Coco Chanel for women

My love for Coco started in the early 90's. Actually it was in the 90's that I was "old" enough to recognize good smells (next to good food) and discover my love for perfumes. Coco was one the first charmers for me.

Coco is warm, elegant, beautifully blended, and easy. No, it won’t shock or challenge. There’s nothing funky or bizarre or tough about it.

To me, Coco takes the aldehydic top from the classic Chanels, then sweetens and fattens it up with a kick of orange. Chanel No. 5‘s rose and jasmine heart is there, too, but veiled with a pinch of clove and cinnamon and blended with a toned-down version of the sweet and almost chewy resin at the core of Opium. The dry down is warm, woody, and quietly resinous, with the barely discernible intimacy of patchouli rounding it out.

The whole composition feels like a solid mahogany table rubbed with orange oil and topped with a vase of fresh flowers and a hot cup of milky chai. Coco is big and should be applied sparingly, but it’s not the nostril scorcher some of the other 1980s fragrances, such as Christian Dior Poison and Giorgio, can be. Maybe it’s Coco’s name and packaging, but smelling it I think of charmeuse nightgowns, the insides of worn leather boots, 1940s sofas upholstered chocolate brown velvet, and brown lacquered fingernails so dark you mistake them for black (just like Chanel's Rouge Noir nail lacquer and lipstick)

Wonderful Jacqueline just gave a GREAT tip...if you take one dab of YD Bath Oil (very lightly), and overlay Coco EDP, it smells just like the vintage old formula Coco! Heaven.
Thank you so much!!

I enjoy today's version very much too!

I just tried Coco today at the perfume shop, it reminds me of Opium very much only toned down and much more subtle. Pretty much everything I like about Opium while leaving out the things I dont (Opium is too heavy on clove for my liking and its too strong when first sprayed). This is nice right away and doesnt come across as obnoxious. I think like most perfumes, you dont need more than 1 single spritz.

I have a 4 ml bottle of coco that i bought over the Ebay from France. the smell is divine especially the final notes:animalic, powdery scent which i love;
i bought another 35 ml edp as original(same code embossed on the box as on the bottle, made in France too),but the aroma is deceiving: a lot of orange as teena724 said, good silage, but without the powdery notes present in the mini bottle.
i ask myself why?

A lot of people have commented on how sexy and sophisticated Coco is, but for me it is the ultimate comfort scent. I'm lying in bed today feeling unwell but wearing a soft, rich, warm blanket of Coco, which is helping me to feel less sorry for myself. I recently splashed out on a tiny bottle of pure perfume and it is worth every penny. Beautifully blended so that no one note dominates, there is nothing to irritate or nauseate. Coco makes a lovely nurse.

I must have bought a fake. I thought I was safe with 1.7 used .. Don't get me wrong. I love my fake. But pretty sure it is a fake because all I can smell after 20 minutes is warm orange blossom honey and clove. This smell is divine, but not the divine as in original.

As my journey at Chanel house continues, here I found another perfume I would love to wear but I cant. I discovered in Coco that I absolutly hate the smell of cloves. Coco gave me a very syrupi impression, very sticky and very 80'. The cloves and the roses gave me a headache. I like the smell of Coco, I just can smell it often, and off corse, on my skin: never.
Goodbye my dear, I shall not test you again!

I hope that those who love this will not mind a review from someone less crazy about Coco EDP, and I hate to write a less than flattering review, but I feel like I should mention my impressions because Coco is classified as an oriental spicy, and I disagree. I tested this today, thinking that it might be something like Shalimar (spicy, vanilla, oriental, soft) but with some different twists and turns (namely the opening). Instead I found a fruity cross between Givenchy's Ysatis and Dior's original Poison (strongly resembles this in fact, this dry, potent floral scent surging outward, only Coco is stronger, and it felt synthetic, I'm sorry to say, because I got a strange headache and nauseated feeling.) I was really hoping to like this, because I still haven't found a Chanel fragrance that agrees with me. I've had similar reactions to Chance and no.5, and a particularly regrettable experience with Coco Mademoiselle. It came to a point where I was trying to scrub it. I've washed by wrists with dish liquid and other soaps five times, and the scent keeps warming up and coming back (similar thing happened with Coco Mademoiselle, actually). This might not be spectacular for someone with allergies. I am not writing this review in order to bash it either. My aunt favoured this for years, and I'm sure it was beautiful on her. The bottle is terrific too, really classy. I guess that I just want to tell people who are seeing the category listed as oriental spicy that it's really more of a floral. Maybe not a bright and airy floral, but a floral none the less. I think this could be a nice perfume. It just isn't an oriental, and it isn't my type. That's ok. It may be great on someone else!

When I spritz Coco I can almost hear Grace Jones' "Slave to the Rythm", because this perfume reminds me so much of my late teenage years, when Coco was my signature scent. I'd be wearing a black slim fit dress, stilettos and Coco and dance the night away. Coco always makes me feel elegant, sexy and in the mood for a party.

There's something so vibrant to this sophisticated perfume. I think it's the spicy coriander cutting through the bouquet of elegant flowers and hot balmy notes. It's a modern and very spicy oriental. This complex perfume is so hard to describe but it's sparkling as champagne, bold and sexy as a beautiful femme fatale and exclusive as (almost only) a Chanel perfume can be. Sillage is beautiful and longevity very good.

With Coco you'll always have the right perfume for a gala dinner, a night in the opera or for the exclusive night club. That being said Coco could be a signature scent as well, even though it is a bit demanding; you won't go unnoticed but you'll most probably be recognized by your exquisite taste.

In 3 words: ELEGANT - SPARKLING - SEXY

I want to love this perfume I really do and I have tried, in fact I am still trying. I have gone back and forth with this one, I should like it, I love spicy, and warm. I love orientals, but this smells like cough syrup and bugs spray for the first 5-10 hours. It last forever, even after a shower my skin will still have a faint smell of it and clothing will reek of it for days upon days or until washing (maybe even longer). It also is a perfume that will wear you completely, I have two spritz's on right now as I type this and it is like a syrupy pepper cloud of NyQuil around me. I do like smelling it from the bottle and the scent of it on my skin 10+ hours after the initial spraying.

Coco is hot stuff!!
Grown up, spicy, glamourous and definitely Chanel! Sillage is immense, lasting power is extremely good, especially on clothes, I can still smell it on my scarf even after 5 or 6 days.
Coco is what I wanted No5 to be, but I don't enjoy that at all, thank goodness I found Coco, my classic Chanel!

So then, I've made a full circle! Back in 1985 when Coco was launched in South Africa, I had a part time job with the company that oversaw it's release here. I participated in the launch in various department stores with great gusto, liberally dousing myself and anyone within arm's reach! The commercial played relentlessly on monitors all around the store and I became enamoured of Ines de la Fressange, Lagerfeld's muse at the time and also the face of Coco. It was around this time that I was dared to enter my first drag pageant ... Miss Gay Legs. On the way to the club a friend asked "what will you call yourself?" Drenched in Coco as I was and poured into the tightest black cocktail dress I could find (I seem to remember ruffles cascading over my right shoulder and lots of tight drapes) I barely gave it a thought and said "Ines ... of course!".

Coco is as hypnotic as it ever was! I am in a rose/wood phase at the moment and happened across a well priced EDP on Ebay. Best purchase of the year!!!

An orchestra of light peach and delicious, heady rose leads to a winding path, softly caressed by moonlight and trailing Jasmine. Dare she find out where it goes? As Coco deepens she becomes sultry and sensuous ... a wanton woman grabbing a trumpet from a player in a dimly lit Jazz club. She kicks off her black suede stiletto's and climbs atop a table ... wet red lips serenading the night with dripping tones.

Ok Ok ... so I have an overactive immagination LOL. Isn't that what fragrance is supposed to do?

I had this a few years back and wore it often. It was more a case of not wanting it to go to waste rather than liking it. It is an extremely warm, spicy, heady fragrance. The cinamon lasts for hours and is cloying.

For quite some time now I've been under the impression that Coco does not smell good on me. On my skin I would sometimes get a smell that reminded me of dryer sheets:(
But I loved it none the less. When testing it , it ends up on my coat or scarf and is heaven for weeks. I would spray a paper blotter and keep it in my nightstand drawer to smell before bed. It was the most beautiful scent in the world to me.
I had it in mind to test it sometimes to see if maybe on day Coco would feel about me the way I feel about her.
So for my birthday my sweetie got me the Chanel parfum wardrobe that comes out around Christmas time!!! Today I dabbed some on and I'm pleased beyond words. This concentration is working for me. The best part is my son who is 6 came to me and said "Mommy, I like how you smell" Enough said:)

I tried a sample of this. Based on the notes I thought I would like it, but it didn't work for me. I absolutely could not stand it. It was a scrubber and after that I had to douse myself liberally with Black Afgano to rid myself of every last vestige of Coco. We're talking major headache. I got the lemon air freshener thing some others got. I think a lot of the older classic fragrances just don't work for me. I seem to gravitate to the newer niche scents that are more unisex. I think that where some get "sophisticated, classy" I get "artificial and overwhelming." I do like Chanel no 19, though, which is a classic. I am afraid to try Shalimar. It's interesting how after you have tried a lot of samples (I must have about 50) you start to get a real sense of what will work for you. It seems like a no-brainer but it's really kind of cool. I am an outdoorsy, back-to-nature kind of gal, but still very feminine. Maybe we should set up personality forums to see if we can find a link between who you are and what you like :)

The first time I smelled this fragance I fell In love with it !!! It was masterful, refined, conservative, yet it had character and finesse in how all of the ingredients were rendered . I simply adore it and it´s bloody difficult once you´ve worn it to not make it an every-day type of fragance . In a word distinguished . As the day progresses it becomes more subtle and calming yet still retains its charm and character . Some things can´t be improved upon . Coco is one of them . I love strong fragances like OPIUM and COCO two of the best fragances ever !!!

An ideal fragrance for the Autumn/Winter Months as it is a very powerful fragrance, warm and spicy, some say very similiar to Opium by YSL

My all time favourite perfume.
I have tried many others but none come anywhere near the wonderfully intoxicating Coco.
Many think it is too heavy for daytime but I disagree, if you find your signature scent then it really does not matter what the time is....
This is a perfume for the confident woman who likes to be noticed when she walks in a room, not a shrinking violet.

After smell both Coco and Coco Mademoiselle parfum, i understand why both have the Coco name. Classic Coco is an elder sister, a complex blended oriental fragrance, Coco Mademoiselle like a little sister, a chypre floral have a little hint of the Classic Coco.
I though I can bear this strong perfume, but I can't fight the strong fume of Coco, I had a headache cause by perfume for the first time.

I adore this scent, it's a classic. It's going on the Christmas list!

This parfume has stand the test of time.. for a reason. My favourite no.1 and will always repurchase :)!
At first I was like mehhh... dont get it. But then it came to me. My aunt was wearing it one day, and i became totally obessed over it! Have never came across a pafume I could love more than this.

First spray is very sexy and floral. Afterward it dries down to a chique warm parfum. MY boyfriend loves it. It is not too sweet, not too spicy, not too vanilla. The scent is a bit mature, but complex and unique! <3!

I really loved this perfume in the 80's but my favorite scent was KL by Lagerfeld wich is a little simular. When KL was discontinued I knew Coco should take its place as my signature scent but it took me some years to really buy it and let it into my life. Now Coco has been my signature scent for many years. (Although at the moment I own so many perfumes I don't really have a signature scent anymore) Coco is my all time favorite perfume. Last month I decided to celebrate that fact and I bought a pursespray with pure perfume. That smells even beter, smoother and creamier than the EDT or EDP. LOVE it.

Midnight rose how could you! :-) lol everyone is entitled to an opinion. This is just CLASSY. I will wear it when I am mature enough to deserve it. It smells expensive, intelligent, sexy, and wise. Not for the young or young at heart, maybe the old at heart. The inspiration for all the yummy new perfumes we own and love now. It combines the old with the new so perfectly well. The warmth and calm of earlier perfumes, think 1920's even 1960's, and the warmth and coolness of the 80's and 90's to make a yummy ultra timeless perfume, COCO, AMWAAAAAAAH!
Chypre Floral
10/10

Classic, class, sexy and all class all the way, love it !

This thing is alive and brazen. It walks into a room with shoulder pads, pencil skirt, and attitude. The cadence of a man but all woman. If you are going to put this on, please make sure to dress appropriately. This is no soccer-mom saturday fragrance.

When I read all the nice reviews, placebo effect works, but still - the combination of cloves, soap and peach isn't pleasant to me. It is a bit bitter, sour, soapy, sweet but cold - strange. Got a bottle and sold it right away.

I was in love from my first sniff at age 16! To my untrained, inexperienced nose I did not smell rose (which I hated at the time) I smelled a smooth sexy cool cocoa bean... but not candy like or very sweet... just cool but steamy sexyness....creamy, dreamy. I had to have it. It was my first real perfume buy. I actually put in on my xmas list and my dad sprung for it. I remember opening on xmas day... feeling like I had a crown jewl that none of my friends or foes could possibly have (and they didn't) or possibly understand. I still am absolutely dreamy-eyed.. gaga over coco chanel... a sultry but cool, very sophisticated, collective lady. When I'm not sure which of my many perfumes to wear and I'm sick of everything so fruity or sweet I reach for her over and over again, now being in my mid thirties... she's just as relivant as ever, if not more so! A true classic among classics, some will come close but none could ever be this very unique, original beauty :,,,)

This perfume lasts really well which I have been looking for, for a long time, in a perfume. You may have to find the correct amount to apply as it is quite strong (I have a small parfum). It is sweet but manages not to be girly or sickly or mannish ( Yes I have smelled *some* sweet perfumes that seem to have compensated for the sweetness with flyspray). It is bold without being unapproachable. It is sensual with heady oriental flowers. It is amazing.

It will do well with colder weather, but as yet I haven't had the opportunity. It may be silly but I think it reminds me of the smell of impending rain in summer. Its the kind of perfume I'll wear on those really great summer nights when the sand is still warm but when there is a sea breeze blowing.

mmmmmmmmmmmm coco..

she is my Goldilocks going out perfume, not too loud, not too timid, not too girly, not too brash, not too hot, not too cold..she is Just Right!

Coco is for grown ups.

I am a HUUUUGGGEEEE Chanel No 5 fanatic. And then..... I smelled Coco Chanel. I am now committing perfume adultery.

I like it more than Coco Mademoiselle, but it's not for me. I'm not that kind of woman that I imagine wearing it.

Disillusioned with Mademoiselle - which was very specifically targeted towards my age group - I requested a sample of the original.

Good god, this thing is beautiful.

This was back when I wanted to make Shalimar my signature - the smoky citrus-vanilla wore on me like second skin, sexy like a cozy cable knit sweater “accidentally” showing off the lace of my bra.

Coco is aggressively sexy. She’s a big, bosomy, come-hither spicy floral with solid musculature and good bones. Smoky, resinous and rich, I imagine a dark-haired ingénue towering over me in a power suit and heels. Her eyes are kholed and cold. Red-lacquered lips form words through a cloud of cigarette smoke; “You are not worthy.” I cower and slide coco back on the shelf. Such voluptuous magnificence was never meant for uncertain waiflike figures.

Yet I covet this thing I can never be. When I am brave enough to wear it, my nose is glued to my arm, lost in a fantasies of impossible romantic escapades. I am powerful, aggressive, beautiful, transfixing. Desire me. Fear me. I am Coco.

this is one of those scents that can be your signature scent. not suitable for daily use,it is more proper for an evening. if you like spicy, exotic, sophisticated smell, you must give it a go. this reminds me 'fire', that powerfull.

The more i weare Coco EdP the more i become addicted!
One of the Best !*****
Gorgeous, exotic and sensual .
*** agree with Nopasho....once you're hooked it's for life !!!***

ATTACK OF THE GENDER-BENDER

Being a rose-lover, not even Coco's iconic status as a "symbol of feminine class" could keep me away for too long.
The weird thing is that this was one of those magic elixirs a woman could use to seduce me. I was very nervous about even approaching a Chanel counter to sample a female Chanel fragrance, of all things. But diving deeper into perfumery changes things. When I tested this the first time (mid-2010), I brought a female acquaintance with me.

I totally understood why the saleslady who sprayed me was perplexed. A middle-aged woman with a conservative look, she had probably NEVER seen a man want to sample Coco for himself. Well, Coco settled and everything that would have made me putty in a woman's hands was absent. Was my nose playing tricks on me? I asked my acquaintance for a straight-up opinion. She LIKED it on me... I took a mental note of that but was still afraid to buy it and wear it. I still remember that scent haunting me for that whole day. That has haunted me for a whole year.....

Fast-forwarding to the present, I am now a proud owner of Chanel Coco EDP. I recently tried Coco again, was enchanted again and finally decided to man up. I would STILL love to smell this on a woman and it's probably still that magic elixir that the right woman could use to seduce me. But on MY skin, this is PERFECT! Roses, spices and smokey incense take center stage. Longevity is insane and the sillage is STILL outrageous. I love this enough to wear it, regardless of the perceptions surrounding it. Why? Because I love it.

In today's perfume trends, where cavity-inducing gourmands (especially vanilla) and watery florals are the norm, Coco could pass for an extremely sophisticated masculine/unisex.

For those of you who might be wondering, "How dare he?!?", I must state that Coco Mademoiselle passes for a fresh aromatic unisex fragrance on my skin. This was recently the general perception of an all-male staff.

The power of skin chemistry. The power of Chanel...

I finally relented. I had a mini of 'Coco' edp and I almost sniffed my wrists to pieces. So time to fork out the money. It would better be worth it! And my God, it is more than worth it! This must be one of the most capitivating, beautiful and 'moving' fragrances of all time. Chanel nose Jacques Polge propably sold his soul to the devil to get the magic formula for 'Coco'. Be warned, girls: this is no 'Coco light', aka 'Coco Mademoiselle' but the real deal. Deep, mysterious, seducing, sensual, addictive, an olfactory hard drug. Once you're hooked, it is for life. The top, middle and base notes perform a breathtaking dance around you. They contrast and harmonise, they strengthen each other and then weaken each other. They attract and push away. Like a seduction. Charm and excite. The rose and the civet. They play and they fight and they caress and scream. It is that complex and deep. And it has development that lasts for minimum one day. Be warned. 'Flowerbomb'? Hahaha! This is a real 'fragrance bomb with some flowers in it. But it is friendly fire. The mandarin, peach, jasmin, pomegranate and coriander of the top tango passionately with the middle of mimose, orange blossom, clove, rose, clover and these two work with the base to form a perfect 'ménage à trois'. The base is really formidable with labdanum, amber, sandalwood, tonka bean, opoponax, civet and vanilla. Each of these separate notes is in itself a beauty. Sometimes when you have to many stars in a team, the end result is a mess. Here it is a feast for the nose. Everything works seamlessly together to create an olfactory orgasm. This is one of the few scents that is a very strong memory trigger and has the power to bring up emotions. I literally got tears in my eyes one day after applying 'Coco' because of it's utter instinctive beauty. Like looking at the real 'Irises' of Van Gogh. This is a classic. And rightfully so. This is perfumery art of the highest level. It gives pleasure, brings up emotions, brings back memories, makes one dream of a better world and relieves the stress of a busy office day wher collegues fluttered around in Acqua di Gio, Fantasy, Cool Water and White Linen. It lifts you up to another world. A world where Madame Coco herself would have said to 'nose' Jacques Polge: 'Mon chère Jacques, it was worth every centime selling your soul to the devil for this fragrance'. A tour de force, a work of art, a magical and deep and inspirational and comforting and soothing perfume that brings joy, consolation, happiness and hope. Yes, it really is that good!

As much as a Chanel perfume fan that I am... I have to be honest and say I don't like this perfume at all. It smells like air freshener on me. Like heavy gardenia.

I can't explain how much i love this scent...It brings me happiness and positive thoughts...I love to feel the strong cloves scent, gently mixed with a special rose and amber. The best part of it is the lasting power, that is simply UNBELIEVABLE. It lasts about 72 hours on skin, even after 3 showers...I have never seen such FRAGRANCE BOMB like this...

OMG! i love COCO with all my heart! it makes me feel so clasy and sexy! good longevity, love the sweety smell on this one really outstanding, some people says its a old lady type fragrance but im not a old lady and suits perfectly on me! compliments from everywhere, you never go wrong with CHANEL!

I tried this the other day ago at Ulta. I tried Magie Noir at the same time which isn't a good way to test a perfume, I know, but I don't get a chance to test any that often. So I'm sure for a good test I need to try it separately. What I smelled was very fruity! Which was unexpected. Sort of a tart berryish smell with a bit of spice. It sort of reminded me of Madness. I didn't like it.
Edit: a few days later I can still smell this on my sweater I wore when testing. I love the drydown! It's sweet and smokey. I'll definitely have to test again!

Well, I have to admit this is now growing on me. I received a bottle of COCO from my hubby about a month ago. I was using a little bit on my wrist before I went to bed. I guess I had to become more familiar with the scent to appreciate it.I discovered that it smells sweet and spicey on me. It took me about 20 tries before I understood this composition. It's very different from all my other perfumes but, I know I'm beginning to like it. Finally, I get what all the hype is about. I think It's a very classy fragrance.

My one and only beloved signature scent.
Do I need to say more?

I'm in the camp that does't know why Coco is hyped as deeply exotic and sensual. I can hardly get anything but an ordinary slightly spicy rose. If I wanted a big intense spiced amber rose, I'd go to McCartney's Stella. I can't understand it, because my glamorous little mother, sadly missed, used to love Poison and Coco above all her 80s and 90s bombs. Still, nope, no matter how I try, Coco remains simply a dryish floral, with a shot of Old Spice, but it has no elan, no allure, no vavavoom. Sigh.

This is an intense, seductive,sensual, intoxecating, breath taking perfume. It stands out of all other perfume's i know due to its outstanding ingredients. I wanted someting else then the perfumes that are on the market these days. I love those to [chech out my wardrobe} but i wanted something else than another L'eau ore another Giorgio Gioa. I have those to but i was looking for someting with that UMPH effect. I found it and i love it. Loving jasmin, vanilla, peach mimosa the right amount civet. I must say USE WITH CAUTION, spray once and walk trough that cloud and it is enough to last a day. Wonderfull.

I have tested this perfume on me time and time again, trying to understand it but, I can not handle the intensity of the scent. I just don't get it! What is so special about the combination of these notes! I just can't find what makes people love it so much. I wish I could appreciate it as much as it's fans.

Sorry guys the review below was me I was not logged in properly. I would also like to say that Chanel gets the bottle right. Rather than spending too much time on the appearance of the bottle it seems they spend more time on the contents which reflects their perfumes character so well. Stylish but not understated confident and never garish or tacky also they are easily available with a range of products and the lotions so you can layer the fragrance many perfumes just are so all over the place in as far as supply to customers one week the store has it another they don't but you can always find a chanel counter and know what you are going to get no nasty surprises and they don't discontinue things all the time so you can like something and know it will be around no flash in the pan efforts.

I can't believe people think this is spicey. If they do obviously that is how they feel but I can't live without this stuff because on me it is a honey vanilla smell but not in a celebrity style of perfume it is obvious it is chanel. I find it very mild. I put it on my wrists and all day it wafts up just lightly and other people can smell it but only if they sit next to me and lean in. It maybe is sprayed too much with some people but 1 or 2 squirts and it is just divine. I really want to try the body lotion but I am not sure if that turns musty if it mixes with your clothing. I don't think this smells old either even though it has been around a long time. It is well worth the huge price tag and I have never had anyone say they don't like it they may not wear it themselves but it doesn't bother them when I am wearing it in fact they will often say "You smell nice what's that you have on?" When I tell them they say "No really, I thought those perfumes smelled really old but that smells nice". Go figure??

I am referring to the E.D.P. and I'll add it does need to be use sparingly, which makes it an amazing value plus the fact that it last forever adds to it's real value. Sillage is perfect!

Is it me or does this smell like coco before the chocolate? Like if all the notes combined , the final product smells like a sexy creamy coco bean? lol

This was my first ever real perfume purchase, I was 16 (in the 90's). I was very aware of who coco chanel was, and was't expecting to smell coco.... I took a sniff aat the department store, and still remember my first thoughts and that was just wow, how sexy but cool, it doesn't smell like chocolate, and even though there is no coco note I couldn't help but feel like with all the notes combined to create this masterpiece that together they reminded me of a coco bean , but done in a way to perfectly fit a perfume, just reminded me of the ultimate sexy but very cool sophisticated youngish (20-40) yr old gorgeous lady.. and lol, I still get this impression when I smell it.

My niece (now in her teens) absolutely hates what she always refers too as ''old lady rose scents'' she only likes those soft fruity candy victoria secret type perfumes, and out of the MANY I make her try... this was the only 'mature' perfume she liked and in fact she loved it, she said the rose is so well blended I dont really pick it up, she's now begging me for a bottle..lol

I do have the coco mademoiselle which in it's own right is a new classic, but really I feel like it doesn't come close to it's original Just WOW what a timeless gorgeous fragrance!

Coco EDP! How intense art thou!
Coco and I have met before but I sampled it with very little focus and didn't want to comment. Also, I think it was a very hot day and it may have scared me a little. And I like scary potent fumes. Just as I like great horror films, though I find very few to be scary
nowadays, perhaps the ones that poke a part of my mind that's been tuned into that particular type of fear since I was a little girl.

Along those lines, comes Coco. Familiar. I've felt it before and it rang that bell in some far corner of my mind.

It's sweet and so potent that an unopened sample vial radiates the intoxicating scent a good 10 centimetres in diameter.

On skin, wow, The Perfume, I get the same feeling of dominance and presence as I get from the original Poison, my personal favourite. Quite powerful and momentous but not overwhelming; though I am sure it can be if one goes overboard, and I sure can be giddy, fickle and not take things seriously enough and slather on strong perfumes because "I'm not sure I can smell it..." *insert some Gemini ascendant smiley symbol here please*

Coco is feminine with a big F, a fullblooded woman encapsulated and, on my skin, all the ingredients dance around a blood red rose and a whole field of sweet clovers whose scent I'm more than familiar with as I used to eat its petals A LOT when I was a kid.

Later the scent goes ambery and I believe that, if I put it on my clothes, I'll feel it radiating its last molecules somewhere in 2013. I am very tempted to do so, though.

I like how it makes me feel, how it combines my childhood memories with my womanhood and it feels lovely to sniff it and reminisce and ponder and make believe.

Usually, an oriental spicy eau de perfume would be too heavy for me to wear, but this classic and genious fragrance is tender,soft and flowery with a spicy touch. Chanel fragrances are my absolute favourites and this is no exception. The sillage is medium, does not spread out too much but gives away small hints, something which somehow makes the fragrance more personal and exotic. The eau de perfume is long lasting and gets even softer during the day without loosing its wonderful base. 

I am with GeekWeevil regarding Chanel's Coco. I've tried it several times now, both the perfume and the EDT. I really want to be the type of woman who wears this effortlessly.
But it's not to be. On very first spray, the scent is just incense. Head shop/new age shop incense.
But very shortly, there is a smell of lemon coming up through the incense, which only serves to make me smell like a well kept public lavatory. It's inescapable for me - I smell like the air freshener they put in public facilities.
I've not been able to keep the EDT on long enough to describe the evolution, but the EDP on me has none. It stays pure incense (the lemon recedes a bit) for hours, and I am sure my office mates think that I am popping out for a smoke.
The bad news: I will never be the Coco type.
The good news: I was able to use 'GeekWeevil' and 'Chanel' in the same sentence.

To me Allure Sensuelle is similar to this one, only not as good. The opening is a big floral aldehyde and the spices are soft, like a hint of them having fluttered by. The base of this smells wonderful. A hint of vanilla with labdanum and opoponax, with only a small hint of civet (which is just the right amount IMO). And it lasted a good 8-10 hours. If this smelled throughout like the dry down does, I would love it, but the opening of aldehydes is a bit much for me. Aldehydes aren't really my thing, but they do suit this so well, giving it that golden classy touch. This is one of the most wearable Chanels to my mind, easy elegance in a bottle, for day or night.

i liked the opening and was thinking maybe i was all wrong and it is not only a hype but something that deserves its status. nope. not to me.

it is just a big strong artificial fruit and soap smelling something... i cant like it , sorry.

The triumph of craft over shock value. Perfectly assembled, my favourite out of all perfumes by Chanel, and one of only two that I can wear (the other is the much more daytime-friendly, but less artistically accomplished, Chance). I have wooed so many grande-dame orientals, in the vain but perpetual hope of becoming a languorous, sophisticated siren, and Coco is the only one prepared to be my friend. The drydown is my favourite part, so I apply this scent in the morning to clothes I intend to wear out at night.

It's immediately recognisable. So is the third movement of Vivaldi's 'Winter', which the scent of Coco for some reason often brings to my mind (and it seems I'm not the only one for whom it evokes Baroque music). I love the idea of smelling how that piece sounds, so much that I frankly don't care that everyone with an ounce of cultural exposure can identify it instantly. If both are rather overplayed, that's because both are that great rarity: an easy-to-appreciate classic masterpiece.

Coco, is a perfume with a funny name but mind you, its name is the only funny thing about it :) !
If I had to find better words to describe it, I would call it "fine art in a bottle"; elegant, sophisticated and a very classy smell indeed.
It is so well done that it reminds me of a baroque piece of music performed by a top (finely tuned to perfection) orchestra.
It is undoubtly one of the finest perfumes ever created, one can tell that this one and "Tiffany for Men" come from the same nose.
M. Polge had created two masterpieces so early in his career, it is high time he came back with something of the same level I think.
Anyway, it does smell like "Allure sensuelle" (frankly it is the other way round) but "Coco" is a little better (that "little" that makes a big difference if you know what I mean).
It is the perfect perfume to buy as a gift to someone when you don't know what she's wearing, such an exquisite creation it is.

A note: I don't think it smells like madame Coco Chanel at all but that shouldn't hold you back anyway. :)

Based on the 'Who likes this also likes' panel, I should have loved this perfume like no other. Every other perfume I've tried there comes up trumps when i trial it. This is how i found all my favorite scents.

Except Coco.

My goodness, I really hate this perfume. I've tried it three times now and each time have ended up scrubbing it off within a few hours as i cannot bear to smell it any longer.

What is even more tragic is that i like Coco Mademoiselle more than this one. I don't WANT TO, but i think it's really pretty and wearable, despite it not being at all my usual thing... I like old lady perfumes and powerhouse 80s perfumes! What is going on!!!!!

I can see why people like it, it just makes me smell intensely sickeningly fruity or something and i want to gag!

I received this as a gift about 21 years ago and thought it was just ok, but not something I would have purchased for myself (I was 21 at the time). I became pregnant not long afterwards. I ended up giving it to my Mum as it ended up making me sick to my stomach (which I am sure had a great deal to do with morning sickness and not the perfume). I smelled it the other day for 'old time's sake'. Yep, still makes me feel sick. Such is the power of scent and memory.

Is it? Are you sure you are getting the classic Coco? The classics had come out lighter ver. for young people and asia market.

Why, Why,WHY did they change the formula for the parfum?! It was so wonderful - now it smells too much like lemon. It's also a different color.

Hi.

Unique as you are.COCO is one of the most influential creations in the whole of perfume's history,it is really beyond words...Everything about it spells drama,opulence,striking features and indulgence of the senses.This legendary perfume definitely makes you feel like you are worth more than a million dollars.Memorable,Rich,Special, Ladylike,Exquisite,Sensual, Glamorous,Spicy,Classic and Very French.

It is rich and sophisticated with hints of orient spices.COCO starts with notes of pomegranate blossom,peach and orange blossom that is fresh yet strong,adding a garland of tempering elements with a soapy vibe(orange blossom and rose)and some spices(clove and clover).the unforgettable and warm base notes full of animalistic civet,tonka bean,amber and vanilla which projects it is seductive message "i am all woman,come sit by me".

I would truly recommend it for anyone who wants to turn heads in any room.COCO is for the outgoing and excellent personality of the perfect lady.definitely for Autumn and Winter and a Special Evening.Looking great and smelling great is always is in style. wearing COCO will make you smell great.In fact COCO and a wonderful outfit,will make any lady look and smell wonderful.

Sillage?Superb.

Longevity?Amazing.

8/10

bold..beautiful..totally female..a daring scent..it plays "hide and seek" all day; catching you in a day dream unexpecitedly. This is not a sugar stick in a bottle that young girls crave. It is the essence of a blossoming woman.

Recieved this for a birthday gift(an early b-day gift). I can only handle the eau de toilette version as its not intense and since I am a 24 yr old female. I realized one thing; Overall I knew its an amazing scent once aired out, aslo I realized its much better sprayed on clothes than on my skin atleast. I 've sampled it before so I know it smells ok with my skin. For me ateast, it smells much better on clothing.
Also, its not a scent I would wear everyday and since I have a BIG bottle of it I am kind of hesitant. I told my mom to get me the small one for that specific reason. Since she is generous with gifts and overall everything, I have the big one. Not complaining though. Love her and like this scent.

I just got a bottle of CoCo as a gift from my mom while I was home visiting and i'm so happy!! love you mom lol I always wanted a bottle but could never cough up the $85 and over price tag. Usually discounters overcharge on Chanel fragrances because they're hard to obtain so I could never find it for a cheap price.

At one Macy's I went to the 1.7 and 3.4 edp we're sold out they only had the 1.2 which I passed on. I went to the Macy's in my home town and they only had the edt so I got that instead. Both concentrations smell pretty much the same except the edp has a harsh aldyhydic opening and a very sweet/spicy, creamy, rich drydown. Where the edt has a cologne type opening with a softer, honey sweet, sophisticated, spicy drydown it's not as rich as the edp but it's still classy and beautifully chic nonetheless. I actually think i'm starting to prefer the edt over the edp lol. The lasting power for CoCo in both strengths is tremendous I could still smell them the next day after previously applying in the early afternoon the day before.


I think CoCo overall is one of the sexiest most "french" smelling fragrances I ever encountered. The only problem I thought to myself is why some of the fragrance sizes are factory wrapped in celophane and some sizes are not. I also love the bottle, and the vaporisateur because it shoots out a strong fine mist that covers large portions of your skin so you use less. CoCo might actually trample over Opium as my favorite fragrance lol

Warm.
Mature.
Wise.
Playful.
Sensual.
and completely enveloped... is how I feel while wearing this perfume.

I am a very young person wearing this.. I read everywhere that this is a scent only for women 30+
Perhaps the 'wearing age' has more to do with the overall personality than the chronological age. I'm not sure!

In any case, this scent is a man, woman, and self-pleaser.

Although, of course, it depends on your own scent. You already know that :)

- Lini

Bought this after smelling on someone else. It smelt sophisticated on her but on me ordinary. Guess one of those perfumes you've really got to try before you buy.

Ah, Coco...starts out very in your face then settles into a very ladylike, but sexy scent. This is for a very confident woman who exudes class and sophistication... think buisness suit, but with the naughty lingere under it. You just have to get past the uptight exterior to the soft, sultry, femme fatale interior. I love this fragrance, but alas my horse does not so I don't wear it anymore. A classic none the less. Sillage is amazing so be careful with the application, this is the type of scent that you spray into the air and let it settle down onto you.

Coco to me is like Aromatics in that it annoys close up, but pleases from afar. Try applying it to your ankles and it will reveal its magic. Warm spices with loads of style and quality.

ive smellt this so many times and i dunno its like im smelling a completely different fragrance from every else who loves it
but maybe it just not for me plus im still in my teens maybe as i get older i will learn to love it

This is yet another fragrance that I own, and I do love it! Coco is a fragrance that goes from smelling one way at first spray, to a totally different scent after it settles with your chemistry. I believe Coco smells most beautiful about 20 minutes after it has been sprayed.

Regardless, this is a lovely fragrance that exudes pure elegance, class, sophistication, and strength.

Well, I am a bit confused with this perfume. After the first sniff I thought "Oh my gosh, this is awful and stinky!", but when it slowly settled I was in paradise. Probably one of the best drydowns of all perfumes I´ve ever smelled. Very warm, very spicy, it´s classic. Thumbs up Coco Chanel:)

i guess i am the only one who get annoyed by its smell :-(

One of my all time favorites. Best in cooler weather, perfect for Christmas. Sexy Christmas!

This is the fragrance I have purchased more than any other over the years, and anyone in my family would call it my signature scent. It is the one I wear the most for Christmas & holidays in colder weather.

My family always says that their babies smell like Coco until their bath from all of my cuddles!!! Even the men say "Baby smells like Auntie!!"

Will ALWAYS be a favorite.

Rich and deep, lightly spicy. Sweet, but not too gourmand. Balanced to perfection. Class.

Confidence is a must to pull this one off.

I always seem to need another bottle....EDP!

I just came back to this one after 20 years, having finally grown into it. The EDT and EDP concentrations can certainly be recognized as the same fragrance, yet their characters are really different as worn. I'm currently appreciating the EDT because it goes through a phase of being a gorgeous honeyed rose, whereas I'd previously just loved Coco for the spice and resins of the EDP. Either way you go, it can start out pretty harsh and noxious (blast of cedar and aldehydes?) if you overapply, so go easy! The drydown is just heaven, though, smooth and warm and spicy, so elegant. I actually think the EDT is great for everyday wear and doesn't need to be reserved for a special occasion, as long as you let the topnotes burn off before getting into a confined space with anyone!

Coco is a spicy, warm, and elegant fragrance. I think it is best suited for evenings. A little spritz goes a long ways.

it has a very nice fragrance and i love it

I was at a fabulous Australian Grand Prix Ladies Day lunch in Adelaide and among other gifts, every one of the 1,000 ladies attending was given a sample size Coco. There's been a bottle of EDP on my dresser ever since. It was love at first sniff. I think it's an autumn/winter fragrance and one that people always ask what scent I'm wearing. It's my cool weather signature perfume and I would never be without it.

When I smell Coco, I imagine that I am an elegant european woman that has a lot of presence.This scent is beautiful, because it smells so spicy and warm. Unfortunately, I do not have the personality to pull it off.

a nice fragrance. sophisticated , fresh , ladylike . all the good things . but it is to strong for me . i like it stronge , but there is something thats off on my skin whit this one . i so wanted to like it . but well well . cant winn everytime .somebody who wants to swapp this for a Mademoiselle??:)

Is there any better Chanel scent than Coco? I don`t think so.

For my taste,Coco chanel is posh,rich,glamorous and sophisticated it is so beautiful and clasic.Very strong,so need to spray small amout of this beauty.Good desicion for special occasions.Staying power incredible.

coco is an opulent scent ,spicy,sexy ,quiet ,i feel comfortable with it , great for night in summer days especially when i want to be glamorous as an angel in the night or as Marilyn Monroe said
"I'm very definitely a woman and I enjoy it. "
i felt that when i smell something Wow like Coco Chanel
really Coco for me as a N.5 for Marilyn.

"What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course"
- Marilyn Monroe.

Great Chanel!

On my skin I sense: Little Coriander, Little Jasmine and Roses,a lot of Mandarin and Peach (I can feel the sweet aroma of the Mandarin and the Peach on my skin and start to fade when the base notes kick in, they are actually the most powerful notes I sense on my skin), Orange Blossom, Cloves, Clover, Labdanum, Tonka Bean, Sandal Wood, Vanilla and Amber.

Starts out floral spicy on me, then it develops into this sweet, delicate floral but also a little herbal fresh with the cloves, the end is a little sweet, dry tonka bean, woodsy, vanilla charming scent.

Really elegant, refined and special and I really think it can't be compared with Coco Mademoiselle. They have small similarities (I did compare the two scents) but they are totally different in character and personality. Coco is a lot more complex and has a lot more personality. It is deeper then Mademoiselle.

It's amazing, exquisite,charming, purely feminine and as Mademoiselle-c said it before me Love at first sniff.

EDIT: Great Sillage and Lasting Power (I had a shower and I can still smell it on my wrist).

Coco is my signature, my shapeshifter. When I am lonely or insecure it floats about me in a sweet cloud, smelling comfortably of spices and expensive vanilla. Though it never reaches cupcake sweetness, it has a comforting gourmand element, like a small piece of beautiful carrot cake with just a hint of some expensive imported vanilla.
When I am confident and happy it becomes a civet and cloves concoction, dry and smokey. It smells like a 1920's starlet, dark and mysterious. Confident and sexy. It wears so close to my body that it draws people in. The flowers are intoxicating. It is resinous and beautiful. It is warm and inviting. It is lovely. The lasting power leaves something to be desired, as does the sillage, but it's okay because it wears and melts so beautifully that I really don't mind applying frequently. I think I will repurchase in the EDP and see if anything changes. Absolute masterpiece.

I would appreciate people not comparing this work of art to Coco Mademoiselle. Coco Mademoiselle is juvenile, bland and generic (this coming from a Chanel fanatic). Coco is rich, sensual and sophisticated. It is a beautiful cabernet sauvignon while CM is a drinkable merlot.

The smokiness, richness and tonka bean are the main highlights. The only problem I have with this fragrance is that you cannot find a 100ML bottle of it ANYWHERE!

This fragrance is love at first spray, love at first sniff and love at dry down. It is a euphoric experience that makes you feel like a true Parisian goddess. Coco is one of a kind - it cannot be compared to anything.

- C xx

Very elegant.

If you know the book "Color me beautiful" , it´s perfect scent for spring and fall women typ, with brown or red hair, romantic, rich and no working, going shopping to Monaco. It lasts for long and it´s typical french scent.

my 1st real perfume,soo warm and spicey. almost too warm, reminds me of christmas time. i felt soo grown up and sophisticated when i wore this. too bad i kept hearing "oohh you smell great" coco?" i guess i like to be a little mysterious. anyway, it has been years an i accidentally concocted something strange and magical! ive been wearing gwen stephani's L which is all peaches n musk and mixed it with victoria secrets luscious kiss which is orenge coconut and tonka beans. either one is pretty simple on their own, but on me the mix smells just like coco, cept a bit lighter and fresher. they set each other off and get all spicy and warm. yum!

I know, I know...it's june and this is a fall/winter perfume, maybe it's also indicated for evening...but I love it so much. Sometimes I need Coco, its floral and spicy perfection. I love mimosa and rose mixed with clover, clove, opoponax, amber and even civet, when used in the right way...it's so classy and feminine, strong but not loud, sensual but not vulgar...it represents the woman I want to be.

hi everyone this perfume my sister love it and i trust of test my sis

You want to find a perfume that makes a statement - that announces your presence to the world. I find that this perfume BLARES your presence. It's just flat out too strong for me. I realize it's a classic, but rose is meant to be a delicate, soft presence, not a nasal assault. No, won't be doing that again.

a special perfume for special ocasions!!!!

Since I recently purchased a full range of this for my girlfriend's 21st, I thought I might add a review. This perfume has such associations for me...mostly of middle aged women bathing in the EdP. Sorry, had to say it. Normally the same type of women that bathe in Aromatics Elixir.

But as usual, my girlfriend (actually fiancee now) brings an entirely different quality to it. She loves the bathing products, and uses those daily as a base for her other perfumes, too (a very nice base for No. 5, I might add). Using the bath wash, body lotion, and body cream leaves a gentle, but day-long lasting Coco scent. Tres alluring.

In lieu of the Parfum, harder to track down than the other Parfums lately, I also got the Edt and the EdP for her. 4 squirts of EdP, 6 of the EdT, and it never over powers.

This is a BIG perfume from the 80s, but done BEAUTIFULLY. Never gets 'old'. The perfect, rich, wintry, oriental perfume. All of the main notes blend perfectly and silkily. Musky, vanillic, floral, spicy, and softly fruity.

I thought I should give this perfume its due. If there is anyone like me, where your skin seems to devour perfume an hour or two after its applied, Coco might be your answer! Applied today at 12pm, the EDP is still on my wrist at 8:15pm. What brilliant staying power! Can't believe what it must be like on those of you who have no problem with a perfume lasting!
This is a really beautiful, expensive smelling perfume, quite spicy while sweet. The EDT doesn't last as long as the EDP (to be expected), but the EDP can sometimes be almost a bit headache inducing if you sniff it straight after spraying, I can understand why some might consider the top notes a bit 'old lady' with all the florals, but it soon settles into a lovely, comforting, warm drydown. Its a really classy and elegant scent, one of the few perfumes I would say definitely best worn (at least in my opinion - and experience) in the winter and on cooler evenings, as it can become a bit cloying. Usually I find I need to spray several times for a perfume to be slightly noticeable and to hang around for a while, but with this, two sprays and I'm done! Quite a beautiful piece of work.

My absolute, all-time favourite fragrance! I first used it in 1987 - it was the first perfume I bought for myself because I liked it, rather than because my bf liked it or because I thought I would or should like it!

I'm pleased to say I love it as much now as I did 24 years ago! Strangely, as it's my favourite, I find it really hard to describe in detail - if pushed, I'd say there's just the right amount of amber, a little rose, maybe some spice - but somehow that doesn't do it any justice at all. I just know that it surrounds me with warm, sensual confidence and makes me feel like me!

I could go on for ever singing Coco's praises but I'll just say if you haven't tried it, just give it a go and you may find you love it too!

My favorite from Chanel and has been for many, many years. This perfect scent can be worn anytime, any place. It has such a lovely feminine scent and gives a sense of security when I wear it. I know I smell good!

So perfect! Spicy and delicate. Not too sweet..I almost bought it....BUT....Its dripping with civet!!! That heavy, sexual musk that smells like sweaty armpits. Why, oh why do the fancy houses have to put that dreaded animalic, oily, sweaty, b.o. in everything!!?

So different depending on the concentration and the vintage. I used to assume that pure perfume vs edp vs edt made little difference other than, in most cases, the relative proportions of certain base notes is likely higher in the higher concentrations. I love the edp from the 90s- still have some,love it. Tried a current version of the edp from ebay seller and actually choked on the raspy harsh overbearing dry rough powder, my friends agreed and said it was setting of their allergies- my old one never did that. It may have been a dupe but don't know- I sent it back for refund. So, I got a 5ml edp decant from theperfumedcourt as I find their integrity high (like their prices can be). It smells wonderful. I also decided to splurge and get one of their tiny decants of the pure perfume - I'll have to check vingtage, can't recall off hand. Oh my god- not a redistribution of the base heart and top notes- an altogether different beast that I do not like at all! I tried to like it as we often say- I hate it. Sort of sour pungent "perrumey" in not pleasant ways to my nose- oh, and not powdery at all. Fascinating but costly discoveries!

Coco transports me to other worlds. She takes me through a looking glass to wonderlands full of mystery and beauty. Her spices, white flowers and peach meld together seamlessly and leave me transfi*ed by her stunning radiance.

She is never tawdry, nasty or blatantly se*ual. Coco is, however, erotic in an almost spiritual way. She wears a diaphanous white sheath trimmed with luminous gold braid and wears orange blossoms in her hair.

Coco beckons me in every season, day and night, and I crave her presence.
I often take Coco to bed with me for my private pleasure. She surrounds me with her warmth and takes me through the night, holding vigil until the first rays of dawn appear.

i've always had a passion for perfumes. my first chanel was half an year ago. a chanel 5, the elixir. loved it. when i tried coco, it really made me fall in love with it. it is a strong perfume, long lasting, and i perceive it as a sophisticated perfume. in my opionion , it can be used also by women between 30-40. i don;t see it as a perfume that suits only mature women.
there is something about chanel perfumes, maybe their story, maybe because they are easy to recognize... but they are absolutely fab. ( except chanel chance, that i love as scent but it gives me a headache).
chanel is about being feminine, strong, sexy, elegant, sophisticated.

Melds with my chemistry very well, many compliments! :o) My last bottle, just bought, never used, was stolen when my house was burglarized. :o( I will invest again soon.

I love this fragrance so much!! It is so fall and winterlike! I would never wear this in the summer-it speaks cinnamon and spice to me. This is the longest lasting fragrance I own (I have the classic bottle eau de parfume spray), and I have about 22 fragrances. The body cream is heavenly, also. Yes, I have had a few compliments!

I always link the evil villainous starlet, smoking cloves and plotting deviously when I sniff Coco. She’s smoky, invasive, intense, civet dirty, complex, and truly bewitching. Coco is the Bettie Davis of perfume; at least as far as Chanel’s go. She's the type of perfume that will either overtake the wearer, or enhance them. There is no room for middle ground, or second best. I'm just glad to be at the stage in my life, when I feel confident enough with myself to wear her.

Bought EDP 55 ml(full) and EDT 50 ml(nearly empty) from Vintage Market with very cheap price (2 bottles in less 10 USD!) because it's Chanel with blindly information.Very warm, luxurius, and elegance but remind me to Granny's Fragrance!!!
I wore it for the meeting day because it's so expensive scent and just went to night club cause it's stay strong!!!

just a choice for me cause I love fruity note

8.5/10 for this classic one

I chuckled with recognition at the reviewer immediately prior to mine. Indeed, being an 80's tween meant some heavy dousing...... thankfully we now live by the motto less is more! As for Coco, my first bottle was at 17, in 1992.... and, to be blunt, it was sex in a bottle, at least for me. I was still a chaste girl, but a few spritzes of Coco made racy thoughts flood my teen-queen head. It is definitely more of a winter perfume, as it evokes sitting by the fireside, enjoying the company of the man you love most. Combine it with some Getz/Gilberto, a glass of wine and a roaring fire. You (and your significant other) won't be sorry.....

I don't wear this often but I would never be without a bottle. I am 40 and first wore it as a teenager (anais anais was the closest you could get to a teeny bopper perfume back in the 80s). I used to drown myself in it to the extent that even after my clothes had been washed my mother could still smell Coco wafting up as she was doing my ironing. She hated it back then!

Nowadays I wear it sparingly during the colder months only. The last time I wore it my mother asked what the lovely smell was!

Over the years I have received many compliments about this perfume. Men love it - although now that we are no longer in the 80s drowning oneself in it is no longer considered socially acceptable. Back then you had to spray yourself from head to foot to stand out from the other girls in Giorgio, Poison, Red etc etc.

This fragrance is a classic and one of my Fall/Winter staples...a reliably elegant "goto" fragrance that is timeless. It is a bit on the potent side (a little goes a long way!) but the midnotes and drydown are beautifully powdery with just that slightest bite of tonka and sandalwood. I bought a bottle of this on a cruise with me (well packaged I might add) and the stopper came off the top & it spilled onto my address book. Five years later it STILL smells of Coco!!! I get tons of compliments on this scent however it does depend on the wearer on the scent's body chemistry, I would imagine. Definitely one to sample...try before you buy..this may become your #1 fragrance or totally not for you at all! Good luck!

This is a very strange perfume! It somehow manages to carry me away the instant I get a hint of it! It smells like a magical spell! It smells like an oriental temple in an old story from my childhood memory store ! like an endless desert with nothing but golden sun and sand! Very dry ,very clean, and very spiritual! One day I was talking to few people from work when I waved my hand and came to smell my wrist , it stopped my brain from thinking for a brief moment and I thought : Oh my lord what a beautiful strange scent! It is a perfume that I will use and will insure to have as long as I am alive !

Coco, very exotic, rich, intense, sexy, elegant and very sophisticated.

Coco is made for me:) i love love love it!!!!
Sexy, elegant, special, oriental, unique and timeless fragrance.
For woman who like to feel special.
Man like it and i get lot of compliments when i am wearing it.

Very soft, elegant and lady-like. Gentle spices and a touch of soap. The edp is extremely long lasting.

I love COCO EDP! It is one of the very best elegant spicies! Men LOVE it, it is very sexy, soothing, and warm.

Maybe LT thinks it needs "more time" before being brought out again, but in my opinion, this one never went away! I have been wearing this for 22 years, since I was 18, and I still do. I am ALWAYS in need of another bottle of Coco.

It is so well blended, complicated, and rich, and it not for those who want to go unnoticed. And it will stay with you all day. Chanel has class & luxury down to an art.

I'd often heard of Coco but I got it in my head that it's old lady and all that.Like Obsession. WRONG

Today I sampled it and I'm an instant convert. It even beats my great favourite Dolce Vita that I have loved and set on a pedestal for yonks.

Coco isn't too spiced and it's not strident and assertive like Poison and Alien. It has subtle depth and it's gentle. A big surprise for a lot of people, I think.

long lasting! one of my favorites

I have the edp, and haven't worn it in years! Why? I don't know, perhaps I got caught in smelling all these new perfumes, simpler, easier to handle, and with more distinct notes... So today, I just sprayed it, and oh, the energy it's got it's amazing. On me it's extremely complex, very rosy, flowery, spicy. I sense the roses, the jasmine, the peach, the cloves, the opoponax. It's warm, powdery, spicy. I can tell it's coming from a different era of perfumery. Somehow, without smelling old fashioned, it has some of that timeless classical elegance nowhere to be found nowadays. And yes, it smells very very "perfumey".
This is a real perfume, perfume for a true lady, one that is sexy but elegant, classy, without any trace of vulgarity. It's the perfume for a high class wife, not an illicit lover, or even a hopeful girlfriend...... Paradoxically I am not a wife to anyone, but somehow I feel it fits me. Silage and lasting power are superb.
This Perfume for Perfume's Sake, just like Oscar Wilde once said.... Art's for art's sake....
Wonderful!

I will never ever forget the first time I smelled Coco, which was many many years ago. Being in a state of complete happiness at that time, I needed ways to visualise that feeling, and Coco was the primary one. It had exactly what I was craving for: heart, voice, attitude, a simplicity executed in the most flamboyant way and most of all,it was simply unforgettable. Coco was the smell of that moment which has never left my mind since then. I wouldn't be fair if I tried to judge it, you never judge something you love dearly, you accept it exactly for what it is. But between us, the truth is, that Coco is almost flawless, a bottled perfection, a liquid which goes far from being just a perfume, it's a state of mind.
Rene Char said that, what comes into the world to disturb nothing merits neither attention nor patience.
Coco, no matter what, you will always have my heart. Full stop.

One of my favorites. Specially for the evening. More complexes smell and the sent will last for a long time.

New (reformulated) version of Coco edp is so shy.....
I do not can hear almost nothing :((. Old version was too strong and persistente for ours and ours....
If you adore this fragrance it will be a big dellusion.

My sister blessed me by wearing this year after year since the premiere at 1984 and stunning me every time she wore it.

This is beyond perfect. A true creation of art. Deep & dark & warm & light all at the same time.
Constantly shifting and never the same.

Crazy flowers, woods & sweetness from the opening till the drydown and after.
No other perfume ever made this much impact on me and I hope that someday one will...

10/10

The one scent that never -ever give me allergies as strange as that sounds. Being re-vamped sadly it was only then I could allow a posotive and new love for this great scent- the original formula I hear was altered so it must have been the sneeze they removed.COCO would be proud of this-

Timeless beauty, a true masterpiece..

One of Chanel's best, and without a doubt, a sublime Oriental Spicy fragrance for women.

The edt version is a lovely, warm, elegant scent. Powdery, Spicy, and floral, with hints of sugar, orange and mimosa. Coco is a pleasure to sniff at every stage of its development, smells unique. This one and Opium, deserve to stay in the perfume Oriental Spicy Hall of Fame forever.

A must have for all fragrance collectors.

Coco is a warm oriental. I started wearing it about 17 years ago, and I received a good reaction on it from the opposite sex. I love oriental bouquets, and I like Coco, but I still prefer Opium, Must de Cartier to Coco. I does work well on almost every woman, but it's a strong fragrance and not everyone can wear it. Also, it is nothing like No.5. It is a little on the spicy side and strong. It lasts a long time so you don't need to apply often. Definitely a classic warm oriental for evening and winter use.

Love it for fall and winter. It goes with just about everything. Day, night, work, going out, staying in...
It goes with "-feeling like you look good and feel good", whatever you are wearing.
I agree, one spray is enough. It lasts all day. It just softens and gets warmer and sweeter.

I love the way this smells on others, and I love the way it smells on me....for the 5 minutes during which it actually lasts. Even in perfume form, my skin simply eats it and it's gone.

Sadly, not worth the money for all the enjoyment I get out of it. I'm envious of those who can rock this perfume.

EDT Review:

This is soft and creamy and nearly gourmand with spices. I cannot detect much by the way of florals, unless worn in a humid climate. The EDT recalls things that are warm, a fireplace in a dark brown room with wood paneling and floors, hot chocolate made with cream with cinnamon freshly ground on top.

The EDT calms toward the skin very quickly after application. I use perhaps 3-4 sprays around distributed between my neck and pulse points. It lasts with subtle sillage around 5-6 hours. The very quiet wood-vanilla base lasts much longer.

EDP Review:

The formulation is where the rose and jasmine florals come marching out. Te composition seems similar, but different notes fight their way out to the top. While the EDT is soft, creamy, and sweet, the EDP is stronger, spiker, and less well behaved. The flowers and spices in the EDP seem to leap out of the composition.

This is one of the few perfumes I own that only require ONE spray to the wrist, quickly dabbed to distribute to your neck. The EDP is very potent and long lasting.

I own both, and I like both a lot. The florals in the EDP are really beautiful, and I enjoy how brash the whole thing is. But I also like the subtle creamy, smooth spiciness of the EDT.

This is my sister's signature scent. One night when we were going out together, I was driving myself crazy trying to guess what it was. I was quite certain I had smelled it before, but I have never worn Coco.

Now I see that the similarities are with Mitsouko, which also has a strong peach note.

Anyhow, a lot of women were wearing scent that evening(except me, I left mine at home!) but I thought my sister smelled the best. This wore very classy and stylish on her. I liked it.

Coco is a queen of oriental spice
the mistress of gustatory buds
richest sheik of golden sand.

I see her sipping coffee in fur, silk and jewels.
I see her running in jeans and blouse.
I see her sleeping nude in a barn.

Coco is a owner of Taj Mahal
rainbow in desert air
monsoon in cognac lake.

Absolute must have.

I tried the EDP, and wow, what a spicy floral! This fragrance made me feel very grown up and sophisticated, and maybe borderline stuffy. I don't like the opening because of it's intense potpourri-like floralness, but it soon settles into a slightly sweeter floral with hints of spice here and there. The dry down is a spicy vanilla, which is quite beautiful and caught me by surprise. This is a well-crafted fragrance for a woman who wants to be noticed but who also demands the respect of others.

I got my hands on an vintage EDT bottle. What a beauty. This smells like a powdery sweet peach compote. It's similar to coco mademoiselle but creamier and richer. I tried the EDP and found it to be very strong. The EDT is the one that I like the most! This scent is cozy and it wraps you around in a veil! Extremely long lasting!

My students love this on me. I think it is really elegant, for an evening in the opera for example. I can picture a pianist in a long burdeos dress playing Chopin while wearing this.

One of my top 4 best smells ever!


1 Yvresse
2 Coco Chanel
3 Poison
4 Hypnotic

So, i have this tiny, precious little vial. My goal, i know is impossible, because i cannot describe this elixer of love. Ill give you my impressions instead. It is, after all how a fragrance makes us feel, i believe, that is important. I feel like i just pulled on a light cashmere sweater. Said sweater hiding something silken, and blushing, as light as a breath of air. This fragrance i think, starts out youthful, a breeze of jasmine, peach, and light, which matures into a seductress.. Spices subtly evolving and changing, softening into a light musky lingering lovlieness. This beauty seems to span many contradictions. It is my old, and new love.

I think i found the "one" for me and it is COCO!
I can't believe i haven't tried it before again...
It spicy, soapy and as the time passes it becomes more and more feminine!!
Yesterday i tried about 10 perfumes (i'm lucky and i don't get confuced easily)but when i smelled this i bought it immediatelly.
It is so beautiful, it is like i found a perfume similar to my character, it totally suits me!
Everyone should try this one!
EDP and ETD are similar, just the edp is more intense and you should use it carefully. I got the edt so i can use it easier and in bigger portions.
Unique, rich, expensive smell, clasic but not old, elegant, a great perfume!

Coco, You took my winter sleeping heart. Giving me warmth and comfort when stepping in crispy cold outside weather, hearing snow under my feets. Under dark bright sky with stars. Seeing my breathing in air. You keep me warm in heart, eaven if there is cold outside. *** <3<3<3 ***

Just bought the EDT and regret not getting the EDP. Having read all the reviews I think the EDT is just too light for me. I'm just not subtle enough! I've toyed with buying this perfume for ages and was in too much of a rush the day before Xmas to realise the shop only had the EDT in stock. It seems there are lots of people who prefer the EDT from the EDP so I'm going to see if there is anyone who is the opposite of me and would like to swap. I know once I have the EDP it will be the right strength for me.

Distinct and unmistakeable, I had this and need to get more, love it!

This was my mamas parfume when i was a child, and god! that dreaming!

I feel like princess when I were this, love it.

Imagine that you are in a club the music is too loud and you can smell the most popular perfume in the year around you or sth like that.Perfumes that wanna be something or trying to say something but trying very hard.And then you hear an Ella's Fitzgerald song and you smell sth different..sth very sexy,elegant,sensual,seductive and VERY feminine.Coco!!
Thank you Chanel for this masterpiece.

Oui Coco!
I used to wear Coco Mademoiselle for a couple of years when I was 21-22. I grew tired of it and abandoned Chanel fragrance all together. Just turning 28 now and I wanted to try a new fragrance and move away from my usual sweet gourmand fragrance. I recently picked up the Chanel fragrance wardrobe and Coco is by far my favorite. I wish I could wear it all the time but it's much too strong for work (I work in a hospital with patients). Last night I went out to a dinner and wore it and it was the perfect fragrance for the occasion!

Spicy, warm, sexy and inviting. I currently have the 0.12oz parfum extrait - which is the highest concentration. I have not tried the EDP or the EDT - maybe I should before I go buying the 0.25oz extrait from Chanel.

the best fragrace ever made, I love perfumes and have a large colection of fragrace but this is my all time fav!!!
so much that it was my pick on my wedding day 6 years ago and still my number one pick today

Im truly captured by Coco this smells like pure sophistication no need to describe the notes they speak well for them selves.

When I first smelled a coworker wearing Coco, somewhere around 1995, it reawakened my senses to what a good complex scent smelled like. Coco begins as a deep, spicy scent full of mystery and sophistication, blooming with roses cloves, and orange blossom. The scent develops further, deepens to a strong, woody, and slightly ambery rose tinged with green chypre-leather notes, and finally finishes to a leather base with musk notes.

Go vintage, folks, dark orange amber juice. The new ones rolling out of the factory nowadays are just transparent shades of the original. The perfume gods blessed me with a 35mL bottle of pure vintage parfum, so concentrated that it will last me into the next millennia.

The EdP is a strange version which captures the woodier notes of the scent, but seems reserved with its rose notes, which I think is well needed along with the orange blossom to create the vision of Coco. I think the EdT and of course the Parfum are the best renditions of its true structure.

Coco is one of the best oriental created IMHO.

Is is a great perfume but it is not my type...I used it once and It lasted a long, people liked it but I was feeling all the time it is the smell of a stranger, some other woman, it is not my type of smell.

The first time I smell it was years ago, when I was teenager. I hate it, because at that time, I'm looking for floral and sweet perfumes. Two years ago, I stop by with my friends at Chanel and the salesgirl sprayed it on my wrist. I don't expect anything good from Coco because at that time, I am so much into Coco Mademoiselle.
Then we go for lunch and I keep smelling something very sensual, mystery and baroque. I think it comes from a lady who sit beside our table but then I realize it from my right hand wrist. Gosh!!! It smell gorgeous. Very lingering scent of sweet spicy aromas. Classy and elegance enough. The smell is strong if I smell it straight from my wrist, but when I put my wrist far from my face, then the smell become very seductive. I can imagine myself wearing this in a black long dress with mysterious look, stunning!! Very much for evening (it is EDP), and I purchase it right after that.
A very sweet oriental spicy perfume, classy and not for everyday use. But EDT is great for day use, it little softer, but remain the original character. Truly Chanel!!!

Although I prefer Coco Mademoiselle and I am 48 (not a girl), I like Coco. It's extraordinary. A masterpiece. Just like the legend herself.

Oh my God I don't have words for this one! It's definately my favorite fragrance. It's so classy and sophisticated! It's an oriental spicy but a smooth and gentle one. I'm just sorry I can't wear this everyday, everywere...Some times when I'm at home I just spray my arm and sniff it!
A must for all oriental lovers.

Update: after some hours of wearing it I smell this wonderful, gentle vanilla poping out through all that spice!! Amazing!!!

I tried this YEARS ago...in the early 80's, in fact and it stuck with me that this was a classy, refind yet powerful scent (but aren't they all when you first apply them!?) I love the Rose,Orange Blossom and Jasmine...as these seem to stand out to me the most! Definitely a night scent and would be perfect for a special occasion. The spiciness just SPELLS S.E.X.Y!! Can't wait to get my new bottle!! If you like spicy orientals this one is definitely one to try but give it a good hour to get the true scent settled into your skin as it is quite potent at first application!

spichl parfum very faminan
sutabl for cool wather
good qwlty so so sexy.

The sycophants who indulge in Censorship (that's censorship with a capital C) on this site will not allow my review to remain up. So you will know it doesn't say anything like "Coco is the best, loveliest, rosy and jasmine scent I have ever smelt". I am left wondering why anyone would bother to read reviews when the negative ones are removed.

Smells expensive, very classy. An absolute classic rose fragrance. Does not smell dated at all, dont understand the criticisms of this one. A timeless perfume, very sexy! get it!

it's warm elegant and it's a league apart
from the other Chanels. 95% of all Chanel perfume
have a cold metallic aldehyde note, this one doesn't it's warm with the opening of
spicy coriander orange blossoms semi-sweet
mandarin oranges with the predominant note
of juicy peach that which dominates Coco
Chanel with nocturnal jasmine and delicate rose.

Mimose dries the middle note cloves with
it's pungent scent clover with it's earthy greenish note then it become deeper and more resinous with the opening of warm and sweetish amber labdanum petals sandalwood dry with arid
texture tonka bean makes it grounded
and of course civet the animalistic
styling finishes this scent beautifully.

This was made in the 1980's but it has a
austere 1940's elegance in a time when there was Wartime shortages simple tailored elegance broad shoulders ala Joan Crawford clean lines and that what
Chanel wanted simple and elegant nothing
ultra feminine girlie with bright flowers just chic independent womanhood.

a sophisticated, sexy and long lasting perfume. It's my favorite perfume from chanel. But my girlfriend doesn't like it unfortunately.

A very sophisticated and delicate fragrance, long-lasting and with a good depth in its base notes, blended and balanced appreciably. Its decay is powdery but not weak. It is feminine and understated, but not wimpy. A mature tryst, a happy romance. Magnificent.

Classic scent, but way too heavy and sweet for me. I prefer Coco Mademoiselle, but I can see why people like this one.

I tried this on a whim and was quite surprised. I’ll admit I expected Coco to be dated and have the dreaded blanket of powder that so many of the 80’s fragrances did.

I wasn't enamored at first spray, yes, most definitely strong; you MUST have a light hand with this.

However as I continued to shop the fragrance really took hold of me. It's so subtle at first, like someone putting their hand on yours. Then it becomes more sensual and intimate like that hand going up your arm and tracing down your back. It gets your attention and arouses you without having to pounce on you.

Hours later I turned around quickly and was enveloped in a glorious scent. It took me a minute to realize it was me! It definitely turned heads & I noticed a couple men step just a little closer...

What I really like about Coco is that the floral is full and lush without ever being cloying or taking over the perfume. The spices are hypnotizing, not harsh. The amber, woods, and civet give Coco an edge and sophisticated air of mystery without making you unapproachable.

Call it bold, call it carnal, call it what you will, but you will be noticed! It makes me feel sexy and powerful, but feminine and beautiful, not common at all.

Not appropriate for work at all in my opinion but I will be (lightly!) dabbing it in a couple places when I want to be noticed or intend to affect the opposite sex.

This is a perfect perfume to wear on a classy, special occasion. It is soft, spicy, refined and elegant. I actually can smell the clover in this which is one of my favorite, but rarely found, notes. A mini would be fantastic for me because a drop goes a long way and I can't imagine wearing this on a regular basis, but instead saving for special nights out.

I was deeply saddened to realize that, yes, it IS true. It has been poorly reformulated as of late & will probably never be the same unless we petition them to change it back.

Just another sign of the times, in reduction of quality ingredients, also known as greedy commercialism!

Coco (EdP) has been reformulated and smells now like a weak Eau de Cologne. It's a sad shadow of what it was in the past. We have lost one of the greatest perfumes of all time! !!Rest-In-Peace!!

a masterfull combo of rose + vanilla... one of the most sofisticaded perfume that i have ever smelt... i really love this.... sensual + sofisticaded + luxury + white pearls= Coco eau de parfum...

A few weeks ago, I penned a glowing review for Coco, but I simply must add to it. As of late, I have been wearing Coco quite often and she is officially in my top five! My former favorites simply do not compare and could never measure up. Coco makes me feel and smell like the strong, passionate, beautiful and intelligent woman that I have become. When I wear Coco, I am projecting everything that I am. What could be better than that? I am finding myself falling in love with several of the classic Chanel perfumes. What can I say? I have always been a late bloomer. In fact, I have taken a strong liking to No. 5, as well. I am going to have to eat my words and write an appropriate review for No. 5, as my opinion has completely changed.

I love this perfume I was introduced to it many years ago and it remains special ;-) classy, timeless and seductive.

Have to admit I do not like No5-too powdery and old fashioned for me. Coco though is incredibly balanced for what it is- a strong oriental with many notes that could go so wrong if the ratios were different! However it is beautiful- one of the best compositions ever

Coco EDP is spicy and opulent with unsurpassed projection and longevity. Coco smells of incense and sweet spices with a touch of clean flowers resting on a deep, perfectly-blended base. Wearing this makes me want to throw on my favorite black dress with some killer heels! Wearing Coco inspires me to complete that look with a smokey eye, glossy lips and wear my long, brunette hair in soft, tousled curls. This could never be my "every day" perfume, nor is it my favorite, but it is definately a timeless beauty worthy of it's glorious reputation. I will always have Coco in my collection.

*Revision on July 12, 2010*
Coco EDP is, without a doubt, my favorite perfume! After a few days with my generous sample, I tried wearing a few of my other favorites. Soon enough, I was singing, "Nothing Compares to You," as I lovingly thought of beautiful Coco...with all of her strength, sensuality, beauty and mojo! I simply had to have a full bottle of this masterpiece. I have never had a perfume impress me like this! Many people subcribe to the notion of certain frags for warm weather and certain frags for cold weather. Most would say that Coco should be reserved for Fall and Winter. I look forward to wearing her then, but...For the record, I live in the high desert of California. In the summer, the temperatures are between 105-110 degrees! Yet, I am wearing Coco in this dry, miserable heat and it is BEAUTIFUL!

Additionally, now that I have discovered this gem, I am unable to enjoy most of my older favorites. Many of them smell too "sweet" or too "simple." None of them have even half of the character of Coco.

A classic, still smells heavenly when I revisit it. I absolutely loved drenching myself in the shower gel - the bathroom smelled incredible.

I think it's one of those very glamourous scents that harkens back to to 40's/50's era screen sirens like Ava Gardner. It's very decadent and very grown up. The Mademoiselle version I don't like at all - far too sharp.

This is THE perfume I measure all others against... and I'm a MAJOR perfume addict! This stuff is sophisticated beauty in a bottle. I love it so much, I get jealous when I smell other women wearing *my* perfume! lol

Whenever I wear it, I feel "like a million bucks". Okay, so maybe that's not the most refined way to describe it, but it's certainly the most accurate in my own words. I've always loved perfume, but this was the first perfume to truly make me feel beautiful and dripping with class. LOVE IT!!!

I just bought yet another Chanel...I'm a very naughty girl. But I just had to have a bottle of Coco...my new love!

Only grown-up girls need apply here. Very potent stuff, this. Incredibly heady blend of roses, creamy florals, lots of honey, spices, woodsy/ambery/vanilla-y richness. Wow. The sillage is unbelievable, the longevity unequaled. And the drydown...delicous, mellow, creamy. I would say this has strong floral, oriental leanings. Slightly reminiscent of Opium, in the woodsy spices, but so, so much more addictive, womanly, classy. I think of creamy pearls glistening against soft black leather, damp blood-red roses, mahogany wood, exotic spices, and yes, as other reviewers have noted, cashmere. I have had Opium and Black Cashmere in my fragrance collection in the past, but this definitely replaces those as my rich, decadent, spicy fragrance.

Glamorous sophisticate and luxurious scent forever!!! It's a legendary of perfumery.

Review for EDT:

I was looking for a Chanel that I would like. I'm 21 so it's like super-difficult since I don't like green notes and I don't think any Chance is anywhere near classic Chanel.
I tried Coco Mademoiselle, and was really disappointed. Then Allure EDT and Allure Sensuelle almost killed me (haha), not to mention No5. And just when I was about to leave I saw Coco. So I thought "yeah, well why not I'm so disappointed already, it can't get any worse". I sprayed it on my wrist, and then... BANG! What happened? Where am I? The feeling was just like I'd travelled 30 years back in time machine.
Amazing scent! RICH, classy, vintage outstanding. Very spicy and warm with a prominent rose (I love roses). It's so beautiful I can't find words to describe it. It's like wearing a really expensive jewelery. You have to love it because it makes you feel wonderful. Is it oldfashioned? Yes and no. I could imagine Emmanuelle Riva wearing it in "Hiroshima mon amour". I could also see Joan Jett wearing it during her concerts.
Completely different than No5, much more oriental, spicy, flowery and sensual. Without powder.
For women in mid 30s? Good joke, I'm gonna buy it as soon as I have money :D

ps I have it. EDP version is even better...!

edit: who would thought that this suits leather jacket so well ? If this perfume even rock n rolls I think it can do everything. It's unstoppable.

Coco is my everlasting love.
I test, then like, then buy many perfumes, but Coco will always have something special for me that is hard to define. A forever and ever dream, a beautiful, misterious and classic woman.
My lovely Coco will never be dethroned.
Coco is always there, never to betray me!

It's a very nice scent but you have to have a lot of energy to wear it, otherwise it may give you a headache... and don't dab/spray too much!!! It's very strong! I find it only suitable for formal evenings.

YOWZA! Unbelievable unbeatable in the autumn and winter. So warming, so classy, so so SO!....Just so. All is going to be okay on a day when I wear this one!

I had it ages ago and I was definitely too young for this intense, rich and deep smell. All I remember is a deep and musky rose, rose, rose. I'm not conservative and posh enough for this perfume these days that I am old enough.

Coco is a timeless classic, very elegant, tres tres chique. My husband really likes this one, it is very smooth, very rounded, rose and amber stand out the most on my skin. I wear it in the fall and during winter months.
I know it's dumb, but I think it will smell better on a brunette than a blonde, may be if she is wearing dark, rich colored clothing. I have a very strong co-relation between smell and colour...

It takes time and maturity to love a fragrance like Coco.
I remember a girl wearing it at school when we were 16. Blond, blue eyed, slim and very talented girl... I remember thinking that although I could not say I loved the fragrance, I really appreciated the fact that it was so classic, grown-up and different. At the time, I was wearing the much sweeter Samsara.
I have matured and wore Allure, Allure Sensuelle and Coco Mademoiselle. I smelled Coco last time I went in a perfume shop... I spent the next few days compulsively smelling the strip of paper I had sprayed it on. I marvel at the fact that this perfume manages to smell 80's (reminiscent of Opium) but also very classical.
What I most prefer about it is this very elegant smoky after-smell.
I will not buy this just yet, I will probably wait for next winter...
I admit that I like the fresh/gourmand fragrances for daytime/summer, but nothing can beat a good Chanel juice in terms of class, elegance and staying power.
Where Opium is now a bit "dated" and very 80's, Coco has evolved into a timeless elegant classic.
Jacques Polge is a genius!

I must add to this review:
upon sharing my love of Coco with a close friend, she told me she had received a bottle of it for a birthday but did not like it. She then said that there was no need to look any further for my birthday present. I was a bit suprised that she would not have liked Coco, but hey, all the better for me if I get the bottle. Anyway, my birthday comes, and lo and behold, there is a Chanel box... of No5... which in my eyes takes even more time and maturity to appreciate, and I am not there yet.
Sop anyway, I am still longing for Coco (got a bottle of Coco Mademoiselle to finish before I will allow myself to properly enter the realms of classiness and maturity)

Coco is a classic, the darling of the floriental world and much adored as a sexy, elegant and completely, evocatively all woman. I just adore this perfume! I wont go through the notes, listed here repeatedly, but I would like to say that this review is for the EDT. Much as I love this mystic lady her EDP form is hugely irritating to me and is incredibly heady - you need a great deal of control with this fragrance and trigger happy pump pushers will learn a valuable lesson if they arent careful. As indulgent as this lovely lady is, she takes no prisoners of gluttony, push too many times and you **will** regret it!! A light spray and you will be rewarded by the caress of her blooms, Coco is seductive and sexy, robust but elegant and refined, sophisticated and yet familiar all at the same time! This is definitely evening wear, possibly also cold chilly days - wear this on a hot summer day & she wont be kind to you (or your friends).
My major gripe is the packaging, new or old, I hate them both. I know there are fans of the classic Chanel flacons, but really, they are just awful and they dont travel well either, leaking has been a problem.

This fragrance reminds me of my mom..
It was her favorite gift..
the scent is totally oriental.
sandalwood , rose, and amber is so clear

I sprayed COCO eau de parfum 2 weeks ago on my jacket in DOUGLAS and it smells as strong as in the first day. To me it's the obvious expression of mysterious and silent strengh of the woman who's best friend is herself and COCO EDP.

A charismatic scent!! Coco steps into a room. Heads snap to attention. Spines straighten out. Nostrils flare. Coco is the one perfume with a presence that COMMANDS respect, envy, desire. A spritz on the throat and you're out to conquer wars and hearts. Powerful powerful stuff, should come with a hazard warning.

Enough has been said about the fanfare of harmonious spices that unrepentantly curl and caress from head to toes, the punchy and unstoppable rose-peach duo that deal a deft one-two to any obstacle in your path, the civet base that Coco perfected into perfume famehood.

I sincerely feel sorry for women who do not own at least a mini of Coco. Coco is power and charisma liquified, so please do yourself a favor and buy some edp stat.

I purchased this after always liking it when my mum used to wear it when I was younger. This has amazing sillage and smells extremely classy and rich. The drydown is lovely and warm. I wore this in autumn/winter weekend days or evenings. (Too good for work!).
I am late twenties and didnt find this to be an 'old lady' scent and my husband loved it.

wondered what all the hype was about the best-selling perfume in the world (?). it smelled good when i sampled it in the store so i bought edp big refillable bottle. warning: this perfume has lots of staying power like the energizer bunny...goes on and on and on... the first time i used it in the morning i spritzed each behind my ears... strong at first but mellowed down to creaminess then as the day went on it became spicy/flowery. strong scent it lasted till the next morning. but made a mistake by spritzing one each behind my ear again. by the second night before bedtime my husband commented "yuck, you smell like a granny!" this time i spritz just once behind one ear only and only once...not the next day! btw, it's still winter here. will only wear this for winter. otherwise coco smells classy and glamorous! comes in a smart refillable bottle too.

I first smelled this as a teenager and have gone back and sniffed it over the years. Well, I'm 37 now and think i have at last earned the right to wear it. It's mature, but not old ladyish. Beautiful, judicious use of spice which makes it sexy in a restrained way rather than a mallet over the head, very elegant.

Huh...the amount of reviews about one fragrance! Yes, this is the one that intrigues everyone. Got it as a prezzie recently and knew straightaway that it's a keeper. I'm a little fussy but don't consider myself a snob and think that Coco Chanel is always going to be a standout fragrance and it's good to have at least one lovely Chanel fragrance on a girl's perfume shelf. Coco is hard to describe, but there's something about it that's always going to stand out of the crowd. Very classy, doesn't evolve into anything hairraising and, as for longevity, I've never come across anything that lasted soooo.....long. Even next day, after having a good scrub in the shower.

It's a strong fragrance, dab it sparingly, doesn't suit everyone and I'd recommend it 30+ ...sorry young girls. ;-( I haven't tried many other Chanel fragrances, but I wasn't blown away by No.5. I just can't imagine how a hot, sexy woman like Marilyn Monroe could wear such a "grandma soapy-scent" (agree with kittykati here). Allure is the other one that I'd like to lay my hands on,but all in all, Coco seems to be the best investment piece so far regarding many aspects of it, longevity, the mixture of ingredients, etc. Just think about the Chanel clothes. Timeless. They're going to be around in a hundred years' time...which is soon. :-)

This is a timeless perfume. I have the edp. You only need a little it goes a long way.

One of the strongest and in the same time most sophisticated perume that I've ever sniffed!
It's so spicy, so strong.
For nights.

Ah, CoCo. You are the perfume that got me re-interested and fanatic with fragrance again. Lovely, warm, spicy oriental with some floral. Starts off a little sharply with a punch of cinnamon and orange, proceeds to add softer rose and white florals, finally drys down to warm spices and amber. Sillage is great and longevity is greater.
My brother-in-law gave me this bottle of edp over 15 years ago. Still stunning! Have tried the edp at the store recently and doesn't quite smell the same. Lovely but not the same. *Sigh* will try to give the new version some time.

Dear Coco,

You are the spicy scent I want to add in my collection. I would never keep you for special occassions (although you are worth it), but I would use you as often as i could!You are too good to be left alone for too long. Yes, you are spicy,but you are also creamy. You are sexy and comforting. Refined but in a careless way. I love the warm and clean aura that surrounds me when you blend with my skin, and I love how you affect my mood. You can be too strong but I like that potential.

See you very soon :-))

Its the femme perfume!the best oriental spicy.class.elegance.dress up perfume.big event perfume.night ...love chanel perfumes.they last.!

Wear this since 87.on my top orientals list.got to have that one!chanel are master in their perfume art!got rose my favorite flower!spices and vanilla.woman in nice long black dress and high heels with a dark cleopatra hair style.sophisticated and class.

Dark Curls, Thank you so much for the kind words!! I agree that Coco does not smell dated at all. It holds the title of classic, and will forever do so. Oh yes, there will never be days as great as the 80's again. The perfumes, music, movies, tv shows....iconic!! You have great taste in fragrance I must say. I hope you get your Coco perfume to go with the equally great lotion soon too. Happy 2010 to you =]

Coco brings forth memories of a friend of mine (now happily married) who used to wear the edt when we had evenings out years ago. She was, already in her 20's, very ladylike. Tall, powerful and she had a top models face shyly hidden behind designers eye glasses. Her hair was blonde at that time, and reached her shoulders in a classic cut hairstyle.

She always wore figure tailoured dresses: deep red or preferably black, or sometimes a black pencil skirt with a tight top. She always wore heels eventhough it made her taller than most men. Coco is just the right fragrance for such a woman at any age: mysterious, stunning and powerful. But also calm, feminine and sensual.

Coco edp opens up with a clear note of velvety roses which I find very pleasant. After a minute or so jasmine, peach and oriental notes joins the blend. When it starts to bloom the whole composition is so enriched that I really can't, or won't, detect any particular notes. I'm just enjoying the full aroma of this wonderful edp. When it dries down it just becomes softer, slightly woody, with a tremendous staying power as all Chanels.

I think that among all of the commercial Chanels, this is the best one eventhough I have a greater possible use for my Allure Sensuelle. With my body chemistry Coco is aimed for evening wear.

IMO Coco is also one of the becoming classics along with Samsara, Poison and Chloé (KL) and a few other beauties from that time. These gems are still bought by people who grew up in their haze. But in the future, when their daughters and granddaughters will continue buying them, they will become real classics. Just like Shalimar, L'heure Bleue, Chanel No5, Joy and the other beauties we won't forget. Try Coco today and you will be amazed and instantly seduced.

OMG...how I LOVE it !!!

Coco is... floral, rich, not too "loud", velvety, classy, elegant, feminine, strong !


It is very seductive and sexy ,intoxicating, this is for a black outfit ( leather comes to mind) , it has an incensy -smoky vibe , pretty dark !
On me i get this sweet -leathery-incensy- flowery vanilla....so delicious !
There is deff. incense in it !

For nights only ;) or...chilly days ;)
ohhh...needs to be used with caution ...it's very strong , the sillage is wonderfull too and it lasts for ever.

Ladies... if u want to feel seductive , to seduce or turn heads wear Coco EDP !;)
Coco smells like a Woman !
Very beautiful scent indeed !!!

Coco could very easy become my signature ! My n 1.
A must have for me...always !

I was given a HUGE bottle of the stuff when it came out. Waaaaay too spicy for me. My husband would grimace and open the windows in the car whenever I wore it. Ended up giving it away to a co-worker who was ever so grateful.

JB78 you are AWESOME!! I love 80's dark wave & new wave myself and I smelled this on a girl who like me dances alot at the 80's club here in town. I HAD to know what she was wearing because everytime she hugged me hello it smelled soo good and sexy. She told me it was chanel coco. I was hooked and immediately ordered the lotion! I LOVE this scent. I love how it came out in 1984 yet smells great and does not smell dated on a 28 year old. :) I want to get the perfume to go with my lotion very soon!!

I smell the vanilla and spices, and some sweetness. But I have to say I dont like this at all. Its just not my style I guess. I remember a guy I used to date many years ago would give me tips on what he likes on a woman. He said he would like to see me in a cashmere sweater (ITCH!) with some Coco Chanel. I guess thats why I dont like it. Im a tee shirt, leather jacket, jeans with boots kind of woman. I have an edge. Coco cramps my style.

If ever there has been a fragrance that truly makes me feel dark and mysterious, Coco edp is the one. Coco edp is one of my top five favorite fragrances ever! When I wear it, I feel like turning out the lights, pulling out all of my 80's dark wave albums, and letting this perfume and the music take me back to the good old days. I just can't say enough good words about this fragrance. If you have a strong, determined frame of mind, I highly recommend you give Coco a try!

Coco is my signature scent. I have a few other perfumes, but this is the one I have used for ages. I prefer the edt. The edp version is to strong and cloying for me. I love the edp version, but it just dosen't work for me. The edt version is much lighter and yes, more powdery but yet intense, I think. Its like an warm fuzzy wintercoat and it works so well, in december and other cool months. I almost never us it in summer, that I prefer not to use intense scents, when its humid. They get so cloying.
I love it all with Coco. The name, the bottle, the packing and the commercials. Its so sophisticaded and very lady like. But not to fru fru, like so many other fragrances. i don't think Coco is dated or anything like that. It needs to come out from the 80's image, som many have giving it. Its a pitty, that so many dislikes this stunning alluring. But I think that its just not for anybody. I love it and will use it, as long as I live. A true beautiful classy classic.

The other day I used some Coco from a small bottle in a 'fragrance wardrobe'. My husband came in and said I smelt really good (he rarely notices my other perfumes) and I thought it was beautiful too, but tonight I've tried it again and it seems too warm, spicy oriental for me - I can't get the sweet notes at all. Perhaps because it is a very warm night here? Maybe this perfume needs to be warm on cooler evenings? Or there is the possibility than when trying the fragrance wardrobe I mixed a couple of other Chanel perfumes and ended up with something unique?

I tried it in edt

So, this one was created in 80s and me thinks it must been reformulated. I dunno, just this feeling to it.. like Chanel #5 is reformulated and it's still good. I think back in 80s, early 90s it was more powerful than now. Just like
Poison, now it's soft juicy grape candy, which is anyway a classic masterpiece and which I adore so much.

So, oh so Coco :D
Truly oriental, spicy, it suits women that is mature and knows what is best for her. She might be in her early 20s, but Coco doesn't smell too old fashioned and outdated on her. Spices aren't too much here, it sounds more like a well balanced spiced floral with velvety touch of sweetness.

I think they removed some components that gave this powerful character and which often smells old fashioned. It has something like washed clothes, detergent feeling a bit. You can say Coco is quite old perfume, but it's timeless.

Still, it has signature of Chanel in it. It's expensive, a definition of true chic for me.

I recommend this one to y'all who likes they perfumes with character and are fed up with recent new releases which are boring and sickly sweet. Dare to try it. I myself should try soon the edp to decide which one to include in my collection.

~ Parfum ~

It was first time of me trying parfum concentration ever. So I was a bit confused... and applied a drop behind each ears and listened...

At first it's very concentrated, I'd say 'perfumey', when I first ever smelled perfume it must have been something like this since it remained in mind as 'perfume'. It has quite strong and concentrated opening yet is more close to skin, however I sense it quite well for hours. Later it develops and gets more distinctive spicy with sweet animalistic note that lasts all through. I also sense Chanel signature note in it - it's something most Chanel fragrances have...

Well summarized, it's bold, kind of dark, alive fatale spicy animal that says 'Rawr!' It's very complex and a bit aggressive, not too easy to wear, your character should match it or it's just gonna suffocate you.

This is truly the classic "little black dress" of perfume. It is a complete work of art. It doesn't smell even remotely 80's-- it smells timeless.

While I think this perfume is best suited for evening wear, I could see the right woman getting away with it in the daytime, especially in the winter. It is 'sexy' but it's definitely not erotic. No, Coco is a lady. She is sexy in a demure way while still being incredibly elegant and powerful.

This may be my favorite Chanel fragrance of all time, which is saying a lot, since I love many Chanel fragrances.

How can I say? Others had already said all...
God inspired Jacques Polge when creates this fantastic masterpiece. Coco is floral, is oriental, is classic, is baroque, is delicious..."L´esprit de Chanel", The Chanel spirit...so true!

Definitely the best perfume ever made. A timeless masterpiece. It smells so rich and complex and will never be outdated.

Unfortunately I am not the ultimate person to wear this, as I am a slender blonde with blue eyes - but who cares I enjoy wearing it.

Coco symbolize the luxury & distinction, a good flowers combination that make it a classic perfume that never goes out of style. Better than nº5 in my opinion. Coco is for a night at the opera, for a wedding, for a classic concert, romantic dinner, a night passion...
Definitely to feel you so high...
Forever Coco!!

a fragrance that will be around for decades a classic beautiful scent ! i work in the fragrance business and have tried 100s of "5 minute wonder perfumes" which are gone in a flash but coco is timeless,a real jewel

In the past I have tried many perfumes. Massmarket and also niche. But there is one perfume, which I will never forget. It is Coco by Chanel! I remember when I met the fragrance the first time. I walked into a perfume store and askes the salesperson to show me some "spicy/orientals" without to much dustiness. She showed me several things, but everything left me cold. I was very disappointed and was about to leave the store, but then I saw the Chanel fragrances. I remembered how beautiful N°5 and N°19 are, so I grabbed the tester of Coco (Eau de Parfum) and sprayed some on my wrist. I was stunned! This fragrance is HEAVEN! I bought a bottle of it.

In the beginning I can smell something strong and spicy. It reminds me of the baroque era. I can smell the rose and some other flowers, but the fragrance is not too floral. After several ours, it becomes softer and milder, without losing it's character. The fragrance don't change so much, but it lasts an insane long time with perfect projection. Coco is exactly what I dreamed of: It's a spicy oriental without beeing dusty. The fragrance is surprisingly clear and can also be worn in the summer, wich is very rare when it comes to oriental perfumes.

I would recommend this fragrance to everyone who is self confident enough to attract attention!

Way too strong and sharp fragrance. I don't like it at all.
I noticed that when this page loaded, the left area was showing only oriental spicy men fragrances! So it's kind of similar to only male fragrance.

I agree with Belle De Sud that Coco does not evoke that sense of an 80s perfume but it does have one thing in common with the two perfumes she mentioned; Like most 80s perfumes I recall, Coco has longevity. The top notes do not disappear in half an hour, indeed, I don't notice them 'evolve' into something else...no, Coco stays on just as she sprays on, and never does anything as graceless as mutate into something unexpected. Time (a lot of it!) passes and then Coco fades. So you put more on, and that's it.

No strange surprises. The fragrance is clean but deep and very well balanced. Never too floral, Coco really does make me think of Audrey Hepburn, a heroine of hats and gloves, elegant and clever, without trying too hard.

Where doesn't it fit? Hmm, I do not find Coco very personal...it doesn't interact with my skin, it is warm but it doesn't warm me up, it is not playful or soft, it doesn't draw in. Not an alluring perfume, not seductive. But independent, stand alone, classy? Oh yes, Coco is all that.

One of my top choices for classy glamour! Coco does not strike me as especially oriental nor does it evoke the 80's in the way of Giorgio or Poison to me - I revel in its rich feminity and inherent grace; a scent for a standout evening or occasion!
Much prefer to #5!

i love coco,but think it is litle time in my skin,and its spensive for this reason
put in the night and no scent in the mornig,.decepcion for me

spicy, warm, complex, intriguing. this one really resonates with me, and is certainly in my top 10, maybe even top 3.

I love this, I would wear it every day. It is very clean and classic. This is one of the few scents that can blur the generation line.

I received this as a gift from my husband who knows my love affair with good(ok, expensive)perfume. He's not particularly sensitive to perfume--one's is as good as another except for the really floral ones. For some reason he believes Chanel=class=she'll love whatever the the clerk tells him is popular. If he had purchased it because he liked it I would have used it to please him. I did try it a few times and it just reminds me of Shalimar which I just hate! I just don't like the Orientals. I make my own lotions and other toiletries with essential oils and looking at the components used in Coco I find I like the majority and have a serious addiction to sandalwoood but add them all together and yuck, gag...personal preference.

This is a bit too strong for me when I first spray this, but I love it after those crazy strong topnotes subside. It's musky, alittle spicy, and with a soft & powdery vanilla in the drydown which is all combined just right. So sophisticated, and perfect for evening wear. A word of caution though: One spray of this goes a loooooong way, so use sparingly

An extraordinary fragrance!A blend of classic with modern touch. It smells like skin, powdered and incensed skin.

Is a fragrance that makes me feel like a woman, not just a simple woman ...it makes me feel a desired woman.

I am fed up with all these new fragrances all with same smell...shampoo.

This one is classic.

Very, very elegant. Coco is a classic. Beautiful !

So not for me—and perhaps further proof that I was not meant to be a Chanel girl (although I'm not giving up yet).

Every stage offers something that offends—the clove in the middle note is perhaps the least appealing of all to me.

actually this scent is perfect for me......is the one that i just wanted....i was looking for it all around and i find it finally...
my colleague has received for a birthday present, and she doesn`t liked it, so she gave it to me and now i think i just found myself...
actually i am a fan of Chanel....and of course i love coco too, i think i will wear it for all the time, and very long time
every girl must have it
adorable

I love this perfume. I think it is so classy very lovely and rich. It is so beautifully done.
It has a freshness about it but then it is so mellowed out with the musk and sweetness with a bit of spice.
It is so well balanced out.
I think this fragrance is gorgeous...
sadly, my friends think i smell like a "old lady" whenever i try this perfume on...
This drives me absolutely INSANE!
Any aged person who wears this has class!
and that is all that matters!

One of my best friends wears this perfume and it is just like her...strong,classy and elegant.

I have to reckon: I have tried Coco only today, in 2009, for the first time. I see other people have memories of mothers and wild teenagehood scented with this fragrance. My opinion then is innocent.
When sprayed Coco, the jasmine strikes first. And I could visualise tones of tiny white and outworn flowers reversed on me. Then the scene is cleaned by a dry minty air, only to leave the place to a hoard of sweet woods. The mimosa is there also, with its powdery persona.
After a while of wearing Coco and not paying attention anymore to the melange of civet and rose and to the further development of the perfume on my skin, I felt strange. I felt depressed.This Coco induced me in a dark and messy mood. Just as the Coco Chanel's room, said to be overcharged in contrast with the simplicity of her design. Jacques Polge translated well that feeling of old baroque room with too many dusty objects. I need fresh air and spirits. Away, Coco!

Coco is one of my favorite perfumes of all time! Now after quite a few years of separation from this scent I've decided to re-acquaint myself w/ it. I've been given a decant of the eau de toilette, and after wearing it again, I almost forgot how wonderfully creamy and warm it is. Just devine. I'm so happy that this perfume doesn't fall into the category of 'used to love, but now find terrible', like so many others I've revisited. I love it just as much as I did then. I know that I must have Coco in my fragrance wardrobe once again.

I adored this fragrance as a young girl of 18-19 back in the 1980's so it's interesting to read that some feel this is an older woman's perfume!

I used to describe it's smell as a whisky hangover and it was my 'night' perfume at that age (Chanel 19 for day).

It's beautiful, warm, sensual and yet comforting - I don't wear it now as it represents a certain era for me but I love to smell it on others.

Chanel has had its ups and downs with me over the years, yet the older I become, the more I appreciate their diverse range of classics. Coco was a surprise when I wore it for the first time. It settled on my skin like Coco and I were meant to be.

Clove is the most dominant note in this composition, yet it is presented in a way that is very hard to resist. The scent is almost delicious, like something I'd assume is edible. The white floral accords counteract nicely with the spices I find, providing a rich warmth and a hint of elegance.

All that talk about Coco being a mature scent is a pile of hogwash. I adore it and I'm young and wild as the wind itself. The scent also lasts and lasts. I have been known to sleep the whole night and wake up with Coco still lingering quite strongly on my wrist before my morning shower. With longevity like this it deserves to be commended.

The drydown was absolutely divine on my skin with a beautiful blend of rich vanilla, making this fragrance's composition the result of a very talented and masterful perfumer.

I used to wear this in the 80s when I was 19. It smelled nicer then somehow. Anyway, now I associate it with the loud screaming 80s - it smells unnatural, though it is unusual. I think it really depends who's wearing it, it can get quite bitter and rank. The woman in my office wears it - she's the right look and personality for a powerful oriental, but unfortunately it smells bitter and lingers until I get a headache. That's put me off it. I don't think it's an all time classic as it says 80s so clearly - as does Dior's Poison.

What can I say about Coco Chanel that will accurately describe the experience of smelling it in person?

First, if you're a fan of leather, I predict you'll appreciate it. Second, if you're a fan of spicy, intense orientals, set upon a bed of deep, rich, indolic florals, I predict you will love it. Third, if you don't mind smelling like you just stepped out of a time machine, sent to the present day straight from the eighties, you most likely will purchase this perfume.

Don't get me wrong; I don't exactly want to wear a perfume that smells dated, but I can't help adoring Coco and coming back to it. My generation (I'm in my late twenties) didn't have the pleasure of experiencing this fragrance much in high school or college and I only discovered it by chance after falling in love with Coco Mademoiselle, after its launch which was aimed at my age group led me to the Chanel counter.

There's something very old-world and classic about Coco; though I love her daughter - Coco Mademoiselle, whose personality is so bold and at the same time, careless, I think Coco is the Chanel fragrance that best suits my tastes. She is refined, yet complex, mysterious yet predictable, and most importantly, she speaks volumes in all her beautiful sillage, intriguing those around her and prompting them to offer up compliments left and right.

I once was wearing this while waiting for a table at a restaurant and a young child said to her mother, "Mommy, something smells so good!" to which her mother replied, "That's a special perfume called Chanel and someday when you're all grown up, you can wear it too!" It made me smile.

Great great fragrance! I didn't care for it before as it seemed very old lady, then I remembered why: my teacher at Primary School wore it!
Now I wear EdT and enjoy it totally but not everyday. It's very complex, spicy with elegance, classy! It's also a little bit dark and misterious, suitable for grand occasions.
I prefer EdT over EdP.

Very sophisticated - spicy and seductive, yet powdery sweet. I'd buy this if it wasn't for the vanilla, that gets too prominent on my skin.

Soficticated Perfume #1!
After testing it for several times during last four years, eventually I came to understanding of it. I hated it, I was indifferent and now I'm falling in love with Coco! One can not fall in love with Coco at first sight, but as one's taste develops, as horizon broadens the time comes for the real feelings.
You need to grow up to wear this perfume. It can shock you at first and trick you but when you are ready, it will reveal its precious heart to you!
Spicy, woody, animalistis and flowery notes are blended together into and admirable bouquet. I must admit that the sillage is marvelous, but what else would you expect from a jewel of perfumery!

My mom had this fragrance, but I didn't like it, because it was too strong.But it has a great staying power.

Coco is very strong and heavy and way too mature for me. I am definitely not ready for this kind of fragrance yet. I'm Coco Mademoiselle for now:)

And to be completely honest - I'm not really in a hurry to get Coco in my possesion:)

I used to love this. Fell in love with it when it first came out in the heady 80's. Now I think it's overwhelming and heavy.

It was my fifteen's gift, it was too strong to me when i was a teen, my Dad gave it to me that is why i try it to wear it when i had to go out with him, he said it smell really good on me, but to be honet i always spend more drops to finish it faster, so i don't longer wear it. Now it's over.

I love this perfume!
I am wearing it today, with cashmere pulover..It makes me feek sexy, sensual...I feel vanilla, honey and some orintal oil... all mixed.. it gives great feeling! It is classic/orintal scent, not oldish at all.. I love it!

my mum loves this too. i think its a bit too strong for my liking. and i dont really like oriental scents. but i admit that it smells 'rich'. i'm in malaysia 2 :)

this is my mom's favourite perfume. she wore them for donkey years.. and she still adore it. its difficult to find this perfume in malaysia...

A women I work with wears this scent & it seems to fit her perfectly.She is a well dressed women in her late 40's that has many friends & is very sociable.

I get a floral & leather mix on her.

It is a gorgeous scent that isn't to flirty but it's definitely FUN & sensual ;)

My wild and wicked godmother bought me my first bottle at 17, I fell in love and have worn it ever since. I wear a few others, too, but when I am going out on the town, or need a little lift when dropping the kids off at school, I dab a little on, and I feel 17 (at least the good parts of it)all over again. The one perfume that makes people stand a little closer when you wear it.

The version out today I swear is different to the one I wore in the 1990's. Somewhere down the road they seem to have somewhat "cleaned" up the smell. Perhaps in the sad road of cheapening perfume or trying to appeal to the new generation of noses something was lost.
I still cherish Coco as a gorgeous sophisticated and balanced oriental. Coco was a perfume that always made me feel glamorous and created plenty of male admirers when I wore it.

Brings back memories of rummaging around in my Aunties makeup dresser. Polyester, and coty face powder. Just the first smell takes you back to a time when Red lipstick was a staple in every womans makeup drawer. As a grown up I can smell it differently. The top notes mostly smell of jasmin and rose with a tiny touch of coriander. Middle of clove but not in a food way with a dried rose petal note. Drydown is amazing and lasts all day. With a mostly Amber and Sandalwood with something else..Im guessing opoponax and civet? Musky! Good sensual scent!

Powdery lightly oriental floral that dries down to a creamy sweet floral. Very feminine and pretty, but unremarkable in todays floods of pretty and feminine.

I have been wearing this for a really long time. Probably since it came out. I recently came back to it, after realizing I hadn't been wearing it a often as I used to. I thought maybe it was becoming dated. But, then I put on again today, and realized i still love it! I don't like it when you first put it on. You have to wait a bit for it to soak into your skin. It is the only Chanel perfume I like. I like how soft, yet spicy it is. It's one of those scents that you have to get close to really smell & enjoy. So romantic. And, after all these years, it still drives my man wild! :)

Oh, I very dare to wear it:)

today, I've got it as a present, and I'm enjoying very much this intoxicating fragrance. Aww..refinement..there's enough of it for another 10 fine fragrances!:))

This is, I guess, how mythical ambrosia should smell, simply divine!
and I should confess: it is a VERY biased review!lol

A tenacious fruity-floral with discreet pinches of spice, firmly anchored by vanilla and amber, Coco is one of the most "un-Chanel" Chanel scents I have ever tried. It has none of the discreet refinement of No. 5, the chilly presence of No. 19, nor the girlish smile of No. 22. Coco is a brazen hussy of a scent, confident in her tawdry beauty, unapologetic about her lazy sexuality. Wear Coco if you must, but only if you dare.

This perfume makes me feel sexy, stimulating and ALIVE! Even though most stores suggest it for evening wear, I wear it in the daytime because the scent stays with me. My students like it, too. Chanel scents never give me a headache like so many others do!!

I think this is my favorite Chanel.
It is strong but at the same time soft, warm, expensive and very classy.

I agree this is the sort of perfume that every woman should have. I asked my father for this perfume as a gift when I was 17, I didn't want to be a teenager anymore, I wanted to feel grownup and sophisticated, I wanted to feel like a woman and this was the fragrance that conjured up exactly that feeling. It's so elegant and seductive.

One of the strongest yet toniest aromas Chanel has produced. Beginning with it's fruity bouquet then ending with the exotic civet's redolance(although now it's synthetic)I find it a bit overpowering for me personally, however,used sparingly in the evening in the appropriate atmosphere while sipping Kopi Luwak this might be the ultimate experience.

The "black dress" perfum version everywoman should have. Great for every occasion when you want to feel your best, it empowers you. I like to wear it in cold days since its a strong scent and has a good staying power. To me it stands for self confidence and sensual woman, very sure of herself. It also reminds me of my school teacher, someone that made a strong impression on me when I was growing up.

Awsome smell throughout. I particularly love how it smells after few hours, it is more mellow, but sweet, spicy and distinctive and very very rich, pure nectar for the nose

Coco is simply beautiful.The civet based perfumes tend to be overwhelming, but not Coco! It is a very classy, glamorous and unique in every way.

es una fragancia exotica, pero no es de mi agrado, es mas nunca he podido usar ningun perfume chanel por mas de 1 mes

Verry rich and sensual fragrance!
A "must have" for every woman!
Intense, sexy, sweet, elegant, sophisticated, rich ...

Coco has been my trademark fragrance for years..I always get compliments and I never tire of it.It is a classic beautiful scent!

The perfume version is adorable, dellesious. Light unlike other perfume versions.

Coco is warm inviting fragrance. I like it

Coco Chanel is rich, exotic and yet classy. It should not be used with a heavy hand. I owned this in the early 90's and mostly only wore it in the autumn and winter. Amazingly comfy and alluring for a special night out (or in!).

Ahhh. I love to wear this to sleep. When the scent settles about two hours after spraying, it is a warm honey smell. I ran out of my coco and ended up pulling my sweatshirt from the laundry basket to smell it, until I got money for more. Addictive? YES!

I didn't like it when I smelled it the first time because it remembered me of somebody or somehing I didn't like in the past. But it has only got to do with what I associate with the perfume, I don't blame the perfume ;-)
So I "forced" myself to see it as a neutral perfume, to get to know it anew. I like it better everyday...

I actually had a male customer return to my store, and when the manager asked if he needed any help, he said he only wanted to speak with "that girl that smelled so good" last time he was there. Another man told the cashier he came to buy four bottles of wine, but ended up buying nine, because he did not want to walk away from me. Somehow, coco makes me feel happy

This scent is totally worth the cost! My husband adores it, and it has great staying power. Somehow, it is a very relaxed scent, hours after it settles into your sking. I have heard many folks argue that "no one really buys chanel perfumes and that the idea of No.5 being the number one seller in the world is all hype." Not true! Many folks fail to recognize when someone is wearing Coco or No.5 because the scent becomes so intimate that it blends differently with each person's body, and smells different on everyone. Not like some scents today, that smell like people bathed in them, and smell the same on everyone, just like it came out of the bottle.

This is the only perfume I will wear. I feel secure, knowing it won't get discontinued like so many celebrity scents out these days. On me, it fades to a lovely base note of vanilla and spiced honey.

One of the original 80s power scents, and a bloody good one. Great for evening wear. The EDP, as ever, is far superior to the EDT.

this one is the BEST EVER!!!
though a bit strong in the beginning. hard and soft at the same time, it reminds of pedantic order and exotic fantasy, it develops slowly into a very very feminine and seductive, truly wonderful image of a strong, independent WOMAN
a masterpiece!

I had this perfume ten years ago and I want to buy it again. Is smells sophisticated and really rich. Staying power is great.

I tried both the EDT and EDP and ended up purchasing the EDT. All I can say is try this perfume, its wonderful and warm. I LOVE this classic scent.

Coco is the only Chanel perfume I've tried that I really like. (I don't like Chanel No. 5 at all. Allure is too flowery to me. And although I like Cristalle, it changes on me, and doesn't smell as nice as it does on others.) Unfortunately, Coco makes my husband feel like he's having an asthma attack.

I personally like it, because it smells like a very strong-smelling Bounce dryer sheet.

i think this smell takes you to another world, with its rich and intense smell!!!!!!

i love this smell its very unique and exotic with a sence of glamour representing beauty

One of the strongest and in the same time most sophisticated perume that I've ever had.
It is not for everyday use, it should be rounded with complete story in respect of dress, occasion of use ect.
Very rich and very nice.