Chanel – Chance Eau Vive perfume

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Reviews of Chance Eau Vive by Chanel

There are 11 reviews of Chance Eau Vive by Chanel.

Brian Buchanan
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A woody citrus … but not a skeletal masculine; and it’s notable for a couple of things.
It stays crisp for ages thanks to a sulphurous grapefruit, and there’s a hint of white floral that leans slightly to the feminine.
Taking these two together, Eau Vive is like a modern Eau de Cologne that could be worn by anyone; just simple freshness, nicely done.

Smelling it blind, it’s not bad at all, but when you add the Chanel label – and the expectation which that brings – it pales against the great perfumes of Beaux, Robert, and of course Polge senior – who also did the first Chance’s.

In terms of technique, the fresh note stands tall, but creatively Eau Vive is a pygmy; just long citrus and a plain background.

I see it as an object lesson in KISS : keep it simple stupid.

Possum-Pie
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Thumbs up b/c it doesn’t smell bad, but this is uninspired and for a house like Chanel, it feels like they are just catering to the younger fragrance wearer who wants to smell safe. There is nothing here to set it apart from other generic fresh scents

peppermoon
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Cheap smelling for Chanel – smells like vague tart fruit, jasmine and screechy vetiver. Chemical chemical.

J

JackTwist
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Very chemical smelling attempt at combining citrus fruit (grapefruit, blood orange) with a white floral (jasmine).

This is beneath Chanel, smelling of something aquatic and watery one would find on the “marked down to sell fast” bin at one’s local department store.

Harmless, but far from any conception of quality or uniqueness.

B

Bal a Versailles
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It’s a melange of citrus at the beginning, those who enjoyed the limited edition of Prada’s D’Oranger from the Infusion line will like this. Hanae Mori’s No 3 is in the same category. I find the opening a bit screechy but the dry down is elegant enough, although it doesn’t sing ‘Chanel’ to me and this marks it as the departure from Polge senior to his son as perfumer. It’s tenacious, so full marks for longevity when I have been alerted by poor performance in other Chanels being attenuated, so that’s a plus for many.
The master of the grapefruit opening is Jean Claude Elena, with all ‘Eau’ Citrus tending to lose their power within an hour, so it is interesting to see Olivier Polge create a perfume that still leaves the impression of a full citrus, even if it’s not quite there at the dry down. I can’t say I would buy it again, it gets on my nerves a bit in the same way that No 19 Poudre does. I suspect I will update this perfume review as my experience of this fragrance wears in. For now I strongly recommend ‘try before you buy’ as this perfume doesn’t relate well to the perfume that is ‘Chance’
P.S. It is better in summer weather and has grown on me a bit.

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