Lovely review! I have worn the EDP while I went through a very dramatic phase in my life. I had issues at my job, and had to start a war with my boss, to be able to concour the situation. I chose this scent to accompany me to the front and trenches. Because it's so comforting and out there at the same time. I get mostly the insence and smoky vanilla out of it, just perfection. At that time I needed to be strong and Coco really helped me. With her, I could go to battle, for weeks and weeks. She empowered me, everytime I put her on. You're absolutely right about how it can attract people, or totally repell them. That's exactly what she did for me, on multiple levels. The right people surrounded me and complimented me on my perfume. The one person I wanted to shut out of my life and needed a wakeup call that I didn't allow him to bully and control me, will definitely remember me by my scent. I hope that everytime he gets a whiff of my dear Coco, he'll be reminded of me. For that, and many other reasons, Coco will stay close to my heart.
+Amber Embrecht Wow Amber! Thank you so much for sharing your incredible story! So powerful! I love it! This is exactly what I meant when I said it can attract or repell! Well done dear! So glad Coco was with you in your troubled time! It will forever hod great memories of your victory! So happy to have read such a great comment! xoxo
+Super Dacob It was my pleasure to share it! You have a great perception on fragrance, keep it up with those wonderful reviews! I'll be looking forward to your next upload! You have a fan from Belgium now! :)
I LOVE that you classify it as Baroque! Coco has been my signature scent since I was 15. I think it’s one that not everyone can carry well (because it requires a certain style and sophistication to wear), so many people don’t appreciate it. So glad you and others on this page, also love it!
I’ve been wearing Coco EDP since December. My first love is Chanel #5, and now I’m in love with Coco. I spray no more than 2 or 3 sprays . Why is it that I can’t smell it on myself except after I sprayed. But hours later my husband can walk into the room where I am and smell Coco. And when I’ve been outside shopping, people have complimented me and still smell Coco.
It's definitely been reformulated but not too badly, in my opinion. Coco still very much smells of itself, and it's still a beautiful perfume. I think the EdT and EdP are similar enough that I could wear either, although I think I slightly prefer the EdT as it's less plummy sweet and dense (but if that's your thing, the EdP is the way to go). They both smell familiar, sufficiently modernized for a younger crowd without entirely losing their souls. I haven't smelled the extrait but I hear it's a doozy. The EdT is perfectly wearable in the summer, I think. It really isn't a heavy scent, and only mildly sweet. It's mostly a powdery tropical floral on my skin, with a dusting of plum and a woody rasp.
First perfume I ever bought myself, in my late teens early twenties . I adored it and got stopped on a daily basis whenever I wore it . Always loved heavy perfumes , now have opium and Chanel No 5. Adore your reviews 😘
Okay damn it! I am going to get Coco next. Move over Exclusifs Coco is in town. I have a tiny sample of Coco EDP vintage and it is ...Yes it is a Drug! I am running out the door now to Chanel on Maiden Lane!
I put my purchase on hold for two weeks...because I have a friend from Manhattan coming out and I want to take him to the Chanel Boutique and have him experience the wonderful Chanel sales process... they are so nice at our Boutique. My vintage sample will have to hold me over.
Yes! When you have the right SA that knows what they are doing and have a good connection with them, then it can be a real magical experience!! I am sure your friend will have a great time with you at Coco's, buying COCO ;) xoxo
looking forward to it! By the way! read your review on Cristalle EDP! Bliss!!! Now if I could only get you to make one on the EPT!!! The Henri Robert world Vs. Jacques Polge... Robert wins in my book ;) haha
I remember when I was 15 and my cousin got married. We were getting dressed and she took out of her suitcase a silk scarf to unfold a huge bottle of Coco, she sprayed on herself and sweetly told me, "here, have some". Today I'm buying a vintage bottle of Coco. Thank you, your review brought a great memory back. I looove, your shirt.
+Georgina Mondshine Thank you Georgine! So happy you shared this amazing memory with us and super happy you are getting a vintage bottle of Coco today!!! Wish you lots of fun and happy times with it :) xoxo
My favorite fragrance for last 27 years-Coco EDT... the man I was in love with back in 1995 gave it to me, I still have 1/3 of the 100 ml bottle. Its amazing, almost unreal smell chained me forever to COCO...
Hi. I love watching u. I remember that Coco was my first perfume by Chanel. Omg! I love it so much. My husband bought it for me I’m a cruise many moons ago. Like about 10 years and I still love it. Thanks
I tried Coco today I loved it but I feel like I’m not ready for it yet I feel like it’s way too mature and grown for me at the moment I think I’ll wait until I’m abit more mature to try it again but I loved it smells very classy and rich ✨ I guess I’ll try coco mademoiselle and miss Dior for now
I bought Coco in 1984, it was luscious... I bought the perfume and edp... I loved them... I felt wonderful wearing it... I always got beautiful compliments... I wore it and bought it until the last formulation... it simply isn’t the same fragrance anymore... it’s a pale shadow of what it was.... no depth, no lasting power... it was heartbreaking... I still have some edp, it has some age on it but still is so much more than the present bottles. I did buy the new formulation but returned it...sadly...
@@maggiechang9956 i recently discovered a coco chanel in our vault yesterday, maybe this is my grand mother's. last week i've been doing money manifestation and it happens i read your comment about clove. i will start wearing this.😍
FAVE FAVE FAVE Chanel fragrance! Thank you for doing this review; I loved watched your take on this classic. Most Chanel perfumes have excellent lasting abilities but this one barely comes out in the wash! haha
+bostonjetset Hey bostonjetset :) Thank youuuu :) I had a blast doing this review! COCO puts me in party mood! Ru Paul, abFab, 80s and 90s CHANEL... gold daahhling... more is better and better is more! Wish the nineties mood were still here ;) xoxo
It was because of your review, I bought Coco. You are correct, I’ve gotten compliments when I wear it! I bought my bottle in December 2019 and I have about 1/4 th of the perfume left!
I LOVED this video! Tip: if you layer a drop of Estee Lauder Youth Dew bath oil under Coco, you can get an idea of its original formulation, I'm told. :-D
Dacob, I wanted to follow up on Coco. I believe the parfum version to be the softest, least sharp of the three versions. This is the reason I feel I can wear this fragrance, and why I was so surprised to read that you think it's too strong for you. My supposition has been that when I've smelled Coco on others, it was the EDT or the EDP (based on my Mom's sillage when she wears her EDP) and that they might have "over-applied". So, this Thanksgiving weekend, I am going to Sephora or wherever I can find the EDT and the EDP, to test them. I will test small doses and see how they compare to my beloved parfum😃.
+Lisa Fox True! The dosage is crucial! If one over-aplies, the edt and edp can be head-achy. Have a great thanksgiving weekend :) and enjoy COCO ;) xoxo
I smell honey, apricots,peach and bergamot at the first spray then the sandalwood comes out through out the day. However its a grown up from fragrance which I prefer. I like all the Chanel fragrances they all say class.
Coco has been my ONLY scent for my entire adult life. I started wearing it in the mid eighties when it was still fairly new and my family has always said it’s my scent. I wear the Parfume all year long. I make sure to be very careful to reduce the amount I apply in warmer weather ( you can even skip a day in the summer). It is MY scent. I love it and just as important, my partner of 40 years loves it as much as I do. A powerful yet deeply, mysteriously, richly, wonderfully, yes, Baroque fragrance. Please never discontinue it. p.s. I desperately miss the dry oil.
Yes, I totally agree with your assessment of spring still feeling cool enough to wear Coco. I put some on today and it's good to know that I'm not nuts for wearing it in this up n down weather in the south lol!
I really like this review. I am a Chanel parfum collector and recall smelling Coco a long time ago. I distinctly remember notes of vanilla mixed with spice and I loved it! Just ordered it and am so excited for this fragrance to arrive. It's definitely different than other Chanel parfums, this is definitely a standout and will get you noticed. I love how you described perfume as a protection and a way to attract the right people to you. Yes, in a way, it is polarizing, but that's okay. I love it, and its scent will attract those who love it, too. With similar tastes.
Thank you Safiyah 🙏🏻💖 Just be warned, the current Coco has been reformulated and has unfortunately been quite toned down. The parfum concentration is still great though
@@SuperDacob You're most welcome, love❤ I am interested to smell the difference now that you mention it.😉 I'm sure I will like it if it is at least close to the original. Thank you for letting me know what to expect ❤✨🦋
I'm only 19 but every time I'm around this perfume I need to smell it. I don't think it's really suitable for me at this age (maybe I shouldn't care about that though) but in the future I'm going to buy it for sure!
+Jennifer daar Hi Jennifer! You are never too old or too young for a perfume. Just follow your instinct and your heart.. they will guide you through the magical realms of fragrancetopia ;) and COCO is definitely one fo the duchesses or maybe even queens of this magical kingdom ;) xoxo
I LOVE Coco. My all time favourite perfume. I've tried to get a new signature scent but I cannot find any perfume I like better than Coco. Just a question, what exactly do you mean by "baroque" perfume?
Just discovered your Chanel. THANKYOU! I’m always in the mood for Coco! Been wearing since 8th grade! You’re a genius whilst saying: “ You will get compliments and the others that don’t like it will stay away from you!” I enjoy every aspect of your descriptions! Also.....just loosing my mind over 19!!! Coco and 19 have been staples for over 30 years!!! Thank you again for your wonderful videos
Hi, I'm quite new to your channel, I subscribed a few weeks ago and can I just say your videos are amazing, you make me want all the Chanel perfumes out there! I have Chanel L'eau and Chance eau tender, I bought the 50ml size of L'eau and I'm off out to get the 100ml this week because the 50ml just isn't enough, it's my absolute favourite perfume right now, I'm also buying Coco Mademoiselle this week aswell, hoping to get Coco Chanel very soon! Anyway, love your reviews, thank you for taking the time to make long videos on them! xx
+Ciara harmon these people you mentioned are all sugary-plasticky synthetic and fake messes... I would quite compare COCO to Naomi Campbell or Madonna. Have a great day!
Love this review! I just bought this perfume today and I love it. It's so relaxing, and just like you said: everything kind of slows down when you wear it. It's magical!
I just get a bottle of the eau of parfum and I can see in the label says PARIS and down NEW YORK I buy it from eBay because the label is different I he's is pretty old formulation and this bottle really remain my more the Opium that I smelled as a teenager at list in my skin than the Coco that I remember. I really appreciate your videos I'm stard to buying those old perfums that I just to love.
hello Dacob, there was something I wanted to tell you for a long long time.....since you have many books about Chanel, you might already know what I m about to say. 20 years ago, I spoke to someone who used to work at Chanel headquater who told me about a certain Chanel n°7 which became "coco".....I didn't believe it until a old oncle of mine told me about n°7 ....sold a long time ago as n°7...way b4 "coco"...whether or not, if its true that make me think that n°7 was some of the sample given to Coco by Ernest Beaux !!! funny enough, my nose always told me that "coco" was too sophisticated to be a J.Polge composition....! I might be completely wrong...but i really wanted to share it with you !!!
There have been many CHANEL "numbered§ fragrances during her life. Some were said to only have been made for her and only used by her or close friends she gifted the scents to. COCO was released more than a decade after Chanel's demise. Why would Jacques hold back the release for such a long time had the fragrance already been created in the thirties by Beaux? Coco does not smell at all like a perfume from the thirties era... It smells very sophisticated 80's with a hint of 70's OPIUM as inspiration... Everything is possible of course and there might have been a n°7 used as inspiration for COCO... BOIS NOIR was the predeccessor of EGOISTE after all but both were composed by Polge. SYCOMORE was available in the fourties and is now back as a totally different smelling scent... There is much mystery inside CHANEL and we will never truly know all the secrets... but its fun to dig deeper! :) xoxo
O Coco, I remember being so young and sneaking into my parents bedroom drawers while they were outside, all purely out of my early love of mischief-based discovery... it just always yielded the most interesting kinds of adventures for me at 6 or 7 years old! And then I remember encountering Coco in her purest parfum from 1980something. The scent was not truly the scent of my mother as it was just the scent of her stocking drawer. But it struck me all the same! And while it was definitely fierce and commanding as a bee-sting... it is still somehow so playful! Coco is very much her own entity in all the vastness of the world's nonsense. Coco intoxicates and sits on your shoulder like a cloud of odd confidence, like you could take on anything no matter the impossibilities of success. Coco is my darling little spitfire key to everyday life. And while her complications make her seem expensive and pretty untouchable, she's a magnet in spite of it all! To me, Coco is the magic that can lead you down a path where all of your deepest, most human desires are realized and given a name. All of this is why Coco is my secret signature. I layer a touch of the pure parfum under my Coco EDP and I wear her anywhere that she could be discovered by the most curious. I will always be in love with the Coco
Just snagged a bottle of the edt, so happy! :) This beauty is Autumn in a bottle for me, the leaves changing, a cool bite in the air, Halloween and fireside light down the pub with my amber ales. There is something ethereal about this magical brew, a song always pops into my head when I wear this as way back in 2010 my ex-fiancé gave me a bottle of the edp for Christmas as this particular song played in the background of the pub we were in, the song is called "Lady Eleanor" and is by Lindisfarne. I think the song somehow captures the spirit of the fragrance but I might just be projecting :) My mum and my best friend (she was also my former boss) wear this in edp but I can't wear that concentration just yet, I feel like I'd be stealing their scent :) Fabulous review as always Dacob, you always do justice to these beauties :) Thank you darling :) xxx
I just had the most amazing experience with Coco! I’ve purchased it today, mostly under your influence. Coming back home after a nice time with friends. I accept myself, it accepts myself. It’s glorious and liberating! Thank you for your reviews
Great review as always. You always deliver. :) Coco is indeed the most interesting fragrance I have ever tried. I just got it as a birthday gift from my mum. As I'm living in Singapore which is summer all year round, it still doesn't feel strange to me to wear this scent. The longevity of this edp on me is insane! Even after I ran 8km and after a bath, I could still get a very faint whiff of the scent on my skin. It's as if the perfume is part of me. I love it! I'm not sure is it my skin chemistry that causes the perfume to last THAT long on me... I don't know... Of course, I still use my Chanel No 5 EDP. Have gone through 3 bottles of it & halfway through the 4th.
Wonderful review Super Dacob! I watched your review a year ago when I was wearing the parfum version, and hadn't tried the EDT or EDP in years. I wanted a softer version of Coco so I just bought the EDT (batch code 0501). I can't compare this current EDT to older EDT releases since I never had any (although I remember not liking how it smelled when I was near someone wearing it). However, I can give you my impressions of this one: It starts off a bit sharp and thin, and at first I thought, oh no. ...I am not going to like this. But OHHH!!!!.....after 20 minutes it softens and thickens, and warms up to a creamy, Woody, balsamic, oriental with just the right amount of sweetness. Gone is the brashness and over-the-top strength and screechiness that I recall from smelling it years ago. Here is a sensuous yet elegant concoction of the fruits, flowers, resins, and spices that to me, is very beautiful, and very Chanel. Thank you for inspiring me to try the EDT !!
Dear Lisa, that sounds amazing! I am thrilled you liekd the EDT. I am wearing it today andam also wearing the EDP.. I love both to be honest but in colder months perhaps the EDP just a bit more ;) I will be giving the pure PARFUM another go since I am now ready for a full blwon COCO experience ;) xoxo
I *love* your explanation for why Coco smells the way that it does! I love it. Coco smells like Christmas to me (I think the combo of the spice, cloves, and orange?), and it smells like a great aunt. I want a tiny little bottle of Coco for when I want to channel a Dynasty woman. Coco is ready to dominate, but it's warm at the same time. It changes over a long, long time; the final stage reminds me of a classier Old Spice! It's such a perfect representation of a time when women adopted more traditionally male fashions and attitudes (see shoulder pads, Madonna, and the ladies of Dynasty) to say "We've made it! The boys' club will never be the same! We can be as powerful and crafty as you - in fact, we can do it better, since you are so easy to manipulate." Coco is a woman who will seduce a man on a (tasteful) bearskin rug (in her ski chalet), then perform corporate espionage by sorting through his briefcase before he wakes up in the morning. She's always seen through a soft-focus lens. She is an older woman, but that's only because you must have experience to be cunning. Yes, she is a grown-ass woman. I'm not sure I want to be Coco when I grow up, but I definitely want her on my team.
Dear Erin, thanks for the great comment! Glad you liked my video! :) and lets just not forget one thing: COCO is worn by more and more men each day (including myself. By the way, I just hunted down a pue parfum bottle of COCO and will be making a review of it very soon as well). Long gone are the days (and thank goodness for that) where perfumes were bond tight to the gender they were originally marketed to. People are waking up and realizing how silly it is to limit themselves... who says a flower scent should only be worn by women and who says leather and tobacco scents should only be worn by men? In fact... if we really dig deep into Chanel's own revolutionary past, what did she do already back in the twenties? Well, she broke the gender scheme by introducing a fragrance called "Russian Leather" (CUIR DE RUSSIE) to the market and selling it to women! She broke all taboos back then! So powerful! Unfortunately almost no other brand followed her but today we are finally ready to accept the fact that as long as it smells great to our own nose, it is more than ok to wear it :) I think both Alexis and Crystal Carrington would be proud ;)
Super Dacob You are very right! I should have touched on the non-gendered nature of perfumes in my message - Coco is such a wonderful starting point to that conversation because it was created in a moment in history when feminists' outlook was to, well, beat men at their own game. Coco is such as "two way street" starting point because it combined the voluptuousness of women's perfumes of the 50s, 60s, and 70s, and the spiciness of men's cologne from the same era, and it said to women: "It's time for us to beat men at their own game!" So while contextually Coco is meant to be the perfume equivalent of shoulder pads and menswear for women, of course the reality is that it marries elements of what were, at that point, traditionally feminine and traditionally masculine, and creates something in between. Not that any perfume is truly feminine or masculine, of course, because a) scents are scents, and if it smells good on you, it smells good on you! and b) we make associations with certain scents that are constantly shifting, just like with fashion! But of course, you are right: Coco Chanel was such a forward thinker, and she would have led the movement toward shifting gendered association for fashion, beauty, scents, etc, much earlier. She played and she plotted and she produced the best because she understood gender norms of her time and she turned them on their head. The biggest stop to this revolution was the uber-divided gender norms of the 50s that were a response to the blurred gender *roles* during the world wars. Finally in the 80s, society was ready to understand her attitude toward gender norms, and play with it. I think Coco is supposed to be a little bit fun that way!
So agree with you dear! The second world war truly messed with our notions of gender roles and we are still not done recovering from those fossilized norms but progress is being made for sure and I find it fascinating how incredible it is to often have to dig in the past to find freedom and keys to free ourselves from the chains we are forced into today! ;) xoxo
I purchased the most recent formulation EDP and it smelled of spiced clove-ish sexy however incredibly subdued spicy water........ Weakest perfume i have EVER experienced. Ive had $5 perfumes that projected more and lasted longer. I returned it IMMEDIATELY. I ended up purchasing narciso rodriguez's new scent narciso in the white bottle, which gave me the similar sexy mysterious and intoxicating vibe that i wanted from coco. L'agent by agent provocateur gives me the same feeling as well. You should totally check them out.
Hello Dacob, the next perfume for sure in my collection. For sure we notice that you always wear cloths depending on the mood of the perfume. You are the best and I love all your reviews.
OMG Compliments,compliments,compliments!!I have the edt bought in 2008(batch7402)100ml,edp(batch5301) 50ml,&theBody Cream from 2013(batch5822)150g.The edt is much more spicy than the edp.The newer edp is NOT the same as the bottles from the 80's&90's-not as strong,The Body cream is quite strong but I still prefer the body lotion from the 90's-it was absolutely perfect.I carried it in my work bag& got more compliments on that than the edp!!!!You are so right to use the word"oppulence".A man commented to me that I smelled "RICH"-haha!He said you just smell like you have tons of money-too funny!I wish! Nevertheless,this is definitely a child of the opulent 80's&fit perfectly into the early Roaring 90's.So many parties so much heavy jewelry,everyone still smoking with abandon,total drama everywhere.Nothing like the soapy,aquatic,dull world that followed-IMHO :)
+Sheba_Lifts Yaaaas!!! Preach mamá!!! Your words describe it to a "T"!!! The intense perfumes from the 80s/90s mixed with cigarettes... t'was a drammatic time to say the least and oppulence was the "word du jour" ;) Ahhh!!!! Wish our times today were like that! In a way, since its forbidden to smake almost everywhere today, the perfumes don't need to be so strong since they have no intense competitor: the smell of smoke/tabacco in the crowded rooms... ;) xoxo
I've worn the EDP last two years for the first time and I love it, maybe it's because I love the smell of spices. it doesn't seem that potent to me its just right and I don't know how it compares to the eighties version, it must have been a beautiful bomb lol and I don't know how many times it been reformulated but based on reviews alot of the fans of this fragrance say its not like it used to be. I like alot especially in cool, cold weather very warming. will have to try the next to compare. love your reviews xx
+Duchess Royle Thank you Duchess :) At the end of the day I think CHANEL did no wrong by thisfragrance... even though the reformulation is a bit weaker, it is still amazing. xoxo
+Duchess Royle Thank you Duchess :) At the end of the day I think CHANEL did no wrong by thisfragrance... even though the reformulation is a bit weaker, it is still amazing. xoxo
+kaztazable great question! They are slightly different. In a way the edt is a bit blander than the edp but it is in my opinion in no way less precious or of lesser quality. The edt and the edp should be used in different occasions. one is more for day use and the other more for evening use.
To me Coco is absolutely contemporary. Absolutely CHANEL, father of all COCO variations and CHANCE range as well. Absolutely gorgeous, rich, ambery, spicy, I love it
Dacob. I finally purchased Chanel nº5 EDP after watching your videos and fell in love and then bought the pure perfum. The EDP doesn’t not last on my skin at all I was so upset. BUT I did notice. I don’t know if you noticed. All of Chanel’s Fragrances the EDT formulation ingredient list goes ( Alcohol , Aqua , parfum) and the EDP ingredients in order list ( Alcohol, perfume , Aqua ) like coco. Coco noir. Coco mad, coco mad intense. but no 5 the EDP and EDT both list ingredients in order (Alcohol, Aqua, Parfume)
This review is great! Especially the oxygen part😂😂 nailed it! I was born in the 80’s so I don’t remember this glorious era. Anyway the contemporary formulations is all we have and, honestly, is not that bad. It has lasting power, 6-7 hours for me, and smells divine! Be positive, people!
to a the T hunty , love your reviews , funny af LOl now you'll make me want to buy Coco Chanel while I JUST bought Coco Mademoiselle Chanel . Too bad I didn't have the chance to sniff it . Do you recommand it for me ?
+Sabri Matoussi haha! Yesss! To a "T" ;) I think COCO is one of the most baroque perfumes CHANEL has to offer... If you like oriental intoxicating fragrances, I would try it out! Perhaps start with the edt... and then move to the edp ;) xoxo
Super Dacob Oh honey , I'm going all the way to the eau du parfum . Trust me , I'm fan of overpowering perfumes Such as Angel , Amen , Tom ford - Black orchid .But my next question is Does Coco by Chanel has any slight /big common smell with Coco mademoiselle chanel ? or Shall I expect another whole perfume ?
I don't have a big idea about in the eighties , I was born in 1992 XD ( well that's a joke ) but trust me , I stll don't have idea how eighties perfumes smells like lol . I'll give it a sniff next time , I hope I won't turn my closet into CHANEL boutique . Cuz I already bought Thierry mugler perfume collection and then I watched some of your reviews and I'm turning my sight into CHANEL !! Do you I see I'm capitalizing it . RIP on my bank account for the next few months Anywys thanks for responding , you are such a sweet guy
+Sabri Matoussi Thnak you :) So sweet of you! You will see... when you smell COCO you will smell the roaring eighties! Also Dior's first POISON! Sooo good! Unfortunately reformulated... but if you manage to get your hands on a pre-reformulated bottle, please do try it... its a time capsule... sending you on a magic trip through time and space! The first eighties Dior POISON has that effect on me! xoxo
I am loving your perfume reviews and this one was as fantastic as the others! Your positive energy, obvious love of fragrance, imagination, knowledge, and sensitivity is amazing. Now I must tell you, I have the opposite opinion of yours, i.e., I do not care for the EDT and EDP of Coco (based on what they've smelled like on others...I haven't tried them on my skin) but I adore the parfum. On me, the parfum is quietly elegant (vs LOUD when smelled on others) and richly exciting in the baroque/rococo sense you described in your video. Such glorious opulence that I love on cold nights, when relaxing at home (dare I wear it out?). However, based on your review, I will sample the other concentrations. Thanks for your wonderful energy! L
+Lisa Fox Thank you for the great comment Lisa :) You are so lucky because I wish the pure parfum of coco would smell like that on me! This means your skin chemistry matches very well with coco's parfum concentration! That is amazing! If you match the parfum so well, then perhaps you don't need the other concentrations... and yes, I would of course dare wear it out as well, unless you don't love it so much that you wish not to share its magic with others ;) xoxo
Spot on review Dacob! I agree with you, when you wear Coco, everything slows down and time kind of stops. By the way, are you Italian or of Italian origin?
I purchased the EDP ( French Version ) this week..LOVING IT. It has the sophistication I was looking for in a male fragrance but could not find. Eventually I will by the parfum version. Can you tell me what the difference is between the parfum and EDP minus the concentration ? Goes very well with a crisp dress shirts and slacks. The EDT was too thin for me. I prefer heavier fragrances.
+Christopher XXX the parfum is more aldehyde-y it carries also more bitter acid notes to my nose which is why I cannot stand it but thats just me. On me the best concentration is the edt... it develops so nicely on my skin... very natural warm... emanating warmth for hours. The edp turns a bit acidic on my skin but still very nice.. and the parfum just goes all acid on me... like pee or something similar... I cannot tell you though what it is that makes it go acid on me... all I know is that I do not like the acid.Othe rthan that the parfum is beautiful!.
+Super Dacob Thank You for responding. One last question. How is the performance of the parfum as far as Longevity and Sillage goes ? Thanks so much and keep up the reviews.
I tried it again the other day at the airport... pure parfum... the tester was a spray so I had A LOT on my skin.. its like an oil almost... and the opening was too strong for me and formless since it had an intense bite in my nose but the drydown, which came three hours laterrr!!!!, was HEAVEN ON EARTH!!! :) So I am looking to purchase one perhaps if I can hunt it down in 15ml... since CHANEL has discontinued it in 15ml in most countries of the world... xoxo
+fouyj refdbv perfumes do change and depending how you store them they can go bad. I protect my perfumes and I do not leave them in the sun or in hot spaces. I personally do not mind when I perfume becomes a bit seasoned. This way it smells more intense to my nose, but this is mostly the case with perfumes that contain more precious and mostly natural ingredients. Lets just say that CKone would not age well... xoxo
+Ellizzie My CHANEL SA said they still use gold in the mix for the plating but that the gold is lighter and they prefer to go for a more faded look... Of course we could believe that the reason behind it is to save money but then again... the lighter gold tones are omnipresent throughout entire CHANEL collections as of late. After all is said and done, I miss the chunky bold CHANEL pieces from the late eighties and early nineties! That was CHANEL's (post Coco) golden era!
You can wear the EDT or EDP or parfum in the morning, day or evening or night. Depends on your chemistry and the temperature outside as well as the humidity.
Not related to the perfume review, but I've just remembered that I forgot to ask you if you ordered the Jeremy Scott book after you got the damaged one from ebay?
+the1powerboy Nope. Haven't reordered again since I was worried it would arrive damaged again. Amazon just doesn't pack their products well enough. So I have been waiting to get it directly from a book store.
+Super Dacob ohh okay, they pack the books amazingly, when I ordered there were no damages, not even minimal. I wrote to them because I thought the books weren't here yet and they reply quickly too, so the help service is really nice too. hope you do a review when you get ur book :)
If you find the pure PARFUM, I recommend to get that one! Otherwise try them both.. on eon one arm and the other on eon the other ar, and wait 40 minutes... after 40 minutes smell your arm and see which one smells better on your skin ;) xoxo
at 14:09, "I was serving them some haute couture, I was serving some Cher"....I literally choked on my coffee as I was looking at a hoodie on Dolls Kill with a quote from Cher...." Do you prefer fashion victim or ensembly challenged" and I thought which were they serving-the Queen of song Cher or the Queen of Clueless Cher? 🤣😂😆 anyways, I am looking to purchase Coco EDP for this Fall, it will be a blind buy so I hope I love it!!!!
What are some similar fragrances to this beauty? I have a birthday coming And no one wants to buy me perfume because they know this is my number one. I've worn since my 20's. I adore, adore this perfume! I agree it's like a drug , I felt like a rich bitch when I wear it and gives me confidence.
Then why not stick to the perfume you love? If you do not have the pure parfum concentration of COCO yet then perhaps this would be the perfect opportunity to ask for the 15ml parfum of COCO for your birthday...
@@SuperDacob I'll never not have my coco I love love the bar soap , you take a shower and the whole bathroom is fragrant, but I want a collection of scents I love.
+Lisa Fox Hi Lisa. The pure parfum is too intense for my nose. It has a sort of headache-y touch to it. It doesn'T sooth me but rather attacks me so I can never use it.
I use the tab from the stopper. Or I also place my wrist on the bottle opening and flip the bottle quickly and then back upright again. Then I would wipe off the border of the opening with my finger.
Hi Dacob, try these 5 fragrances and you won't regret it: 1- TRUTH OR DARE by MADONNA 2- SHALIMAR by GUERLAIN 3-FAME by LADY GAGA (also EAU DE GAGA) 4- ALIEN by THIERRY MUGLER (The whole line is awesome) 5- AROMATICS ELIXIR by CLINIQUE... THANK YOU AND HAVE A NICE DAY... P.S. THIS MADE ME GET A COCO PURE PARFUM IN 1.5ML...
Thank you for the lovely tip Tareq :) I have tried Truth or Dare by Madonna and I love it. I also love Shalimar even though its a bit rough on my skin. I also tried alien many times! Very special fragrance :) I hope you are enjoying the COCO perfume :) xoxo
Months ago I used, of all things, a body wash from Old Spice in the "classic/original" scent. And believe it or not, it truly hearkened Coco for me. If it had a touch more vanilla or rose I think (some point of sweetness), it could have been a dead ringer for Coco. Furthermore, if they had re-sold that body wash as a fragrance, it would bring back Old Spice out of the "dude" image it's associated with now. It would easily be a luxury fragrance, if you will. I either need to get my hands on that body wash this winter, or lust after Coco until the day we can meet and actually be together. LOL.
+gillbert gil this bottle is only for the 35 ml EDP from 50ml onwards the bottle is the classic CHANEL bottle like N°5 ;) WIsh you a lot of fun with your new COCO :) xoxo
Lovely review! I have worn the EDP while I went through a very dramatic phase in my life. I had issues at my job, and had to start a war with my boss, to be able to concour the situation. I chose this scent to accompany me to the front and trenches. Because it's so comforting and out there at the same time. I get mostly the insence and smoky vanilla out of it, just perfection. At that time I needed to be strong and Coco really helped me. With her, I could go to battle, for weeks and weeks. She empowered me, everytime I put her on. You're absolutely right about how it can attract people, or totally repell them. That's exactly what she did for me, on multiple levels. The right people surrounded me and complimented me on my perfume. The one person I wanted to shut out of my life and needed a wakeup call that I didn't allow him to bully and control me, will definitely remember me by my scent. I hope that everytime he gets a whiff of my dear Coco, he'll be reminded of me. For that, and many other reasons, Coco will stay close to my heart.
+Amber Embrecht Wow Amber! Thank you so much for sharing your incredible story! So powerful! I love it! This is exactly what I meant when I said it can attract or repell! Well done dear! So glad Coco was with you in your troubled time! It will forever hod great memories of your victory! So happy to have read such a great comment! xoxo
+Super Dacob It was my pleasure to share it! You have a great perception on fragrance, keep it up with those wonderful reviews! I'll be looking forward to your next upload! You have a fan from Belgium now! :)
Thank you Amber :) xoxo
I LOVE that you classify it as Baroque! Coco has been my signature scent since I was 15. I think it’s one that not everyone can carry well (because it requires a certain style and sophistication to wear), so many people don’t appreciate it. So glad you and others on this page, also love it!
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I’ve been wearing Coco EDP since December. My first love is Chanel #5, and now I’m in love with Coco. I spray no more than 2 or 3 sprays . Why is it that I can’t smell it on myself except after I sprayed. But hours later my husband can walk into the room where I am and smell Coco. And when I’ve been outside shopping, people have complimented me and still smell Coco.
It's definitely been reformulated but not too badly, in my opinion. Coco still very much smells of itself, and it's still a beautiful perfume. I think the EdT and EdP are similar enough that I could wear either, although I think I slightly prefer the EdT as it's less plummy sweet and dense (but if that's your thing, the EdP is the way to go). They both smell familiar, sufficiently modernized for a younger crowd without entirely losing their souls. I haven't smelled the extrait but I hear it's a doozy.
The EdT is perfectly wearable in the summer, I think. It really isn't a heavy scent, and only mildly sweet. It's mostly a powdery tropical floral on my skin, with a dusting of plum and a woody rasp.
oh... my favorite perfume coco..
Just bought it yesterday. love love the scent. I buy the EDP but not that type of the bottle.
hooray!! no 2 on Coco today!!! wow…7 years ago! aww, wish i’d known about your channel back then❤!!! soo much fun as always. thank you.
Thank you Finley 🥰🙏🏻💖
First perfume I ever bought myself, in my late teens early twenties . I adored it and got stopped on a daily basis whenever I wore it . Always loved heavy perfumes , now have opium and Chanel No 5. Adore your reviews 😘
I absolutely ADORE coco! So powerful and inspirational. Your review captures it perfectly
Thank you so much Emma :) Glad you liked my review
Omg you look so adorable in this video! So glad UA-cam recommended it.
Thanks lerc
Okay damn it! I am going to get Coco next. Move over Exclusifs Coco is in town. I have a tiny sample of Coco EDP vintage and it is ...Yes it is a Drug! I am running out the door now to Chanel on Maiden Lane!
+Lanier Smith Run Lanier :) Its a race to catch the baroque fantasy! When it gets cooler outside I'm going to wear it with silk brocades ;) xoxo
I put my purchase on hold for two weeks...because I have a friend from Manhattan coming out and I want to take him to the Chanel Boutique and have him experience the wonderful Chanel sales process... they are so nice at our Boutique. My vintage sample will have to hold me over.
Yes! When you have the right SA that knows what they are doing and have a good connection with them, then it can be a real magical experience!! I am sure your friend will have a great time with you at Coco's, buying COCO ;) xoxo
Yes he will ....and maybe if he is not to shy I can do a video of the event. We shall see.
looking forward to it! By the way! read your review on Cristalle EDP! Bliss!!! Now if I could only get you to make one on the EPT!!! The Henri Robert world Vs. Jacques Polge... Robert wins in my book ;) haha
I remember when I was 15 and my cousin got married. We were getting dressed and she took out of her suitcase a silk scarf to unfold a huge bottle of Coco, she sprayed on herself and sweetly told me, "here, have some".
Today I'm buying a vintage bottle of Coco. Thank you, your review brought a great memory back. I looove, your shirt.
+Georgina Mondshine Thank you Georgine! So happy you shared this amazing memory with us and super happy you are getting a vintage bottle of Coco today!!! Wish you lots of fun and happy times with it :) xoxo
My husband bought my first bottle of this on our honeymoon. This is my everyday scent. I adore it!!!
Its a keeper! xoxo
My favorite fragrance for last 27 years-Coco EDT... the man I was in love with back in 1995 gave it to me, I still have 1/3 of the 100 ml bottle. Its amazing, almost unreal smell chained me forever to COCO...
Coco is magical 💖🌈
Hi. I love watching u. I remember that Coco was my first perfume by Chanel. Omg! I love it so much. My husband bought it for me I’m a cruise many moons ago. Like about 10 years and I still love it. Thanks
Thanks Eileen :) COCO is truly timeless! xoxo
I tried Coco today I loved it but I feel like I’m not ready for it yet I feel like it’s way too mature and grown for me at the moment I think I’ll wait until I’m abit more mature to try it again but I loved it smells very classy and rich ✨ I guess I’ll try coco mademoiselle and miss Dior for now
Thats OK, you don't need to get it just yet. Our nose always tells us if we are ready or not :) xoxo
I bought Coco in 1984, it was luscious... I bought the perfume and edp... I loved them... I felt wonderful wearing it... I always got beautiful compliments... I wore it and bought it until the last formulation... it simply isn’t the same fragrance anymore... it’s a pale shadow of what it was.... no depth, no lasting power... it was heartbreaking... I still have some edp, it has some age on it but still is so much more than the present bottles. I did buy the new formulation but returned it...sadly...
Try the pure parfum! its still in today's version a masterpiece! xoxo
🌟🌟🌟You are so thoughtful and kind to reply to my post... I will try the perfume, I can’t wait to wear that gorgeous fragrance again❣️
To add when I smell Coco it reminds me of wealth.
Coco is truly wealth in a bottle! :) xoxo
:) And I meen like some 80's Rich Big money :)
yes! Of course! Shoulder pads and all :) xoxo
In witchcraft, clove is one of the money magnet herbs
@@maggiechang9956 i recently discovered a coco chanel in our vault yesterday, maybe this is my grand mother's. last week i've been doing money manifestation and it happens i read your comment about clove. i will start wearing this.😍
FAVE FAVE FAVE Chanel fragrance! Thank you for doing this review; I loved watched your take on this classic. Most Chanel perfumes have excellent lasting abilities but this one barely comes out in the wash! haha
+bostonjetset Hey bostonjetset :) Thank youuuu :) I had a blast doing this review! COCO puts me in party mood! Ru Paul, abFab, 80s and 90s CHANEL... gold daahhling... more is better and better is more! Wish the nineties mood were still here ;) xoxo
It was because of your review, I bought Coco. You are correct, I’ve gotten compliments when I wear it! I bought my bottle in December 2019 and I have about 1/4 th of the perfume left!
So happy you are enjoying Coco! xoxo
I LOVED this video! Tip: if you layer a drop of Estee Lauder Youth Dew bath oil under Coco, you can get an idea of its original formulation, I'm told. :-D
+Maria Leland Thank you for the tip Maria :) I will try it out! xoxo
Thanks!
I am a southern woman from lowly origin and this fragrance is my weakness. I love it. I cannot be without it. I am not a refined lady either.
Dacob, I wanted to follow up on Coco. I believe the parfum version to be the softest, least sharp of the three versions. This is the reason I feel I can wear this fragrance, and why I was so surprised to read that you think it's too strong for you. My supposition has been that when I've smelled Coco on others, it was the EDT or the EDP (based on my Mom's sillage when she wears her EDP) and that they might have "over-applied". So, this Thanksgiving weekend, I am going to Sephora or wherever I can find the EDT and the EDP, to test them. I will test small doses and see how they compare to my beloved parfum😃.
+Lisa Fox True! The dosage is crucial! If one over-aplies, the edt and edp can be head-achy. Have a great thanksgiving weekend :) and enjoy COCO ;) xoxo
I smell honey, apricots,peach and bergamot at the first spray then the sandalwood comes out through out the day. However its a grown up from fragrance which I prefer. I like all the Chanel fragrances they all say class.
Agreed :)
Coco chanel simply beautiful and sophisticated
Coco has been my ONLY scent for my entire adult life. I started wearing it in the mid eighties when it was still fairly new and my family has always said it’s my scent. I wear the Parfume all year long. I make sure to be very careful to reduce the amount I apply in warmer weather ( you can even skip a day in the summer). It is MY scent. I love it and just as important, my partner of 40 years loves it as much as I do. A powerful yet deeply, mysteriously, richly, wonderfully, yes, Baroque fragrance. Please never discontinue it.
p.s. I desperately miss the dry oil.
Yes, I totally agree with your assessment of spring still feeling cool enough to wear Coco. I put some on today and it's good to know that I'm not nuts for wearing it in this up n down weather in the south lol!
No, you are not nuts Monica :) You just know how to pick a great fragrance and how to enjoy it :) xoxo
I really like this review. I am a Chanel parfum collector and recall smelling Coco a long time ago. I distinctly remember notes of vanilla mixed with spice and I loved it! Just ordered it and am so excited for this fragrance to arrive. It's definitely different than other Chanel parfums, this is definitely a standout and will get you noticed. I love how you described perfume as a protection and a way to attract the right people to you. Yes, in a way, it is polarizing, but that's okay. I love it, and its scent will attract those who love it, too. With similar tastes.
Thank you Safiyah 🙏🏻💖 Just be warned, the current Coco has been reformulated and has unfortunately been quite toned down. The parfum concentration is still great though
@@SuperDacob You're most welcome, love❤ I am interested to smell the difference now that you mention it.😉 I'm sure I will like it if it is at least close to the original. Thank you for letting me know what to expect ❤✨🦋
My absolute fav perfume which I use only for special occasions. It’s literally like a DRUG! And smells of class & wealth. ❤️
I'm only 19 but every time I'm around this perfume I need to smell it. I don't think it's really suitable for me at this age (maybe I shouldn't care about that though) but in the future I'm going to buy it for sure!
+Jennifer daar Hi Jennifer! You are never too old or too young for a perfume. Just follow your instinct and your heart.. they will guide you through the magical realms of fragrancetopia ;) and COCO is definitely one fo the duchesses or maybe even queens of this magical kingdom ;) xoxo
I LOVE Coco. My all time favourite perfume. I've tried to get a new signature scent but I cannot find any perfume I like better than Coco.
Just a question, what exactly do you mean by "baroque" perfume?
when in doubt, super dacob has the best chanel reviews! so descriptive and well made!
Thank you Nick 💖🙏🏻
Just discovered your Chanel. THANKYOU!
I’m always in the mood for Coco! Been wearing since 8th grade! You’re a genius whilst saying: “ You will get compliments and the others that don’t like it will stay away from you!” I enjoy every aspect of your descriptions! Also.....just loosing my mind over 19!!! Coco and 19 have been staples for over 30 years!!! Thank you again for your wonderful videos
My favorite perfume EVER!
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Hi, I'm quite new to your channel, I subscribed a few weeks ago and can I just say your videos are amazing, you make me want all the Chanel perfumes out there! I have Chanel L'eau and Chance eau tender, I bought the 50ml size of L'eau and I'm off out to get the 100ml this week because the 50ml just isn't enough, it's my absolute favourite perfume right now, I'm also buying Coco Mademoiselle this week aswell, hoping to get Coco Chanel very soon! Anyway, love your reviews, thank you for taking the time to make long videos on them! xx
Thank you dear! I am very happy you like my videos! Welcome to the fashion bunker family :) xoxo
Coco is a GROWN ASS WOMAN HUNNY!!! I LOVE MADEMOISELLE BUT I THINK I PREFER COCO JUST A TAD MORE!!!
True! COCO is as mature and strong as one gets :) xoxo
Super Dacob Yesss! If I had to describe them as a person....Coco is Kim K and Coco Mamemoiselle is Kylie 😂😂😂
+Ciara harmon these people you mentioned are all sugary-plasticky synthetic and fake messes... I would quite compare COCO to Naomi Campbell or Madonna. Have a great day!
The whole COCO line is fabulous!!
Love this review! I just bought this perfume today and I love it. It's so relaxing, and just like you said: everything kind of slows down when you wear it. It's magical!
Yaay :) Congratulations on your COCO purchase :) I wish you a lot of fun times with the magic :) xoxo
I just get a bottle of the eau of parfum and I can see in the label says PARIS and down NEW YORK I buy it from eBay because the label is different I he's is pretty old formulation and this bottle really remain my more the Opium that I smelled as a teenager at list in my skin than the Coco that I remember. I really appreciate your videos I'm stard to buying those old perfums that I just to love.
hello Dacob, there was something I wanted to tell you for a long long time.....since you have many books about Chanel, you might already know what I m about to say. 20 years ago, I spoke to someone who used to work at Chanel headquater who told me about a certain Chanel n°7 which became "coco".....I didn't believe it until a old oncle of mine told me about n°7 ....sold a long time ago as n°7...way b4 "coco"...whether or not, if its true that make me think that n°7 was some of the sample given to Coco by Ernest Beaux !!! funny enough, my nose always told me that "coco" was too sophisticated to be a J.Polge composition....! I might be completely wrong...but i really wanted to share it with you !!!
There have been many CHANEL "numbered§ fragrances during her life. Some were said to only have been made for her and only used by her or close friends she gifted the scents to. COCO was released more than a decade after Chanel's demise. Why would Jacques hold back the release for such a long time had the fragrance already been created in the thirties by Beaux? Coco does not smell at all like a perfume from the thirties era... It smells very sophisticated 80's with a hint of 70's OPIUM as inspiration... Everything is possible of course and there might have been a n°7 used as inspiration for COCO... BOIS NOIR was the predeccessor of EGOISTE after all but both were composed by Polge. SYCOMORE was available in the fourties and is now back as a totally different smelling scent... There is much mystery inside CHANEL and we will never truly know all the secrets... but its fun to dig deeper! :) xoxo
that's the thing!!!!, we'll never know !!! so much mysteries around Coco herself....I 'd like to know so much about hidden Chanel secret perfums !!!
No. 7 is a magical number to me
O Coco, I remember being so young and sneaking into my parents bedroom drawers while they were outside, all purely out of my early love of mischief-based discovery... it just always yielded the most interesting kinds of adventures for me at 6 or 7 years old! And then I remember encountering Coco in her purest parfum from 1980something. The scent was not truly the scent of my mother as it was just the scent of her stocking drawer. But it struck me all the same! And while it was definitely fierce and commanding as a bee-sting... it is still somehow so playful! Coco is very much her own entity in all the vastness of the world's nonsense. Coco intoxicates and sits on your shoulder like a cloud of odd confidence, like you could take on anything no matter the impossibilities of success. Coco is my darling little spitfire key to everyday life. And while her complications make her seem expensive and pretty untouchable, she's a magnet in spite of it all! To me, Coco is the magic that can lead you down a path where all of your deepest, most human desires are realized and given a name. All of this is why Coco is my secret signature. I layer a touch of the pure parfum under my Coco EDP and I wear her anywhere that she could be discovered by the most curious. I will always be in love with the Coco
Just snagged a bottle of the edt, so happy! :) This beauty is Autumn in a bottle for me, the leaves changing, a cool bite in the air, Halloween and fireside light down the pub with my amber ales. There is something ethereal about this magical brew, a song always pops into my head when I wear this as way back in 2010 my ex-fiancé gave me a bottle of the edp for Christmas as this particular song played in the background of the pub we were in, the song is called "Lady Eleanor" and is by Lindisfarne. I think the song somehow captures the spirit of the fragrance but I might just be projecting :) My mum and my best friend (she was also my former boss) wear this in edp but I can't wear that concentration just yet, I feel like I'd be stealing their scent :) Fabulous review as always Dacob, you always do justice to these beauties :) Thank you darling :) xxx
COCO is truly magnificent :)
I just had the most amazing experience with Coco! I’ve purchased it today, mostly under your influence. Coming back home after a nice time with friends. I accept myself, it accepts myself. It’s glorious and liberating! Thank you for your reviews
Great review as always. You always deliver. :)
Coco is indeed the most interesting fragrance I have ever tried. I just got it as a birthday gift from my mum. As I'm living in Singapore which is summer all year round, it still doesn't feel strange to me to wear this scent. The longevity of this edp on me is insane! Even after I ran 8km and after a bath, I could still get a very faint whiff of the scent on my skin. It's as if the perfume is part of me. I love it! I'm not sure is it my skin chemistry that causes the perfume to last THAT long on me... I don't know...
Of course, I still use my Chanel No 5 EDP. Have gone through 3 bottles of it & halfway through the 4th.
Thank you dear! The fragrnace is intense for sure and then your skin chemistry does the rest of the magic to make it last long. :) xoxo
Wonderful review Super Dacob! I watched your review a year ago when I was wearing the parfum version, and hadn't tried the EDT or EDP in years. I wanted a softer version of Coco so I just bought the EDT (batch code 0501). I can't compare this current EDT to older EDT releases since I never had any (although I remember not liking how it smelled when I was near someone wearing it). However, I can give you my impressions of this one: It starts off a bit sharp and thin, and at first I thought, oh no. ...I am not going to like this. But OHHH!!!!.....after 20 minutes it softens and thickens, and warms up to a creamy, Woody, balsamic, oriental with just the right amount of sweetness. Gone is the brashness and over-the-top strength and screechiness that I recall from smelling it years ago. Here is a sensuous yet elegant concoction of the fruits, flowers, resins, and spices that to me, is very beautiful, and very Chanel. Thank you for inspiring me to try the EDT !!
Dear Lisa, that sounds amazing! I am thrilled you liekd the EDT. I am wearing it today andam also wearing the EDP.. I love both to be honest but in colder months perhaps the EDP just a bit more ;) I will be giving the pure PARFUM another go since I am now ready for a full blwon COCO experience ;) xoxo
I *love* your explanation for why Coco smells the way that it does! I love it. Coco smells like Christmas to me (I think the combo of the spice, cloves, and orange?), and it smells like a great aunt. I want a tiny little bottle of Coco for when I want to channel a Dynasty woman. Coco is ready to dominate, but it's warm at the same time. It changes over a long, long time; the final stage reminds me of a classier Old Spice! It's such a perfect representation of a time when women adopted more traditionally male fashions and attitudes (see shoulder pads, Madonna, and the ladies of Dynasty) to say "We've made it! The boys' club will never be the same! We can be as powerful and crafty as you - in fact, we can do it better, since you are so easy to manipulate." Coco is a woman who will seduce a man on a (tasteful) bearskin rug (in her ski chalet), then perform corporate espionage by sorting through his briefcase before he wakes up in the morning. She's always seen through a soft-focus lens. She is an older woman, but that's only because you must have experience to be cunning. Yes, she is a grown-ass woman. I'm not sure I want to be Coco when I grow up, but I definitely want her on my team.
Dear Erin, thanks for the great comment! Glad you liked my video! :) and lets just not forget one thing: COCO is worn by more and more men each day (including myself. By the way, I just hunted down a pue parfum bottle of COCO and will be making a review of it very soon as well). Long gone are the days (and thank goodness for that) where perfumes were bond tight to the gender they were originally marketed to. People are waking up and realizing how silly it is to limit themselves... who says a flower scent should only be worn by women and who says leather and tobacco scents should only be worn by men? In fact... if we really dig deep into Chanel's own revolutionary past, what did she do already back in the twenties? Well, she broke the gender scheme by introducing a fragrance called "Russian Leather" (CUIR DE RUSSIE) to the market and selling it to women! She broke all taboos back then! So powerful! Unfortunately almost no other brand followed her but today we are finally ready to accept the fact that as long as it smells great to our own nose, it is more than ok to wear it :) I think both Alexis and Crystal Carrington would be proud ;)
Super Dacob You are very right! I should have touched on the non-gendered nature of perfumes in my message - Coco is such a wonderful starting point to that conversation because it was created in a moment in history when feminists' outlook was to, well, beat men at their own game. Coco is such as "two way street" starting point because it combined the voluptuousness of women's perfumes of the 50s, 60s, and 70s, and the spiciness of men's cologne from the same era, and it said to women: "It's time for us to beat men at their own game!" So while contextually Coco is meant to be the perfume equivalent of shoulder pads and menswear for women, of course the reality is that it marries elements of what were, at that point, traditionally feminine and traditionally masculine, and creates something in between.
Not that any perfume is truly feminine or masculine, of course, because a) scents are scents, and if it smells good on you, it smells good on you! and b) we make associations with certain scents that are constantly shifting, just like with fashion!
But of course, you are right: Coco Chanel was such a forward thinker, and she would have led the movement toward shifting gendered association for fashion, beauty, scents, etc, much earlier. She played and she plotted and she produced the best because she understood gender norms of her time and she turned them on their head. The biggest stop to this revolution was the uber-divided gender norms of the 50s that were a response to the blurred gender *roles* during the world wars. Finally in the 80s, society was ready to understand her attitude toward gender norms, and play with it. I think Coco is supposed to be a little bit fun that way!
So agree with you dear! The second world war truly messed with our notions of gender roles and we are still not done recovering from those fossilized norms but progress is being made for sure and I find it fascinating how incredible it is to often have to dig in the past to find freedom and keys to free ourselves from the chains we are forced into today! ;) xoxo
I bought it as a change from Obsession. I love it!
xx I was born in 1971 so coco passed away going on to 51 years this makes me feel so sad coco would have loved the 80s .
I purchased the most recent formulation EDP and it smelled of spiced clove-ish sexy however incredibly subdued spicy water........ Weakest perfume i have EVER experienced. Ive had $5 perfumes that projected more and lasted longer. I returned it IMMEDIATELY. I ended up purchasing narciso rodriguez's new scent narciso in the white bottle, which gave me the similar sexy mysterious and intoxicating vibe that i wanted from coco. L'agent by agent provocateur gives me the same feeling as well. You should totally check them out.
+BrighterThanYours Thanks for the tips :) I love agent provocateurs perfumes! Vivienne's progeny has class ;) xoxo
you have such great tastes in fragrance!!!
Hello Dacob, the next perfume for sure in my collection. For sure we notice that you always wear cloths depending on the mood of the perfume. You are the best and I love all your reviews.
Thank you so much Johanne 🥰🥰🙏🏻💖
OMG Compliments,compliments,compliments!!I have the edt bought in 2008(batch7402)100ml,edp(batch5301) 50ml,&theBody Cream from 2013(batch5822)150g.The edt is much more spicy than the edp.The newer edp is NOT the same as the bottles from the 80's&90's-not as strong,The Body cream is quite strong but I still prefer the body lotion from the 90's-it was absolutely perfect.I carried it in my work bag& got more compliments on that than the edp!!!!You are so right to use the word"oppulence".A man commented to me that I smelled "RICH"-haha!He said you just smell like you have tons of money-too funny!I wish! Nevertheless,this is definitely a child of the opulent 80's&fit perfectly into the early Roaring 90's.So many parties so much heavy jewelry,everyone still smoking with abandon,total drama everywhere.Nothing like the soapy,aquatic,dull world that followed-IMHO :)
+Sheba_Lifts Yaaaas!!! Preach mamá!!! Your words describe it to a "T"!!! The intense perfumes from the 80s/90s mixed with cigarettes... t'was a drammatic time to say the least and oppulence was the "word du jour" ;) Ahhh!!!! Wish our times today were like that! In a way, since its forbidden to smake almost everywhere today, the perfumes don't need to be so strong since they have no intense competitor: the smell of smoke/tabacco in the crowded rooms... ;) xoxo
I've worn the EDP last two years for the first time and I love it, maybe it's because I love the smell of spices. it doesn't seem that potent to me its just right and I don't know how it compares to the eighties version, it must have been a beautiful bomb lol and I don't know how many times it been reformulated but based on reviews alot of the fans of this fragrance say its not like it used to be. I like alot especially in cool, cold weather very warming. will have to try the next to compare. love your reviews xx
+Duchess Royle Thank you Duchess :) At the end of the day I think CHANEL did no wrong by thisfragrance... even though the reformulation is a bit weaker, it is still amazing. xoxo
+Duchess Royle Thank you Duchess :) At the end of the day I think CHANEL did no wrong by thisfragrance... even though the reformulation is a bit weaker, it is still amazing. xoxo
Wearing my Coco today. Two sprays of this beauty. I prefer EdT as it hits me with "fraicheur"
I have the EDP ! Going to buy the EDT the first chance I get !!
but is edt weaker than edp or do they all smell differently from each other? Lovely review by the way.
+kaztazable great question! They are slightly different. In a way the edt is a bit blander than the edp but it is in my opinion in no way less precious or of lesser quality. The edt and the edp should be used in different occasions. one is more for day use and the other more for evening use.
thanks! I will invest in a bottle for sure after testing both of them. :D
+kaztazable Wish you a lot of fun with which ever concentration you chose! Either way, I am sure you will love it! xoxo
I love Coco Edt it’s a cozy dryer sheet with a light cola smell. The best!
To me Coco is absolutely contemporary. Absolutely CHANEL, father of all COCO variations and CHANCE range as well. Absolutely gorgeous, rich, ambery, spicy, I love it
Dacob. I finally purchased Chanel nº5 EDP after watching your videos and fell in love and then bought the pure perfum. The EDP doesn’t not last on my skin at all I was so upset. BUT I did notice. I don’t know if you noticed. All of Chanel’s Fragrances the EDT formulation ingredient list goes ( Alcohol , Aqua , parfum) and the EDP ingredients in order list ( Alcohol, perfume , Aqua ) like coco. Coco noir. Coco mad, coco mad intense. but no 5 the EDP and EDT both list ingredients in order (Alcohol, Aqua, Parfume)
N5 doesnt last on my skin either. Nor on my cloths… any tips to make it last longer?
This review is great! Especially the oxygen part😂😂 nailed it! I was born in the 80’s so I don’t remember this glorious era. Anyway the contemporary formulations is all we have and, honestly, is not that bad. It has lasting power, 6-7 hours for me, and smells divine! Be positive, people!
Thank you Monika :) xoxo
to a the T hunty , love your reviews , funny af LOl now you'll make me want to buy Coco Chanel while I JUST bought Coco Mademoiselle Chanel . Too bad I didn't have the chance to sniff it . Do you recommand it for me ?
+Sabri Matoussi haha! Yesss! To a "T" ;) I think COCO is one of the most baroque perfumes CHANEL has to offer... If you like oriental intoxicating fragrances, I would try it out! Perhaps start with the edt... and then move to the edp ;) xoxo
Super Dacob Oh honey , I'm going all the way to the eau du parfum . Trust me , I'm fan of overpowering perfumes Such as Angel , Amen , Tom ford - Black orchid .But my next question is Does Coco by Chanel has any slight /big common smell with Coco mademoiselle chanel ? or Shall I expect another whole perfume ?
To me its an all different perfume from coco mademoiselle. It literally smells like the eghties, while mademoiselle smells like the 2000s...
I don't have a big idea about in the eighties , I was born in 1992 XD ( well that's a joke ) but trust me , I stll don't have idea how eighties perfumes smells like lol . I'll give it a sniff next time , I hope I won't turn my closet into CHANEL boutique . Cuz I already bought Thierry mugler perfume collection and then I watched some of your reviews and I'm turning my sight into CHANEL !! Do you I see I'm capitalizing it . RIP on my bank account for the next few months Anywys thanks for responding , you are such a sweet guy
+Sabri Matoussi Thnak you :) So sweet of you! You will see... when you smell COCO you will smell the roaring eighties! Also Dior's first POISON! Sooo good! Unfortunately reformulated... but if you manage to get your hands on a pre-reformulated bottle, please do try it... its a time capsule... sending you on a magic trip through time and space! The first eighties Dior POISON has that effect on me! xoxo
I am loving your perfume reviews and this one was as fantastic as the others! Your positive energy, obvious love of fragrance, imagination, knowledge, and sensitivity is amazing. Now I must tell you, I have the opposite opinion of yours, i.e., I do not care for the EDT and EDP of Coco (based on what they've smelled like on others...I haven't tried them on my skin) but I adore the parfum. On me, the parfum is quietly elegant (vs LOUD when smelled on others) and richly exciting in the baroque/rococo sense you described in your video. Such glorious opulence that I love on cold nights, when relaxing at home (dare I wear it out?). However, based on your review, I will sample the other concentrations. Thanks for your wonderful energy! L
+Lisa Fox Thank you for the great comment Lisa :) You are so lucky because I wish the pure parfum of coco would smell like that on me! This means your skin chemistry matches very well with coco's parfum concentration! That is amazing! If you match the parfum so well, then perhaps you don't need the other concentrations... and yes, I would of course dare wear it out as well, unless you don't love it so much that you wish not to share its magic with others ;) xoxo
Spot on review Dacob! I agree with you, when you wear Coco, everything slows down and time kind of stops. By the way, are you Italian or of Italian origin?
Thank you Alessandra :) xoxo
I purchased the EDP ( French Version ) this week..LOVING IT. It has the sophistication I was looking for in a male fragrance but could not find. Eventually I will by the parfum version. Can you tell me what the difference is between the parfum and EDP minus the concentration ?
Goes very well with a crisp dress shirts and slacks.
The EDT was too thin for me. I prefer heavier fragrances.
+Christopher XXX the parfum is more aldehyde-y it carries also more bitter acid notes to my nose which is why I cannot stand it but thats just me. On me the best concentration is the edt... it develops so nicely on my skin... very natural warm... emanating warmth for hours. The edp turns a bit acidic on my skin but still very nice.. and the parfum just goes all acid on me... like pee or something similar... I cannot tell you though what it is that makes it go acid on me... all I know is that I do not like the acid.Othe rthan that the parfum is beautiful!.
+Super Dacob Thank You for responding. One last question. How is the performance of the parfum as far as Longevity and Sillage goes ?
Thanks so much and keep up the reviews.
longevity is very strong but i feel the sillage is not too strong like in the edp
+Super Dacob Ok. Thanks !
Dear Super Dacob.... I hope you have s good experience with the Coco parfum version. I think it's really beautiful once it settles down on the skin!
I tried it again the other day at the airport... pure parfum... the tester was a spray so I had A LOT on my skin.. its like an oil almost... and the opening was too strong for me and formless since it had an intense bite in my nose but the drydown, which came three hours laterrr!!!!, was HEAVEN ON EARTH!!! :) So I am looking to purchase one perhaps if I can hunt it down in 15ml... since CHANEL has discontinued it in 15ml in most countries of the world... xoxo
New chanel perfumes don't smell as good as they were in the 80s, 90s and even early 2000s. Really trying to find a vintage bottle.
+Maya true
Which Chanel perfume is best for women in terms of smell, sillage and projection, especially for hot and humid weather?
Love your review, spot on sweetie!!
Thank you Marissa 😘
Dacob, is your Coco edt made in France or USA? I just purchased a 100 ml made in USA from 2014, hoping it's as magical as yours
Mine is made in France. xoxo
i've read that perfume goes bad or changes its sent after 2 or 3 years, do you know if that's true?
+fouyj refdbv perfumes do change and depending how you store them they can go bad. I protect my perfumes and I do not leave them in the sun or in hot spaces. I personally do not mind when I perfume becomes a bit seasoned. This way it smells more intense to my nose, but this is mostly the case with perfumes that contain more precious and mostly natural ingredients. Lets just say that CKone would not age well... xoxo
Will wear Coco anytime, anyplace, all day !!
Hey Dacob ! Tgough this is considered as unisex, will this good for man to use as a normal daily wear like work, outing, dating etc.,?
Always love your reviews,xoxo MJ
+Stanleydragonjr Thank you Stanleydragonjr :) xoxo
Hi again Dacob,another glorious rewiew,more like a historylesson☺
What does the b.code number tell me? Just bought a 60ml refillbottle with 6302 on..
Love that "Oxygen gonna kill you too" XD
Thanks Maggie ;) xoxo
Would you say that the edt dries down more spicy than the edp?
Why Chanel stopped using real gold in their accessories?! How their custom jewelry is different than the ones from high street stores like Zara?!
+Ellizzie My CHANEL SA said they still use gold in the mix for the plating but that the gold is lighter and they prefer to go for a more faded look... Of course we could believe that the reason behind it is to save money but then again... the lighter gold tones are omnipresent throughout entire CHANEL collections as of late. After all is said and done, I miss the chunky bold CHANEL pieces from the late eighties and early nineties! That was CHANEL's (post Coco) golden era!
I have noticed that Antaeus and Coco are VERY alike.
+Ellizzie Sometimes I think they are but then again other times I think they are very different... ;)
Dacob could the eau de toilette be worn in the day time since the eau de parfum is more evening night ?
You can wear the EDT or EDP or parfum in the morning, day or evening or night. Depends on your chemistry and the temperature outside as well as the humidity.
Not related to the perfume review, but I've just remembered that I forgot to ask you if you ordered the Jeremy Scott book after you got the damaged one from ebay?
+the1powerboy Nope. Haven't reordered again since I was worried it would arrive damaged again. Amazon just doesn't pack their products well enough. So I have been waiting to get it directly from a book store.
+Super Dacob ohh, okay I thought you were going to try to order from bookdepository
too worried it might come in a bad condition so I just decided to wait a bit and get it personally from a book store :)
+Super Dacob ohh okay, they pack the books amazingly, when I ordered there were no damages, not even minimal. I wrote to them because I thought the books weren't here yet and they reply quickly too, so the help service is really nice too. hope you do a review when you get ur book :)
Hi hunni! Going to get a Coco for me tomorrow. I saw, we still had both versions (edp and edt) here in Stockholm. Which one should I get? :P
If you find the pure PARFUM, I recommend to get that one! Otherwise try them both.. on eon one arm and the other on eon the other ar, and wait 40 minutes... after 40 minutes smell your arm and see which one smells better on your skin ;) xoxo
O P U L A N C E You own everythhiiinnng-Paris is burning
Paris is burning honeyyyyy ;) xoxo
Love🍂 love 🍁love❄️ this smell.
at 14:09, "I was serving them some haute couture, I was serving some Cher"....I literally choked on my coffee as I was looking at a hoodie on Dolls Kill with a quote from Cher...." Do you prefer fashion victim or ensembly challenged" and I thought which were they serving-the Queen of song Cher or the Queen of Clueless Cher? 🤣😂😆 anyways, I am looking to purchase Coco EDP for this Fall, it will be a blind buy so I hope I love it!!!!
I love to hear u talk . Ur very classy
Thank you so much Eileen :) xoxo
Fantastic review 🙌🏻❤️
What are some similar fragrances to this beauty? I have a birthday coming And no one wants to buy me perfume because they know this is my number one. I've worn since my 20's.
I adore, adore this perfume! I agree it's like a drug , I felt like a rich bitch when I wear it and gives me confidence.
Then why not stick to the perfume you love? If you do not have the pure parfum concentration of COCO yet then perhaps this would be the perfect opportunity to ask for the 15ml parfum of COCO for your birthday...
@@SuperDacob I'll never not have my coco I love love the bar soap , you take a shower and the whole bathroom is fragrant, but I want a collection of scents I love.
"ah ah oxygen is going to kill us too" ! love it !!!!!!!! great review as usual xoxo
Thank you Phil :) xoxo
I'd love to hear why you have issues with Coco parfum!
+Lisa Fox Hi Lisa. The pure parfum is too intense for my nose. It has a sort of headache-y touch to it. It doesn'T sooth me but rather attacks me so I can never use it.
To me, the parfum is less layers then the EDP. EDP is the most complex composition
Me encanta cómo describes los perfumes!
I love how you describe the perfums...
+Fátima Espinosa Pomares Gracias Fatima :) xoxo
I love this !
Thanks :)
Best Chanel available in Douglases
how is the pure perfume version?
+Henry Pacheco Its very intense and a bit too strong even for me... xoxo
+Super Dacob how do you put it on? do you touch the liquid with your finger?
I use the tab from the stopper. Or I also place my wrist on the bottle opening and flip the bottle quickly and then back upright again. Then I would wipe off the border of the opening with my finger.
+Super Dacob but the stopper is tied to the bottle, I just bought one so I'm lost Lmao
you need to brake the wax chanel seal, detach the skin/plastik around it and then lift the stopper off...
I love ya. I am waiting for mine to be delivered. I love your style.
I laugh-snorted at your "uuoookayyy" 😂
"hot realness", yes! ❤️🔥❤️🔥
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what are your to 3 Chanel edp/edt? thank you!
**top
They always change and shift but at the moment my top 3 favorites are N°18 edt, N°22 edt and SYCOMORE ;) xoxo
Super Dacob and not from the exclusive live...what are your top 3?
from the regular CHANEL releases my top would be on first place N°5 PARFUM, second place CHANEL N°5 EDT and third place CHANCE EAU VIVE
"Oxygen is going to kill you too, whatever" ...love!💜😆
Amen! Haha!
I need a new bottle of Coco Chanel. I’m out !!
Definitely not as powerful now. smells like a different perfume.
Agreed... it has mellowed down win recent years... xoxo
Hi Dacob, try these 5 fragrances and you won't regret it: 1- TRUTH OR DARE by MADONNA
2- SHALIMAR by GUERLAIN
3-FAME by LADY GAGA (also EAU DE GAGA)
4- ALIEN by THIERRY MUGLER (The whole line is awesome)
5- AROMATICS ELIXIR by CLINIQUE...
THANK YOU AND HAVE A NICE DAY...
P.S. THIS MADE ME GET A COCO PURE PARFUM IN 1.5ML...
Thank you for the lovely tip Tareq :)
I have tried Truth or Dare by Madonna and I love it. I also love Shalimar even though its a bit rough on my skin. I also tried alien many times! Very special fragrance :) I hope you are enjoying the COCO perfume :) xoxo
+Super Dacob I've seen that you HATE the coco in its parfum form because it's too intense... That's why I like it!!
I am coming to terms with it though... I think I need some more time to get to appreciate it.. I just hope they won't reformulate it again... xoxo
Months ago I used, of all things, a body wash from Old Spice in the "classic/original" scent. And believe it or not, it truly hearkened Coco for me. If it had a touch more vanilla or rose I think (some point of sweetness), it could have been a dead ringer for Coco. Furthermore, if they had re-sold that body wash as a fragrance, it would bring back Old Spice out of the "dude" image it's associated with now. It would easily be a luxury fragrance, if you will. I either need to get my hands on that body wash this winter, or lust after Coco until the day we can meet and actually be together. LOL.
Orange again! Haha!
Haha! Yes, a lot of orange! :) xoxo
Just bought it yesterday. love love the scent. I buy the EDP but not that type of the bottle.
+gillbert gil this bottle is only for the 35 ml EDP from 50ml onwards the bottle is the classic CHANEL bottle like N°5 ;) WIsh you a lot of fun with your new COCO :) xoxo
+Super Dacob/// i see. thank you for your lovely video.
+Super Dacob I got the 35ml yesterday along with the Miss Dior silky body mist which I'm wearing today!!