My review of Pour Monsieur (The original) was very short and sweet and didn't offer a great deal of insight due to me only wearing it a couple of times from a sample I had a few years back. I had been looking for this Concentree for a while as they're usually said to be much better (Egoiste for example) but I'm not sure. Okay so this starts out from memory, very similar to Pour Monsieur in that it has a lemony citrus top which is actually slightly less sharp than the original. Lemon is not listed in the notes here which is surprising and could potentially be a mixture with other fruit and petitgrain for example which gives a slightly different character. My nose can detect the difference but not what's causing it...if you get me? A little spice, cardamom and resin in the heart as it settles maybe some vetiver? it's clean and pleasant. As it dries down the main player is oakmoss, for me the oakmoss makes this scent what it is... Masculine. I think mature but fresh is a good way to describe it. The oakmoss can also could be perceived as dated because of this but I think Pour Monsieur Concentree strikes a very good balance which gives it a timeless quality and definitely has the classy well blended feel of classic Chanel fragrance. Chanel will never be one of my favourite houses but having said that I own (or have owned)and enjoy many of their fragrances. When I think about it there's only Anateus that I don't enjoy (and even that intrigues me still!) so really they're not doing too badly. Longevity is good on this one on my skin and the projection is subtle and classy but I think people who get close will smell you.

Love this. I have a mini from 1991 and it's different from the current version and the original EDT. But is it significant enough to warrant finding an old bottle? This has the classic lemony scent but not that of the EDT it's fresh but creamy and rounded also from the get go, with a soft greeness, reminiscent of Balmain and Rochas classic cologne/green type fragrances. It has those mossy notes in the opening but it's by no means a proper oakmoss, masculine fragrance....It's very Chanel, very retrained. I get a creamed wood base I associate with sandalwood (or at least sandalwood AC's) but it could cedar and definitely vanilla, lending that milky sweetness. I really like it. I would perhaps seek out a full size vintage bottle but I know without looking it will be pricey, and as nice as it is, Pour Monsieur Concentree EDT doesn't make me desperately yearn for it. Really enjoying revisiting this one today though.