Les Exclusifs de Chanel Bel Respiro Chanel for women

From the reviews here I was expecting this to be a pleasantly underwhelming sort of fragrance. Now that I've tried it a few times I must say that it's really very good.

Yes, there's green grass and citrus and vetiver; and beyond that, if you've ever put your nose to the trumpet of a heritage variety daffodil (i.e. one that actually has fragrance, as opposed to the modern varieties bred only for size and colour), that is Bel Respiro. This is not a big perfume; it stays close to the skin. It's lovely to smell on the neck of someone you like. For me it lasts about 4 hours.

What is special about Bel Respiro is its uplifting quality: it's the sort of fragrance that inspires you to breathe in deeply, lift your face to the sky, and smile! Now, how many perfumes can do that?

My roundabouts with Bel Respiro-

I am not really sure what to think of this... other then I feel like a walking bar of Irish Spring soap. There are quirks I like and don't like about this fragrance. I love how it smells, but not on me... this kind of soap is not my style. However, I would not mind my bedding or bathroom smelling like this...

Bel Respiro is very green, I do get the green notes; though tend to come off in a soap kind of way. Something seems to be very synthetic... maybe the flowers? it is overwhelming, yes... but more smooth then say D&G Sicily (which I find Bel Respiro to be very similar in style).

This fragrance is really not complicated... I can't describe it in any other way then Irish Spring bar of soap! If you love green and/or soapy fragrances Bel Respiro is for you, otherwise you will probably not like it.

Longevity; this one performs well... I get at least 6 hours out of it. If the price were any more I would expect a lot more out of the longevity.

Projection; to me Bel Respiro is stronger on the projection. This can project and fill an entire room. One spray I think is just fine... two sprays if you want to overdo.

Note- Reviews are always subject to change based on change of weather or change to my skin chemistry.

I am normally not a chypre person at all but I do find Bel Respiro interesting and rather uplifting, a very nature girl scent. I would wear this scent for outdoors activities since it is so green and "sporty" smelling or to make me think of spring on a wintry day. To me it smells very much like the original Estee Lauder Aliage before they messed with the formula and ruined Aliage. This reminds me of college when I wore a scent like this with my "outdoorsy" beau.

When I first tried this scent I didn't think I would ever want a full bottle, but it is growing on me. I like it more each time I wear it. It is so different from what I normally wear and I love the leather note. Gives Bel Respiro a depth it would lack with only the green notes.

Being a HUGE fn of green fragrances and Chanel 19 in particular I loved this beauty. It's green and woody, but at the same time very spicy and 'crisp'. Smells of freshly cut grass and spices to my nose, and like any of the Chanel creations it just oozes class and screams 'high end'.

Really love the snappy green opening. It's the super crisp smell you get when you cut into a fresh green pepper from the garden (not the store). Like many of the Exclusif line, though, wish it were stronger/lasted longer.

Pure sophistication. Bel Respiro is a fantastic example of how a frarance can be at the same time discreet and light manitaining an incredible class and character. A graceful green-floral composition that while sharing some similarities with No.19 it also takes the distance from many of the other Chanels because of its transparent, almost weightless, structure. A subtle leathery note adds a necessary extra touch to the gently sweet drydown. Simply delightful

A quet aer glider flying low over a green flowers field. Casual but extremely classy.

Rating: 8/10

Summer holiday scent.
Tender and refreshing smell spreads over myself like pale green veil of misty air.
It does not stay so long, woody and slightly spicy smell like scots pine stays long on my skin.

While all the Chanel Les Exclusifs fragrances are outstanding in their own unique way, I find Bel Respiro to be the least memorable.

Perhaps it is the fact that green scents don't usually appeal to me, with Chanel No.19 being a scent that I truly despised and wished to forget. Bel Respiro although similar in style to No.19 is much nicer, more complex and a touch more floral.

While crisp, dewy and green, Bel Respiro reminds me of the smell of a fernery after a heavy downpour of rain. It has a delightful sense of watery greeness and subtle herbs.

There are some floral nuances throughout the composition that are more like wilted, soggy blooms rather than the bright, lively, overtly scented ones.

The leather features quite prominently during the heart and towards the drydown, however I don't find this note as nauseating as the leather clashing with the green notes in Chanel No.19.

Bel Respiro is the essence of Spring in a bottle, evoking the sense of a pretty sun-shower. Despite being marketed towards women, I find this fragrance equally wearable for men. The powdery aspect in the drydown is the only thing about Bel Respiro that I'd call feminine.

It's a fairly polite scent, in other words not as bold and daring as let's say Coromandel, No.22 and 31 Rue Cambon. However, with that being said, I find it to be a nice additive to the green floral category, one that I can tolerate and enjoy.

The mossy green note conjours up an english garden in a early misty morning
smelling the wet orris ground sipping
earl gray tea the leather note conjours up
an mysterious lady who allways wear black an icy couture an ireapporcible
goddess. this is an scent for a girl
who has an old soul refind and elegant
with an air of agatha christie or the
cold ellusive British Aristrocracy
stuffy like dust covered grand piano
or books of the 19th century.

Chanel BEL RESPIRO strikes me as an entirely unisex scent: very grassy with a touch of citrus in the opening and a comforting vetiver-like drydown. The leather here is very light, more of a garnish than a focus, I think.

BEL RESPIRO compares favorably with some drier, low oak moss chypres beloved to me, but with poorer staying power and lighter sillage. Since this Chanel creation costs considerably more than the grassy chypres in my collection, I'll probably stick to my old standards, which I can spray away with reckless abandon!

Such a beautiful fragrance . quite intellectual & sophisticated one yet also care free & sort of young at heart , with fresh green & dewy grassy fizzy notes alittle bit luminous with addition of a hint of faint citrus (bergamot maybe !) to my nose . with such masterful solid leathery-floral accord , & i found the leather note in here to be hauntingly charming quite rounded at all edges by the typical Chanel-y powdery jasmine-rose de May & iris combo i suppose but the overall effect isn't that powdery atall .
a modern well-balanced interpretation of a classically typical green one .
by the way its very long lasting for an Edt ( on me at least ) with rather good sillage.
For me ,,,, i love it & already bought it.
& it works very well on me especially when working at the hospital, favourably in warm / rainy days .

professional with never annoying / bothersome sillage to others . thanks .