Chanel Pour Monsieur EDT Episode # 206 

After 40 years of wearing various fragrances I always come back to this. It is outstanding in terms of class. Not everyone will get it. Probably only those with a discerning taste. It's intelligently formulated with as you say a change of character throughout the day. It is everything you describe.

*This is a timeless male Chanel masterpiece. Wore the EdT, it smells gorgeous classy from the zesty citrus opening to the wonderful oakmoss drydown! It's in my wishlist (along with Antaeus), one day it will be mine. Great in-depth review as always, AC! Have a great chilly sunday!* ☕🤩👍

Pure class, simplicity and elegance.

I have learned more about this, my life long sigature!..Yes, close to the skin, but this is the epitome of what a true classic cologne smells of. Seductive, to say the least especially at close-range;) Now, for something very close (only the opening), but with beastly protection AND longevity...Tiffany For Men. Same perfumier, btw.. Aces, AC.

you nailed it buddy, your exactly right

Well done, love your reviews. Had this classic around since the 80's!

Hi A C I only have a example but I think it’s in the dark brown bottle range. Cheers.

I find your analysis amazing and you really love your subject

Great review and I enjoyed it and I'm gonna try it have a blessed day

Another very well thought out review. I absolutely love a good classic masculine citrus. I’m imagining this is in the same family with Eau du Rochas which I just love. It is so clean and bright and unapologetically for men. Use it frequently at the office and love every minute of it. I need to get my nose on this one. Enjoyed. 👍🏻

Great detail as usual...I have this one on my wishlist 😎😁

Another that I've sat on the fence with and as yet never pulled the trigger on over the years AC, I do love barbershop style fragrance so will have to reconsider making a purchase some time soon, cheers 👌

Superb fragrance. Projection is subtle and very classy. Nothing compares with this. Original formula my favourite. I have found it smells stronger in the cold air.

Dear AC i am falling in great love for your reviews, just like that you peel off the skin of every fragrances you come across and the way you compare it like pro perfumer, you can even do lifestyle management services. Awesome Albert India

As has been said many times, "class in a bottle". I wore it with a suit a tie to work all through the 1980's, until I discovered the louder Kouros and Drakkar Noir.

Great Review AC Awesome Fragrance !!!

So many fragrances, so little time AC! Another bottle I must have. I have a few Chanel and I love them : No5, No19, and Antaeus. It’s interesting that it’s classed as a barbershop scent in spite of its nobility inspired origins. It does kind of elevate the humble genre which pleases me. Fine review AC. ( no flowers today? )

Oh man late to comment. Another great review of course. Happy to have found enough of the concentree to hold off on getting the edt until I have the recent edp. When I smelled the concentree, could see where Allure Homme Sport came from. Smells so "Chanel;" more "modern" than Eau Sauvage or even my vintage, but way younger, Armani Eau Pour Homme. Aristocratic, non-shouty for sure. Great review. Love this scent; my new fav Chanel. Oh and liked the inclusion of photos.

Incredible review Sir! I just got the EDP and it is such a familiar smell. Absolutely beautiful, never thought a fugere can smell this warm and elegant

I agree totally with your review A.C, I own the concentree. Version, I was lucky, I bought mine in Barcelona about 10 years ago for about £45.00, I still have the bottle about 1/2 full, beautiful, one of my all time favourite fragrances, classy, sefisticated, but as you say, performance is slightly flawed as far as projection is concerned, still when dressed appropriately it's perfect, thanks A.C another great review.

Im 40 and Ive just smelled pour monsieur a couple of years ago for the first time and I really love it it has become one of my favorites ,it is not something that brings memories for example I have a bottle of the 60s of Lanvin- Monsieur and it reminds me of my childhood smelling it within my family or someone close, I don't know if you have tried Lancetti- Monsieur it is also a wow for me in the direction of CPM , lancetti monsieur is the one I use in winter, nice review.

Hi AC , replenished my stock of Aqua Di Parma Colonia last week and the kind saleslady gave me a sneak preview of their new fragrance Vaniglia Eau De Parfum i think it’s only available in Harrods at present and she was being naughty by giving me a sample.Bless her it’s gorgeous . Very kind regards sir.

Another great review! Now, I do believe I'm not that "mature" to wear such fragrances yet, but I will grow, or my nose will grow to like such scents. Still waiting for samples from Montale & Mancera to give you feedback on Wild fruits and some other scents, that I've been trying to explore lately. Also ordered a bottle of Rasasi's Daarej, so cheap that I couldn't resist. I have a few Rasasi fragrances and I do enjoy wearing them all, hope that Daarej is also a nice one. Take care, Stoyan

BIG love. ❤️

An excellent review.

I've been debating on whether or not to get this for a while now, and your review has pushed me quite a bit further to where I think I will get this in the near future.

Another excellent review. Have you reviewed Antaeus? I would appreciate your opinion about that one.

Lovely review, as always! Keep it up. 😎

I absolutely love this fragrance, the only reason I don't have it is because I have very poor performance with this fragrance, on my skin lasts about 3h on summer (I don't care if it projects or whatever, but I do need to feel the fragrance, unfortunately with this one I stop feeling it after 2h top :( ) and since it's not exactly inexpensive there are always other fragrances that give me more for the money. Nonetheless one of my favs from chanel, timeless classic. The edp doesn't even come close to this one, would love if they could make an edp that smelled just like this one

Very nicely described and I do agree. I just can´t imagine who could possibly dislike this gorgeous scent. I´m below 40 and I loved this scent since the first sniff (unlike the EDP). But from my experience the longevity really isn´t good. 2 hrs and it´s gone (tested at home in 22 deg. Celsius) ... I can smell it again if the sprayed spots get wet again. So yes, this frag needs heat and maybe a little bit of sweat to work for a longer time. Guerlain Habit Rouge L´Eau is another great alternative to Chanel Pour Monsieur. They share the same kind of soapyness, both very classy and ellegant, yet timeless ... not oldschool at all. Guerlain has better performance and is much cheaper - very good alternative. And what about taking a look at Caron Le 3 Homme and Caron Yatagan? Both very interresting, classy, manly fragrances ...and maybe daring in case of Yatagan - but it´s so interresting I love to wear it ... it provides me a good mood :).

The best opening I ever smelt, is there a fragrance that is simmilar with better performance?

Elegant and uplifting. It's true. Sadly, modern formulation have very weak performance. Anyway, thanks for review.

Usualy I laugh when reviewers say frag smells “expensive” or “like money” but you might be on to something with comparisons to old money. It’s an understated scent much like most of chanel exclusifs. Old money usually despises the loudness of new money, so this scent is right up their alley:)

Bonjour. Versatility, sillage, smell, let's say in general what is the best between Chanel Pour Monsieur edt and Egoïste edt? I'm looking for a Chanel perfume.

Great review AC. I agree with you that it's not for everybody. Personally, I love this style of fragrances and it reminds me of my father. I wonder how do you compare it to New York intense and what do you prefer between the two?

I just love this beautiful and classic fragrance! I have to say that I think I am lucky because I get good longevity from this. It doesn't project much becouse It doesn't supposed to be laud! It s an elegant smell, so clean, so fresh, so classic, uplifting fragrance! A masterpiece

Maybe i should try it, the reviews on fragrantica was not very good on the longevity side. Only medium.

I would give it 8.5 out of 10...but yes...probably for those of Middle Age.

Uuu pleace bleu de chanel 😊😊😊

My signature. Prefer it over Eau Sauvage.

i guess you need to compare this against super cheap traditional barbershop hair tonics.

This is the edt concentree which is what my bottle that I still have from the 1980's looks like. I just wish it were full like this! i63.tinypic.com/148jbb6.jpg

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If I ever smelled this on a teenager wearing flip flops and black hoodie, I might just have a seizure. lol At the very least an explosion of cognitive dissonance. What has the world done to me?? ;)

Coco chanel was an antisemitic, for that i don't respect her and thus don't think her as "classy" not gonna lie.