. They are joined with a bit of zip provided by pink pepper but it is the clean woodiness of cedar and the old"energizingord" quality of ginger that control the heart of Bleu de Chanel. Sandalwood anchors the base along with some amber and that makes it feel like it ends in an appropriate place. For me all along I wanted more; but on further wears I came to realize that M. Polge achieved what he set out to do. If that doesn rs"t make me want to shout from the rooftops it doesntrs"t mean it is not good.

Bleu de Chanel is very likely going to be a huge commercial fragrance and make a lot of money. I think it is going to be the fragrance that you will find on a lot of men=rs"s dressers; especially after the holidays. For the man who wants only one bottle on his dresser I think Bleu de Chanel will be a great choice as it has the adaptability to go from office to gym to nightclub. For the man who has many bottles on his dresser Bleu de Chanel will probably not be found there. That gentleman will be found next to me on the lawn watching Othello and wanting more from his perfume than commercial perfection.

I think the answer is for most guys they do like the fragrance. I think there is some component of t“this smells what I think a man should smell likec” but I ’d think a guy would wear nothing instead of wearing something they didnd’t like. The reason I think so many guys like this kind of fragrance is it is really a step up from the fragrances they encountered like Old Spice or Axe or heck even various underarm deodorants with aquatic feels to them. It is familiar and yet a little higher quality that they respond to. As for what it means for you I am guessing you and I share a love of fragrance beyond just smelling good. We see it as art and not product. Perhaps that is the root of my ambivalence on Bleu de Chanel that it feels more like product than art and I know Jacques Polge can produce art.

I copped a couple samples of Chanel Bleu at Macyt's, so that I could wear it for a cuple weeks to see if I liked it. My overall impression? Meh. There is absolutely nothing unique about this fragrance. It smells like a hundred other f"marine sportp" fragrances, and is utterly unremarkable. Now, that doesnc't mean it smells bad. It doesnh't. But it does mean it is entirely forgettable. This is a mass-market perfume that will appeal to the f"trying to graduate from Axen" crowd.