Pour Monsieur Concentree (for men)

curtis.w

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.

ccr727

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

mariotgomez

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 (a light concentrate). 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.