I felt that I needed something easy into my collection. Something classy yet comfortable and cozy, something delicate and not so unique. Sometimes I feel so exhausted that I don’t even have power to understand my own mood. If I wear some bold scent with a big character while feeling like that I just get confused. With these two scents I don’t have to think absolutely anything, no weather, neither clothes, not even how I really feel. ❓Do you recognize that mood? CHANEL Coco Noir Jacques Polge and Christopher Sheldrake 2012 Delightful very crowd pleasing mix of flowers in a warm woody base - I don’t find anything so “noir” in this one but there is a gentle breeze of warm spices. The scent is seductive and traditionally feminine. It’s delightful but it doesn’t force me to be in a good mood. I want an extrait of this one as well since it shoud have that “noir” confidence boost in it. Haven’t tried it though. NARCISO RODRIGUEZ Musk Noir Rose Sonia Constant 2022 I fell in love with so many scents from NR while trying to find something inconspicuous, almost imperceptible yet attractive and sensual. I love the powdery clean musky dna in them, they are like a tender hug, I feel like I’m wrapped in a enormous fluffy cashmere blanket escaping this cruel world. Musc Noir Rose has a sweet twist in it from Plum and Vanilla. All of them smells irresistible on cloths.

I got my girlfriend to try this first as I suspected it would be nice and I was correct in my assumption. I managed to get a sample and tried it on my skin too. Typical Chanel really, wonderfully understated but maybe a little too much so for the striking black bottle and name. In other words nothing dark or sexy about this fragrance at all really, It's quite lightweight. I was expecting dark thick, chocolately patchouli and tonka bean, with the fresh slightly floral notes and something similar to Black Orchid. Instead the patchouli is floral and light with a mixture of woody creamy notes of sandalwood and a slightly balmy, musky, rose with sweet floral and citrus notes in the opening. The drydown is a nice soft powdery patchouli/vanilla. Coco Noir delivers a complexity which comes over as effortless which is a huge positive. It's a great fragrance, technically well executed... I mean what else did I expect from Chanel? Well I was expecting the possibility of being able to wear it myself which I can't... not because I couldn't pull it off, I simply don't like it enough. This sums it up for me... The shop assistant said "It's luminous isn't it?" and my girlfriend quickly and politely responded "yes...yes it is!" I said "Nah...not really?" I just didn't think "Luminous" was an appropriate adjective to describe it but it's definitely not dark, or sexy or 'noir' enough for my liking, so maybe she was right?