fall 2010 runways
Created in 1984 , Coco is a fragrance that slipped under my radar in the years I was in the mountains , no TV , no electricity and no temptation . Chanel being my Mom's signature house , those fragrances never caught my attention anyway . Even to this day , there has not been a one I wanted to own . Until recently .
My dear friend Chris gifted me again with more fragrant gems from her Mother's estate - a vintage mini of Coco parfum ! Classified as an oriental , it definitely has the warm spicy rose/amber accord . But I get so much more - tender fruits , the prominent labdanum I love , some round fluffy opopponax , and later a touch of the chocolate-y patchouli I crave . I started haunting Eb*y for a vintage bottle , I don't think this mini will last ....
and what a perfect Holiday Fragrance to create some new scent associations . Coco , you are my new BFF .
Notes -
Top : coriander, pomegranate blossom, mandarin orange, peach, jasmine and bulgarian rose
Heart: mimose, cloves, orange blossom, clover and rose
Base : labdanum, amber, sandalwood, tonka bean, opoponax, civet and vanilla.
EDIT : I forgot to mention : to my nose this is a ringer for Nobile 1942 Anonimo Veneziano !!
3 comments:
I just fell in love with Coco myself. Rifling through a friend's perfume closet, came upon it in several iterations. Had no recollection of it but knew she adored it. tried it.
now I know why she adores it.
It's every you said.
xoxo A
Must be some synchronicity at play in the perfume blogosphere -- I just posted on Coco (the edp concentration) last evening! :)
Loved reading your review, Carol. I can definitely see how Coco matches your tastes, especially in the base notes department. Gorgeous stuff!
Coco Chanel was the first Chanel perfume I learned to love.
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