Pour Monsieur Concentree Chanel for men

I have finally come across the staple smell of elegance...it's CHANEL POUR MONSIEUR CONCENTREE.

It smells of "irresistably wealthy Casanova". Period.

looks like Cartier's declaration grandfather!

7/10

Cant believe I have been walking past this for years and not even tried to try it for reasons I really cant quite remember.did I confuse this with the original or ...?(I find the latter having a dated appeal,not lasting long and not appealling to a lot of people but that's another review.)

But from the day I tried it I knew I had to get a full bottle for keeps and stock up when I can.i did try on both my skin and on a test strip.Apart from the initial burst of sharpness everything else about this is well blended to a warm softness.

I did wash down when I first tried it and felt sad cos i was getting rid of a very,very,alluring smell.what made me get a full bottle was the effect the dry down on the test strip was having in my room.It wafted for days,honest and I could do was smile every time I smelled it.

Yes,now I got a full bottle and can really enjoy it when and how I want it.It's MINE and I dont see anyone getting bored with this classic.funny enough even though it's been on the market for this long I can honestly see it as one only fragrance connoisseurs will go for.this is heaven in a bottle.

It exudes warmth,class,elegance,sophistication and will give you a feel good factor.It's good for all seasons in my opinion.Thank you Chanel!

I've been wearing Pour Monsieur (or the Concentree) for many years off and on. Every time I come back to it, it's like meeting an old and dear friend on the street. I remember my mother loved how this smelled on me.

Not sure if I've read it here or not, but there are some really distinct notes in this fragrance (and sometimes I mix up scents with visual memories, so forgive me if the metaphors are mis-matched...) Apple and pear blossoms, freshly snapped tree branches, scented geraniums, a greenhouse in late winter filled with new seedlings, buttermilk, tea, fresh rose petals. Such a bright and visual scent.

But what's remarkable about this scent is that it all combines to be its own smell.. so, it is far more than the sum of its parts. I can recognize this a mile away, it's that memorable. It also fits for any season, taking on slightly different characteristics. I think it's particularly suited to crisp winter days - like having fresh flowers in the house, it reminds you that spring is coming.

I guess I can't say enough good about CPM, it's simply a reminder that life can be beautiful.

Pour Monsieur Concentree = Elegance and Class in a bottle.
I will never be without this special cologne, it exudes and cultivates charm and sophistication. My signature scent.

An evening stroll alongside River Seine in Paris ..

Gosh! It's masterpiece!
It starts out very strong in citrus and citrus leaf with bold musky pattern. A musky vintage mood rules entire the process. It's soapy and retro in opening, chilly and calm. Dry down, which unlike opening is modern, is one of the most beautiful dry downs I've ever smelt. It plays with extremely predominant and smoky aroma of vetiver. This period is too mossy and misty. A smell like burned bamboo appears from the middle to the end in a highly dominant way. This scent also smells like the substance dentists use for filling teeth.
It's highly chic and casual, sporty and official but not for meetings and sessions. Best sets on polo shirts and loose linen pants in 90's fashion way.

lasting 9/10
projection 9/10
scent 9/10

Yes it has that older gentleman, fresh from the barbershop feeling to it, but that is a nice feeling. It dries down to a very pleasant smell. It probably wont stand out and get you noticed, but it is a very elegant, refined scent. I can see wearing this with a suit and tie.

Classic, powdery, fresh and green.
Ive smelt this before but i can't pin point where exactly.
The mandarin dies off quickly, then the spices and oakmoss take over.
As much as i dissapoint myself with nearly every Chanel i try, i like this one and Antaeus.

to stop some of the arguments of which is better imo they are different scents using the same name with concentree added to the name. it's not a concentrated version of the same scent i have smelt both the classic one is a fresh classy scent which dies after 3-4 hours and close to the skin after that, and concentree is also classy with the vannila added so it's sweeter and lasts longer about 6-8 hours than very close to skin.

i would buy both but wont buy the classic cos i own green irish tweed which is classy as well and classic.

concentree on the other hand could be my cheaper alternative to musc ravageur i know they smell different but they are both dark scents to me.

Fresh opening that quickly sweetens up. The vertiver/vanilla combo is very original.
Besides the opening I can't see any resemblance with the original though. Took me a few wearings but now I really love it. Refreshing yet deep and layered. Another one on my wanted list!

9/10

The opening is nice but nothing special I think - Citrus and Lavendar. However, really comes into it's own on the drydown - a beautiful creamy vanilla which as you'd expect, lasts for ages. Classy.

This scent is for gentlemen....not for parties and night clubs.

For men over 30 who are looking for long relatioships.

At first I did not like this fragrance.
I have never been fond of vanilla type
mens cologne.
My thoughts have changed, this is a wonderful fragrance. I love the dry down of opoponax,vanilla, and oakmoss on my skin. It smells very fresh, clean and modern, not dated. it is sophisticated but not presumptuous, masculine yet refined and graceful.I love how the base-notes stated above, stays with you to warm , sooth ,and even comfort you, through out the day,
plus longevity is outstanding.

hoelahoep:

Come visit sweden! We have shelfs full of it!

Happy hunting!

If some one is really looking for some thing which stays for more then 24 hours with gereat projection and seductive smell, so this must be the FIRST CHOICE after 1 million and dior Homme intense! But no doubt quality never comes cheap

I own both the original and the concentree versions of this. In my opinion the concentree is much better as far as longevity (I can smell this 16 hrs. later on my skin)the original, doesn't last more than an hour or two. Projection is excellent on both. This is one of those scents in either version you will not go wrong with.

I bought it as a sort of a blind purchase, due to the unavailability of any testers. I just relied on Chanel name and Mr. Jaques Polge reputation, also the above-mentioned ingredients.

At first, I was disappointed, specially that I'd paid a huge price. But knowing that Chanel and Dior, usually take some time so you really can understand their value, I stayed patient! :-)

Top notes start too fresh with powerful lavender and petit gerin notes, while mandarin is not too present. This part is totally a classic smell.

Heart notes appear too strong at first, specially the nutmeg sounds overdone. But gradually they become mild and so cute. Still classic...

Base notes are the great phase: a bitter woody part, with a touch of freshness; The modernity launches here!

This beautiful flacon has placed a nice combination of classic and modern artworks. Just another masterpiece from Mr. Polge! :-)

Since it contains nutmeg, petit gerin and cardamom, similarities between CPMC and White from Lalique could be observed, while White is more sour and citric.

Longevity is incredibly powerful. I had not encountered such a great long lasting frag before, to be honest.

I was watching an old movie from 1953 tonight. Smelling that classic scent while watching those old movies had given me a very special atmosphere there... It's tempting me to get the original Pour Monsieur too!!

I don't consider this frag that much romantic or sensual, nor it sounds like too oriental. It's a woody spicy frag, to my opinion.

9/10 for lasting long and keeping both classic and modern aspects.

Also ladies at work gave compliments to CPMC! Can't go wrong with CPMC!

i desagree, this is awful, the 1955 version is the best... this version is ordinary, not so elegant.. no, no... i dont like this at all.... no for this Chanel.... the 1955 version is the best... elegance in a bottle... this no...

Mmmm.. This is elegance and class! Right up there with Nicolai New York and Creed Tabarome. Not for kids. Elegant/stylish outfit is necessary! This is better than the 1955 original.

anyway class of itself!! opens unexpectedly on different persons...nice fresh and spicy...mostly IMO for evening wear..and something always always reminds me-it has class...maybe the CLASS is what CHANEL is giving to our lives...no matter what fragrance is from THEM!!!...important only one thing that we get CLASS,LEVEL whatever you call it...again and again...that little missing thing in our lives!!!...get class!!!!

Let me start off by telling you how much I adore the original Pour Monsieur!So I was walking to the store and thought to my self, ah i want to buy something nice for myself.
Then i decided i wanted to buy me a bottle of pour monsieur!
I was walking by the shelves, picked up a bottle and walked alway..
I came home and spritzed some on. That's when it showed what i really got... I was like screaming YUCK! CONCENTRE!
Nobody really likes concentre, they make the packaging so similar you simply pick up the wrong one!
Especially when you are in a bit of a hurry.
I guess the facial impression I got when I spritzed it on my skin was quite hilarious though! haha.

I'm lost for words. At first I thought it was too lemon like but after 20 minutes I experienced something different. It's brilliant and it takes me to other places while I'm here.

The only Chanel I don't like is this one. Overly lemony. It's like lemon pledge on my skin. But maybe it's just me.

Be ware: it is not a stronger version of Chanel pour Monsieur; it is, however, a different scent. Still, they share some of the top notes, IMO, those revealing what in the original version of the fragrance can be described as ground for its traditonal character. Mid and base notes depart clearly from the former, and here is where it smells very much alike to Tiffany, a particular interpretarion of what woodiness is.

Both are very original, and as I said in the review I wrote for Tiffany, of the type difficult to find nowadays.

Wow what a scent!
It is absolutely masculine.
Kinda old school style yet so modern.
It has a very warm and alluring sweetness comes from cardamom, nutmeg, oakmoss, vetiver and vanilla combination. Hard 2explain, try and c what is warm sweetness I mean here.

It is not so similar to the original one, only the top and a little bit the mid has some similarities.
Original dries down into a more vetiver base, but this dries down into a sweety yummy vanillic lavendar woody base. Lavender is very dominant, exists from start to end.
IMO more sexy and stronger.
I love it.
Definetely for gentlemen.

Edit:
This perfume rules; tried and approved, no woman can resist!
Lasts forever on your clothes.

Today my chanel PM concentree arrived in the mail. A collector in Austria sold me a full & sealed bottle of this very hard to get scent from Chanel.
I'm allready hooked on my 1955 Chanel PM and was looking forward to receive this 1989 masterpiece from The Nose Mr.Jacques Polge.

PM concentree starts very strong. I put just a little bit it on in my office and my secretaries came in, sniffing up the delicious scent:
"Hmmmmm, that's nice, lavender and very, very classy....I like it...hmmmmmmmmmm......"
"Wow, thats great, do they have that also for women ?"
"Were can i buy that stuff you're wearing ? You smell a hell of a lot nicer than my boyfriend :-)"

After the strong opening it settles to a elegant vanilla. Not too sweet and yes, it's masculine. This is potent stuff. Only 2 sprays staid on me (and my office) the whole day.
As I said, it's hard to get nowadays and I cherish my bottle.....and keep it a secret....
If you find one: don't buy !.
Let it rest and stay for me to buy, please....:-)

Chanel PM concentree, from the French masters of scent: definitly a topper !

Another masterpiece from Chanel!bought it yesterday as a replacement.The firm base notes is likeable by most males.The presence of Opoponax adds to the sophistication with Lavender & nutmeg.Overall a fragrance worth the buck.

Chanel Pour Monsieur Concentreé was one of the first scents that got me interested in fragrance. It was a gift from my girlfriend, and before she came into my life (along with Thierry Mugler’s Angel), my scent experience was limited to fresh and aquatic or bland and generic men’s scents (I won’t name names...). CPMC showed me that you can smell intriguing, different, and still smell distinctly refined and masculine. This is a classy, and classic scent, with a bit of a modern edge. It opens with lavender, a classic masculine floral note, and a sweet and sour, though not sharp, citrus blend, courtesy of a mix of mandarin and petitgrain oil. The mandarin orange note is very distinct, thick, almost syrupy, and serves to set the opening apart from the typical lemon citrus top note. Cardamom and nutmeg add some peppery spice and warmth to the scent, which is intensified by the strong vanillic sweetness of the drydown. That sweetness is tempered with a sort of smoky, woody incense, thanks to the opoponax and oakmoss. This fragrance is excellent, top to bottom, but the creamy, soft and sweet-but-not-too-sweet, drydown is exquisite. Elegant, refined, and simply beautiful, this scent is most definitely a work of art.

Great masculine scent for everday wear.
Cheers on this one.

I was trying to decide today between wearing something light or moderately intense. I ended up noticing this bottle in my collection, so I chose this one. This is one fragrance I have replenished in my collections several times. This fragrance reminds me of sassafras (root beer). It could be the combination of Opoponax (a sweet myrrh smell) & Vanilla. I forgot how much I enjoy wearing this scent.

It is long wearing but not overpowering. I would describe this as a sweet masculine scent.