Les Exclusifs de Chanel No 22 Chanel for women

This one, together with Sycomore, Bois Des Iles and Cuir De Russie IMO stays at the top of the Chanel Collection. Sort of a pushed to the limit version of N.5. The Huge amount of aldehydes in the opening is almost breathtaking. It's like beeing on top of a 2300 feet mountain and having a deep breath. It takes serious and very solid skills to make a fragrance like this and do it perfectly as it moves on a very dangerous territory that can easily turn into disastrous displacements. Chanel N.22 is the apotheosis of aldehydes fragrances and yet a very elegant and classy-classic perfume.

Ever wondered how aldehydes smell like? Check this out and, at least, you'll end up having bigger lungs. A masterpiece.

I'm sorry but I won't go through the orthodox scent explanation as I think this is the kind of fragrance everybody should at least test.

Rating: 9/10

This is my absolute favorite perfume. I fell in love with it instantly!!!! Divine. Beautiful. Perfect composition. Love it!!!!! I have never come across another perfume that was so sublime. Got it at a Chanel boutique. Thank you Chanel!!!!!

Hello Dears,
Wow what a wonderfull lady-like scent this is indeed. Very sophisticated classic. Not at all old-schoolish if some might wonder. Pure seduction, the kind You once get tasted you will stay longing more. Elegant for daytime, seductive for romantic nights. Can not compare to any other scent, this is truely one of her kind. Definitely would recommend to everyone give a try.

Just a side note, this has not been discontinued. You can buy it at any Chanel boutique or at Chanel.com.

The gentlest aldehyde perfume that I have ever tested, and the most floral girly and pretty. I found it quite similar to, of all things, YSL Y. The vibe NOT the smell)is similar to Kelly Caleche.

If I had to have an aldehyde, this clean and soapy charmer would be it. There's none of that heavy classic aromatic aldehyde sillage that I find rather embarrassing in the usual suspects. This scent wafts light as chiffon from my wrist around myself.

But I can see why Chanel discontinued it. As an aldehyde it's probably too gentle for its own good.

Eventually I could try Les Exclusives and they are all worthy a try for sure, even if all different.
Anyway n.22 was my favourite of all.
The first whif is to die for! I smell a special freshness, cold and clean that open my breath and then delicate powdered flowers and a tenacious slightly woody drydown which lasts forever.
This is not a scent in your face and it's quite understated, but always present as you move around.
Absolutely feminine and freshly ladylike it smells classy and clean, but not your typical laundry clean of these days.
It's weird how it smells SO similar to n.5 yet different and less sharp. I could say they are different versions of the same theme.
The nose is the same after all...
Between the two I much prefer n.22 and I would wear it as a daytime lovely scent to feel cosy and feminine, clean but not overpowering the enviroment around.

Amazing perfume. Understated elegance. One of my favs of all time, and uber classy.

I can only review this from a test spray on my arm. 22 has a very strong, blasting opening, like a smooth, impregnable, featureless wall. But very shortly, it morphs into a dignified haughty scent that seems to be (at least on me) devoid of any sexuality at all.This is one of the very few scents that I've worn that has a decent sillage on me. I know that the people around me are smelling it.

It's a scent (along with Chanel 19) that you wear into the boardroom when you need unspoken authority.

The dry down lasts forever. It's not a scent for me to fall in love with, but one to use to my advantage in negotiations. It's a good weapon to keep in your arsenal.

This is the most underrated of all the Chanel's, perhaps the most underrated perfume of all. Like most Chanel's, No 22 is so perfectly blended the notes are hard to discern, nothing dominates. It opens fresh, clean, and breezey. It reminds me a lot of Estee Lauder's "White Linen" but with Chanel's characteristic understatement, not with Lauder's typical "blast 'em!" starts. This airy quality softens further in the heart and then something wonderful happens, a note I've never smelled before in a fragrance. It is crisp and a bit dusty, it smells like antique parchment. What cleverness to use such an unusual note! The drydown turns powdery and a little flowery. Lily of the valley definitely, white roses perhaps. Then another odd little note: some burned sugar. Certainly not a sugarbomb but just enough to add a bit of sweetness to an otherwise dry perfume. Luxurious, elegant, sophisticated, and thanks to a few unique notes, intriguing. Longevity is incredible. A must have.

Ahh, I love coromandel, BUT I Love this One too ***<3<3<3*** Huge Lady like perfume. Chanel can not do wrong imho. I have no words for this one. If You people know how it feels to get wordless... and just enjoying beautifull scent on Your wrist... this is huge PURE, heavenly pure perfume. Thats all I get in my mind from No 22. ahh.. and if You are get known some numerology... number 22 tells also something ;)*gigles*

is this similar to the regular chanel 22?

Either I have finally grown up, or the aldehydes here are some sort of unusual and magic ones. Instead of recoiling at the initial blast of them, I feel a physical desire to have more.

No.22 is all I wanted and imagined No.5 to be, moreover, it's what I always thought the ladies of the noblesse, with their impecable upbringing and grooming, their inborn snobbery and their long black gowns and pearls ought to smell like when they are enjoying a night of opera at La Scala.

It's classic and elegant beyond belief, deliciously retro, but not at all dated. It is what one might call a Chanel's Chanel - immediately recognizeable, as if the scent had intervined C's written all over it. For me the full-bottle-worthiness of No.22 is indubitable. It fully deserves both it's price and it's hefty flacon.

The lovely sales assistant at the Chanel Boutique invited me to visit whenever I feel like, and sniff and test at my own leisure. And so I will until I can afford my own bottle.

In reply to armaniboy, that saleslady must have seen you coming; she had a nerve to tell you this is unisex. No way! Unless you were dressing up in women's clothes I suppose. This is an ultra-feminine scent, and while violet is not listed as a note, I get a distinct impression of violet along with the delicate rose. I have not tried this on my own skin as yet; a friend begged for a spray so I'm reviewing it one person removed. After half an hour or so this became very powdery. My friend works in a roadhouse kitchen so she has to contend with burgers, other frying smells, chopped onions etc, and still this lovely perfume bravely shone on through proving you don't have to be strong, just tenacious.

I've only worn this for one day, so these are my initial impressions...

Goes on very aldehyde as stated, but I really enjoy that phase, the blend is both bitter-sweet-soapy. Lasts for about 15 minutes. The heart is a floral blend that is very warm, I've heard people say 'white' but I haven't gotten that yet. Drydown: very vanilla, a tiny hint of a rich incense, and sandalwood.

All in all a simple fragrance, but one with distinct phases. Slight sillage, but this scent is so elegant and pretty that its personality needs refinement, and not be a 'look at me' type of thing.

Only complaint is that the lasting power on me is only about 4-6 hours. Hangs on to clothes longer. How I wish this came in EDP concentration.

Hard to believe that this was created in 1922. It's impossible to say how it had changed in almost 100 years, but I'm glad it's still here. I do think that No. 22 is a simple scent, but there is something about it that makes you love it...

OMG! What a lovely perfume.It has undoubtedly Ernext Beaux´s signature.The aldehydes here are more subtle than in chanel5 which makes it less airy but it has the same charm.Also in the dry down I can smell the vanilla clearly so it is sweeter than chanel5. There is something here that comes and goes,must be the jasmin that makes it very feminine.I would not call it intense, in fact the dry down is soft and really elegant. This one talks about good taste, old money and beautiful manners.If I had to choose from one of the perfumes Ernest Beaux composed for Mademoiselle Coco I would not know which one to keep. They are all utterly beautiful and in my opinion this bond between the designer and the perfumist was unbeateable.

Chanel No.22 is much prettier and ten times sexier than Chanel No.5.

No.5 is like sharp baby powder and old cosmetics, whereas No.22, although powdery as well, has a beautiful array of floral accords, smokey incense and bourbon vanilla.

I can really smell the ylang ylang in this fragrance, along with the vanilla and the lily of the valley. These combined notes gives this scent a classically feminine appeal.

It's a confident scent with a touch of youthfulness, particularly with the sweet nuances. I initially detested aldehydes when I was younger, however since reaching my 20's, powdery scents are classified by me as being sexy scents.

Chanel No.22 is very white, but nowhere near being innocent. It brings to mind the feeling of being prim and proper but flirtatious at the same time.

The powder in this fragrance is less alarming than some aldehydic fragrances I've tried. It has some similarities to the beautiful D&G Women (the one with the red cap), which I also adore.

The sillage and lasting power is commendable, as is its ability to work well with any kind of skin chemistry. I highly recommend this classic Chanel masterpiece.

Goodness!I love this fragrance such a wonderful and intense scent. it immediately reminded of no5. The saleslady told me it is unisex. I bought it. Its feminine! ABSOLUTELY NO REGRETS. ;-)