Chanel N°22 (for women)
Designer: Chanel Olfactive Group: Floral AldehydeThe perfect, classical, silky fragrance of this perfume is composed of gorgeous jasmine, orange blossom, fresh green note of lilac and sweet rose. Aldehydes, bergamot, neroli and peach are in the top notes, while the base is woodsy and musky with balsamic notes of tonka, benzoin and opoponax.
Chanel N°22 Fragrance Reviews:
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No. 22 has notes reminiscent of No. 5, but No. 22 is more dry and definitely more woody and with incense notes.
A little goes a long way with this one. Too much gives you a sharp powdery rose with incense notes. Less gives you woody and airy incense notes that are very seductive.
This Chanel is not for everyone, but for someone with just as much character and independence as this perfume.


I don't. And I'm so sorry to say that, because 22 has her ardent admirers, and I thought I'd be one of them. Like many people, I find No. 5 both powdery and cold (although my mother wears it beautifully), and the white florals along with the incense in 22 should warm and freshen the composition, which is otherwise fairly similar to 5. And I always, always find Chanels to be purely elegant, due to the large amounts of lovely iris butter tincture in them.
I never mind aldehydes, and the part of the scent story where the top notes melt into those sweet white florals was wonderful... except that it kept getting sweeter, and sweeter, and sweeter, until I honestly wondered whether I'd poured honey on my wrists. Generally, I find the sweetness of jasmine, tuberose, orange blossom, muguet and ylang luxurious and heady, so I'm still surprised at how teeth-decaying No. 22 became on my skin. The drydown was truly gorgeous: iris, vanilla, and cool woody vetiver, laced with wisps of incense and white flowers, which finally (FINALLY!) lost their sweetness.
I was disappointed, but it may just be my particular skin chemistry causing this undue sugary reaction. It's Chanel; it's beautifully done and very elegant -- give it a try.

Of course all the chanel N°'s are traditional, they have a story to it which makes them special and exquisite. Especially when it is discontinued like 22.
I remember someone writing it smells like that good smell you get from a well dessed, old lady walking past you in paris. I couldn't agree more with this statment!
If you try to ignore its history and all the hush around this fragrance it just smells like expensive white soap... and that's about all.
Again, I am sure for the time it was made something like this was no doubt a masterpiece, today I would have to consider it outdated.






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