Chanel Chance

Mostly soft skin-like warmth, more the smell of clean skin than a scent of its own. Underneath that, dark, earthy and slightly sweet, the classic seventies note.

It opens on pink pepper, moves through jasmine and iris, and settles on patchouli, musk and vanilla.

• pink pepper: light rosy pepper that sparkles rather than burns
• jasmine: a rich white flower, heady and full. Up close it turns slightly animal, which some people love and others find too much

It lasts well and carries into a room.

Built from the note listing and the measured performance figures. We have not smelled this one.