Chanel

Pour Monsieur

Pour Monsieur by Chanel is a masculine-leaning eau de toilette from 1955 in the premium price tier. It opens with lemon, bergamot and cardamom, moves into geranium, carnation and lavender and dries down to oakmoss, vetiver and musk. Expect around 6 hours of wear, and it projects at a moderate level.

Notes, explained

Opening

• Lemon Clean, sour, instantly recognisable. Bright but burns off fast.
• Bergamot Sharp citrus with a faint bitter edge. The opening of about half of all men's fragrances.
• Cardamom Cool, aromatic spice with a eucalyptus lift. Smells expensive.

Heart

• Geranium Rosy and minty at once. Reads masculine more often than not.
• Carnation Spicy, clove-like floral. Old-school and a bit peppery.
• Lavender Herbal, clean, slightly medicinal. Barbershop in one note.

Dry-down

• Oakmoss Damp forest floor. Bitter, green and the backbone of every chypre.
• Vetiver Dry, earthy, smoky grass root. Smells like soil and citrus peel.
• Musk Warm, skin-like and slightly sweet. Makes a fragrance feel like you.

Smells like this

• Dana English Leather
• Pierre Cardin Pour Monsieur
• Frédéric Malle Synthetic Jungle
• Dior Diorella
• Armaf Ventana
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