Bleu De Chanel L’Exclusif thoughts

I wore a sample of Bleu De Chanel L’Exclusif today and I really enjoyed the fragrance. I’m not good at picking up on notes but it opened very fresh and it seemed citrusy to me, although the notes don’t say anything about citrus. You still get that classic Bleu De Chanel vibe but this one is different in my opinion. It gets kinda powdery and woody fairly quickly and it smells great. I got 2 compliments within 30 minutes of leaving home. Now the performance is another story. The projection and sillage are great for the first maybe hour to an hour and a half and then it gets closer to the skin for the next couple hours. I’m at 5 hours in and what I sprayed on skin has became a skin scent. I can still smell it radiating off my clothes though so that’s a plus. I was thinking this was going to be full bottle worthy but now I’m kind of on the fence. I may pick up the 2.0oz and wear it on special occasions during the warmer months when I only need a few hours of performance. Overall I will give it a 8.5/10 on scent alone and a 6/10 on performance. At this price point I think the performance should be much better with 16 sprays.

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