Les Exclusifs de Chanel Misia, from Chanel was released in 2015. The perfumer behind this creation is Olivier Polge. It has the top notes of Aldehydes and Lychee, middle notes of Peach, Raspberry, and Rose, and base notes of Benzoin, Iris, Mimosa, Orris Root, Powdery Notes, Tonka Bean, Vanilla, and Violet.
Just going back and familiarizing myself with the peerless Les Exclusifs collection from Chanel. It's one of those lines that I know is just quality across the board but there's not much in there to truly excite in terms of cutting edge perfumery or whatever. But hey you reach a certain age where you go pffft! who needs cutting edge? I want old stuff done really, really bloody well, and actually to be fair there's quite a few in the collection which are not tropes and don't necessarily have an easily traceable ancestry, although perhaps a Chanel one. So Misia is a perfect example of this, the ultimate powder puff fragrance, delivering, customary Chanel sparkle in the opening, and somewhat raspberry rose juice, to butter smooth, cosmetic powder in the midsection. Some of these Ionone/Irone rich fragrances tend to lean in certain directions but here I get a lovely blend of fleshy, vegetal orris and fresh, but powdery, make up, iris but with that heavy violet tinged bias, which I love. I get that leather sensation of a cuir de russie, it's elegant, lovely, pretty all those things. For me personally I have to be in the mood for this kind of fragrance it doesn't quite have the versatility of a cuir de russie but that doesn't make it any less special. Comparisions to Frederic Malle's Lipstick Rose are valid, I can completely get the comparison. However, tonally they are different. Misia is much more in the pastel tone of chanel as apposed to the more high contrast, out there, 'fun' rosier, fruitier, Ralf Schweiger effort for Frederic Malle. I love both.
Just going back and familiarizing myself with the peerless Les Exclusifs collection from Chanel. It's one of those lines that I know is just quality across the board but there's not much in there to truly excite in terms of cutting edge perfumery or whatever. But hey you reach a certain age where you go pffft! who needs cutting edge? I want old stuff done really, really bloody well, and actually to be fair there's quite a few in the collection which are not tropes and don't necessarily have an easily traceable ancestry, although perhaps a Chanel one. So Misia is a perfect example of this, the ultimate powder puff fragrance, delivering, customary Chanel sparkle in the opening, and somewhat raspberry rose juice, to butter smooth, cosmetic powder in the midsection. Some of these Ionone/Irone rich fragrances tend to lean in certain directions but here I get a lovely blend of fleshy, vegetal orris and fresh, but powdery, make up, iris but with that heavy violet tinged bias, which I love. I get that leather sensation of a cuir de russie, it's elegant, lovely, pretty all those things. For me personally I have to be in the mood for this kind of fragrance it doesn't quite have the versatility of a cuir de russie but that doesn't make it any less special. Comparisions to Frederic Malle's Lipstick Rose are valid, I can completely get the comparison. However, tonally they are different. Misia is much more in the pastel tone of chanel as apposed to the more high contrast, out there, 'fun' rosier, fruitier, Ralf Schweiger effort for Frederic Malle. I love both.