Chanel Coromandel Les Exclusifs Eau de Parfum Fragrance Unboxing & Perfume Review - Scent of Secrets

[@AmyBatt]

When I worked for Chanel, we would go to Chanel school to learn about all of the new makeup coming out for the season. When I first went to basic school it was a 3 day training at the Ritz Carlton here in Chicago. So luxurious! Well at each school something odd would happen lights flicker, a faucet turned on by itself etc. My trainer always said that it was Coco saying "Hi" to us. I really began to believe it. Your reviews are amazing Dacob. You truly do justice to Coco's spirit and what she went through in her life. Thank you!

[@essence-tiallydacob9611]

What a wonderful comment! Thank you so much for sharing with us. This gave me goosebumps 🥰💖💫💖🌅

[@Emma_Peel_83]

Cormandel was one of the last Les Exclusifs I added to my collection because for years, I just couldn’t stand it. This fragrance has such a sadness hiding inside and I don’t find it pleasing at all. But over time I got to love this melancholic mirror to the past with all the loved ones whose shells have already left us. Thank you for this poetic review. You perfectly expressed how I feel about Coromandel. Goosebumps.❤

[@KayTea4tea]

Word! Exactly my feelings.

[@Steven-ou5hy]

Chanel les exlusifs is like exploring rooms you have never been in

[@lisafox1001]

Excellent review! I almost bought Coromandel back in 2007…I “thought” that I should buy it because it was such a beautiful fragrance. But, at the moment I was taking out my wallet in the Chanel boutique, I “felt” in my heart that I just couldn’t buy it. As I sniffed it on my skin, it made me feel inauthentic… the fragrance didn’t bring me joy or even speak to me. It didn’t feel like a part of me. So, I left the boutique without it. From time to time, I sniff my sample of Coromandel (EDT), and that’s all I need of it. I respect the quality of it and it’s wonderful that so many people love Coromandel. The Les Exclusifs line is pure luxury and I revel in the 5 of them that I have.

[@heavenj7]

“Keep Smiling”…..Dacob, this review had me misty. What Coco was feeling? not wanting to be alone in that room, or to sleep alone, wanting to hear people? Sleepwalking! (wow I have something in common with Coco😢) your thoughts on what the panels HID, not just their external beauty but what’s behind them hidden away? And the thoughts of the smells of her childhood ( convent stones incense ) 😌 How you LET, perfumes tell you a story and you share with us…the different stories of Coromandel. Also the facts that these perfumes are ART! Just such a thoughtful, thorough and meaningful review! I’ve always leaned more towards the lighter Chanel perfumes, ( except for my 15yr old bottle of Coco EDP ) The Coromandel Les Exclusifs and the EDP, were the only ones I’ve been able to sample, they brought me back to the 80s a bit I must say. I loved the deepness and darkness of them, def. On my dream buy list for fall. I just loved this review, like poetry… I’ve been in this dark place the past few years. I smile I try to make people laugh, I dress up to go to the grocery store,act like I’m great… ha but behind closed doors? I’m a sleepwalking, nervous, anxious, sad….and yes (self induced) lonely hot mess….boy did I feel this review! 💕

[@essence-tiallydacob9611]

I hear ya’ Heaven! Life has been a tough cookie since a while but we are troopers and we always keep finding ways to keep living and to keep feeling emotions! All emotions! ❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤🖤

[@ScentedMoments]

It's always a pleasure listening to you talking about Chanel as a whole, and this is hands down one of the best fragrance reviews I've ever come across, especially when it comes to Chanel. Your insights on Coromandel were brilliant, and your presentation was top-notch. Fantastic work! 👏👏👏

[@essence-tiallydacob9611]

Thank you so much Scented Moments 🥹🥰💖🖤🙏🏻

[@Knoxy598]

The perfume review as art...this is the first review of Coromandel I've seen which enunciates just how deep and challenging a perfume it truly is. I don't wear perfume for compliments but I can attest that Coromandel literally stops people in their tracks when I wear it, and the reaction is different every time.

[@andrei_sea]

Beautiful, Dacob! By far, my favorite video of yours. Thank you for sharing so much knowledge and insightful thoughts. Greetings from Brazil!

[@essence-tiallydacob9611]

Thank you Andrei 🥰💖

[@jamesncupit]

Coromandel was my first Les Exclusif and I’m still in love with it! Stunning every time I wear it 🥰

[@shikmabonfil286]

Enjoyed every minute of this magical story… and the makeup is stunning 🩷

[@kylevickroy2931]

Coromandel is the first fragrance I purchased from the Les Exlusifs collection. It is beautiful and definitely in my top 3. I was recently in a boutique to try out and purchase Comète and when I told the SA what some of my favorites were, she suggested layering Coromandel over Le Lion. I’m typically not a fan of layering fragrances, but I tried it as a soon as I got home, and it makes for a beautiful fragrance combo. It somehow smooths out some of the initial screechy aspects of Le Lion as well as some of the dirtiness of Coromandel and they just melt into each other.

[@upontheventura]

This was beautiful. Thank you Dacob. Your thoughtful commentary is always awesome, but this video was just wonderful-

[@Robbie_LeMeow]

This was 'watch and learn' for me. Thank you Dacob.❤

[@essence-tiallydacob9611]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you Robbie 🙏🏻💖

[@bimbaspacedout]

I love the aesthetic you have described here, which makes perfume Art even more intriguing... perfume notes are impalpable and yet so talkative. Such a great way to depict this masterpiece!

[@Barbara-920]

Wow! Extraordinary portrayal of Coromandel. Like a wonderful story, I will watch this again. I have the extrait. I love it but cannot wear it every day. It is an intriguing scent and I adore it even more after hearing your eloquent review.

[@essence-tiallydacob9611]

Thank you Barbara 🙏🏻🥰💖

[@davidallengreen5153]

HI Dacob 👋! I had to tell you how I enjoyed the video! I especially loved ❤ the memories of Coco! She was and still is a one of a kind ! I'm such a fan of hers! To me she was and still is fascinating, a true fighter ,I admire her strength! A pioneer for women and men ! I want to read the books you suggested on her!! Thank you Dacob,hope you are feeling good,Your still in my prayers especially for your headaches to go away for good! And your happiness 😊, take care, Lori ❤

[@davidallengreen5153]

Hi Dacob! So sorry 😞 for overstating my views, it isn't my place to comment on Cocos life because I haven't read the books you suggested, my only views on her is formed bye you thought on her which I love! But I apologize for it ,I will try to read the books,sincerely ❤, Lori

[@AhmedHussein-jt3tt]

I wear Coromandel EDP and love it . I don’t know whose truth or which truth it is but i personally find its smell endlessly fascinating

[@shirleycantoni3152]

Thank you for the story. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to it. and you. Always

[@essence-tiallydacob9611]

Thank you Shirley 🙏🏻🥰💖

[@danan1988]

I really enjoy coromandel, I know it’s not for everyone, but I love it! I think it’s very different, I haven’t smelled anything like it and I think it’s very classy. And I also think it’s a winter/ fall scent

[@essence-tiallydacob9611]

I love it too 🖤

[@007sarra]

I tried Coromandel a week ago, and while I was walking around and on my way home, I was keep smelling my hand. It is the kind of perfume I would like my whole house to smell like, very sophisticated, deep but comforting in the same time. My thoughts are running to a boudoir, dark, velvet curtains or sofas, candles, a place that is hiding lot of secrets, intimate. Not suitable to wear it outside, it doesn’t work with the frenetic pace of city life.

[@essence-tiallydacob9611]

Coromandel is a secretive beauty for sure.

[@piquedametarot]

I always loved your thoughtful and poetic reviews, which are an island of hope in this often enough superficial field. This one I already listen twice, it is very touching. The shadows of the past and that Coco, or we, want to distance ourselves from them. It must have been very difficult for a power woman like her to witness how she became slowly a shadow herself.I could almost feel the sadness you describe. Thank you, Dacob! Love, Sylke

[@essence-tiallydacob9611]

Thank you for your kind words Sylke 🥹💖🙏🏻🌅🥰

[@NoInfo-j5i]

Excellent my friend you are on point with her history. Well done!!!

[@essence-tiallydacob9611]

Thank you.

[@korrigan]

Loved your story! And those small little facts about her life are just pure gold ❤

[@specialjeffreyke]

I like Coromandel but it's a bit too aggressive for me. I prefer the softer perfumes such as Jersey, Gardénia and Beige. Nice review, Dacob.

[@RRahmawati]

Coromandel is my favorite from this line, I have 200ml 😍😍. So special for me 🥰

[@essence-tiallydacob9611]

Its a beauty 🖤

[@annarodnarine5713]

Indeed, it's quite captivating how Coco Chanel's legacy endures. Are mere mortals allowed to visit Coco's apartment? Leos are always fighters, I would say fierce warriors in the battlefield of life, yet solitary souls navigating a world that often fails to grasp their true essence. I know something about that. Beautiful review. Giving me goosebumps. Thank you for your presence. Can't thank you enough, Dear Dacob. 🥰 xoxo

[@essence-tiallydacob9611]

Thank you Anna 🥹🙏🏻💖

[@rfbuffy]

I received my Coromandel extrait for my birthday. It is softer like you said. I made a good choice for me. I am more of a floral person and usually just appreciate amber and vanilla perfumes on others, but I love this one. So deep and dark but the parfum keeps it somewhat private and close and people would need to embrace me to smell this. I will wear it lightly. The parfum lets me enjoy the scent more privately for myself. If I wear a wafting scent, it needs to be mostly an airy floral because it suits my personality and presentation. This one suits my hidden self. 😂

[@essence-tiallydacob9611]

Happy belated birthday rfbuffy 💖💖💖 Great choice for coromandel extrait 💖🖤

[@Angieunboxing]

Love the background very fitting to the content

[@ateliercenico1026]

thank you Jacob, now I understand why this perfume always scared me a little. Although I love it, it's like I should not touch it.

[@essence-tiallydacob9611]

Coromandel can definitely be intimidating in my opinion.

[@gamingwithjay4445]

Omg I absolutely have the same experience with coromandel. It’s so beautiful but I just can’t get past something inside it to buy the edp. I do have the Extrait and I can handle that because I usually just sniff it from time to time. I feel like I won’t be purchasing coromandel in my journey for awhile. I currently own Gardenia, beige, no 22, le lion, and comete in edp.

[@jameslongmore3830]

Loved it then still a big love for me thank you dacob for reviewing this gorgeous fragrance again 😘 ❤️

[@essence-tiallydacob9611]

Thanks for watching James 🙏🏻💖

[@rfbuffy]

Dacob, I know you said you need all three and that is probably true to truly know it, but I will allow myself only one. I plan to get some formulation of Coromandel for my birthday. I have ruled out searching down the EDT because I don’t want to fall in love and not be able to get it again. What I would like to know is between the EDP and parfum, which would you say emphasizes the frankincense and turns down the patchouli a notch? I know the patchouli in Chanel is the most tolerable to me, but because it is not my favorite note since it seems to turn up high on my skin and because frankincense IS a love of mine, which do you think would be best within those terms? I am leaning towards the extrait unless you say it is more patchouli forward, because I like close to the skin scent when the notes tend to be heavier like those of Coromandel. It would really help me out and my pocket book to get some guidance. Thank you!

[@essence-tiallydacob9611]

They are both (edp and parfum) heavy on the patchouli. The parfum is softer though so I would recommend that one if you can find it currently, since Chanel have for the moment discontinued all their les exclusifs parfums and we are not sure if and when they will be back and in which capacity or size.

[@rfbuffy]

@@essence-tiallydacob9611 thank you. I have sampled the EDP and do love it, but softer sounds better. Extraits generally project less too but last long. I want this perfume just for me and for those close enough to hug me! 😀

[@helenefrench4275]

Hello Dacob, a wonderful review for a wonderful perfume :)

[@marducitafox]

Wow what a great review!! 👏👏👏

[@essence-tiallydacob9611]

Thank you marducitafox 💖

[@zvikaso]

Did you get to compare it to Xerjoff Richwood side by side ? They say Richwood is an upgraded version of Coromandel...

[@gailcheyenne]

Yes, like Outlander. Moving through time and facing enormous change in the environment and in one’s mind. I have been considering purchasing Coromandel and I love your story of how this fragrance came into being. But… I don’t think I am ready. Yet.

[@essence-tiallydacob9611]

That is perfectly ok too. If you are not ready, then wait longer. There is no rush.

[@m.theresa1385]

I love Coromandel. Because it is such a concentrated in your face fragrance I will usually wear it at waist level and behind the knees then use something lighter elsewhere. I’m o.k. to add a little gardenia perfume on my upper body as it’s one of my signatures . They blend well on me. Looking forward to eventually trying the remake. It’s time for me to visit the boutique and catch up.

[@warningshoes8986]

Hey, I genuinely wish I could talk about perfumes the way you do...😊😮 Coromandel is by far the most interesting Chanel fragrance in les exclusifs range, in my opinion. This is a real masterpiece, and definitely a piece of History, not just another smelly accident from chemists... Thank you for this beautiful moment...❤❤❤❤❤

[@juliaf4837]

Beautiful analysis, as always!

[@essence-tiallydacob9611]

Thank you 💖

[@PolverediViole]

Great review dear Dacob, very intense! I got this beautiful fragrance few weeks ago, I’ve been desiring for a long time. It’s stunning, so well made. I would like to buy book focused on the Chanel Les Exclusifs collection. Can you suggest me anything ? Thank you so much in advance. Baci 😘

[@davidallengreen5153]

IHi Dacob,my whole point of my previous message i forgot to say ,I can't help but to feel a sadness for Cocos pain she went threw in her life it truly hurts my heart! I feel though she's finally at peace know,which comforts me!! Thanks Dacob for listening ❤, Lori

[@Natashia-gz8iw]

This review was hauntingly beautiful ❤🌹

[@essence-tiallydacob9611]

Thank you 💖🥹💖

[@Mirelle1969]

Holy s**t……… to feel the pain…… Wonderful review 😢❤

[@essence-tiallydacob9611]

Thank you Mirelle 🙏🏻💖🥰🌅

[@davidallengreen5153]

Hi Dacob i apologize for overstating my views i feel i have no right ! So sorry for too many comments,you been my only influence when it comes to her i hope 🙏 i didnt go to far,sincerly Lori im going to read the books you have suggested and leave to many comments that go to far alone!

[@LjiljanaMercier-dy8kf]

Your presentation today is so romantic. Lovely.Thank you.

[@edgy8481]

I almost spritzed myself with my Coromandel but it's so frigging hot here I opted for Sycomore instead !Btw, my Coromandel is EDP but the Sycomore is EDT.

[@christinah.8504]

this is my husband's favorite Chanel on me.

[@essence-tiallydacob9611]

Hubby got a great nose

[@R.N.19]

Have you ever thought about staying at the Ritz? Perhaps asking the manager to see the original rooms. It makes me think that one of the top suites that have been renovated to make one big appartment might have been the Coco Chanel room.

[@margaritamaciasdealba5011]

I love the smell in the bottle, in my skin for 20 minutes is like the bottle but after that start touring in a powder s nothing else mell just that a very heavy powder 😢😢

[@greekscents4511]

Dacob, do you think Coromandel edp is stronger than Le Lion? Spectacular review and thank you in advance.

[@pullingthestrings5233]

nope. Le Lion is much stronger

[@missmarina_xo]

I just heard about this perfume and reviews keep popping up everywhere lately

[@davidallengreen5153]

Hi Dacob my husband david allen passed away im still in mourning i hope you can understand why my messages are too many! I be more carefull thanks for listening 🙏, Lori

[@essence-tiallydacob9611]

My condolences Lori 😔❤️❤️❤️

[@davidallengreen5153]

Thank you Dacob 😊, from the bottom of my heart ❤ ♥ 💓, Lori

[@HephzibahBeulah68]

Thought I wanted to try it, till I heard all of that! 😔 Gloomy. Not sure I want to be haunted by her.

[@waritolfactive]

lovely review, you're one of my top favourite fragrance reviewer on KZbin, I look forward to your review of Boi Des Iles EDP when you eventually get around to it!

[@essence-tiallydacob9611]

Thank you dear. I have done two updated videos on Bois des Iles just a little over a year ago. Here they are: unboxing and first 200ml edp impressions: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKi8g5ujitpnr5ofeature=shared 75ml edp unboxing and quick first impressions review: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6aVi52kmL-IlZIfeature=shared

[@lauracristescu8398]

💗💗💗💗💗

[@essence-tiallydacob9611]

🥰💖

[@Thomas-fu8vp]

You live in Coco’s apartment?

[@korrigan]

❤

[@mrnorthpresents]

I thought this was going to be the oil 😂

[@virginia-marieparker6325]

Granted, ive only seen a handful or two of this guy’s videos- BUT JEEZ IS HE PRETENTIOUS. It becomes so tiresome waitng for him to get to the point.

[@KayTea4tea]

Just beginning to listen and watch … Coromandel was the first of the Les Exklusifs I tried. Back in 2007, in a CHANEL boutique in Hong Kong. I kept all the testpapers … and loved them during all of those years, but never bought them. My first Les Exklusif in my possession was No.22 not so long ago. Loving them all, love Cométe and all of them. Except No.18, which I gave away. Thank you so much, dear Dacob! Thanks for all the stories and movies living in my head now - connected to those wonderful scents. Coromandel is a very deep and imho difficult, precious scent. It´s the only one making me sad in a certain way, more sad than Cristalle EdT … may Cocos soul rest in peace … 🤍🩶

[@essence-tiallydacob9611]

Thank you Kay 🙏🏻💖 Coromandel has that sadness for me too. I agree. No19 parfum as well. Cristalle has a sadness connected to Coco but overall Cristalle makes me very happy. All of them do actually haha but each perfume in its own special way. No18 is a wonderful complex fragrance as well but is brandy based which can be off-putting to some.

[@KayTea4tea]

@@essence-tiallydacob9611 Yes, the "grappa" note disturbed me. Much worse is "Yvresse" - the worst of all scents - for me. But there are so many beautiful scents made by CHANEL "noses" - that the missing No.18 is no big loss for me ... at the moment. At the moment I'm just so happy with my few ml of COMÉTE. 🤍💛🌠 COROMANDEL is a history lesson, not a scent to apply and start the day. It literally made me cry listening to you, looking at you and experiencing the scent at the same time. Concerning No.19 - I just found a really big vintage extrait and a vintage Eau de Toilette Splash. Soo beautiful! 🥰💚🤍

[@danaleiva6611]

Dacob, your reviews are always so inspiring. Coromandel to me evokes opulence and darkness, it does make me think of the night, I LOVE IT, but I haven’t added it to my collection yet. I think I’ll get it by the end of year, just haven’t decided if I should go for the EDP or the extrait, the extrait might not be available though 🥲

[@kari8088]

💙💖

[@essence-tiallydacob9611]

💖🎉💖

[@shirleycantoni3152]

It’s beautiful! I love my Coromandel EDP! Every time, so many ask me what I’m wearing when I wear it. 🥹☺️

[@essence-tiallydacob9611]

Its a beauty 🖤