Chanel Les Exclusifs Cuir de Russie for women - Opinios Reviews

Chanel Les Exclusifs Cuir de Russie starts by smelling precisely like saddle soap on leather. With the leather there's some sort of flower that I'm assuming is the iris with a touch of saltiness. This stage is very complicated. I enjoy it's intricacy and harmony. Then it moves to a powder touched aldehyde stage that's signature Chanel and some gorgeous floral. It holds up for about six hours and it sometimes gets so dazzling, unpredictable but always fascinating.

Being used to rather harsh, bold and daring leather fragrances, I must admit it was a genuine pleasure to encounter a soft and delicate leather scent for a change. This one is for sure refined and smoothened to the maximum.
I get lots of leather and jasmine at the background, which altogether make a kind of mild yet slighltly nauseating and animalic smell. It is both alluring and somehow distancing at the same time.
Sillage is pretty low on me as Cuir de Russie is definitely a close to the skin and intimate concoction, but longevity is excellent for such a delicate scent - about 10 hrs.

Wow, this is a fabulous fragrance. I'm a man and I love wearing this. I guess the connotation of leather and men go together somehow. It's rich and long lasting and projects nicely. Delve in and wear this while dressing up, running errands or an evening wear before going to bed. What is it about wearing Chanel at bedtime? The magnetic cap is fantastic. JG 022012

Warning, PG18 ahead. Ok, I am risking getting stoned for this but here goes, this smells of sex! Wild, animalistic, no-holds and no-frills sex like what Samantha has in Sex & The City. First blast I smell sourish sweat (in a good way, not BO) mixed with tanned hides. As it dries down the sourness of it calms down and the light florals dance their way into this smoky, erotic, narcotic scent. (I really wonder how far Ernest Beaux researched into getting "the essence of Chanel's affair with the Grand Duke")- it's almost as if someone bottled their bedsheets, carpets and wherever else their amour took them. This never becomes floral or sweet, it stays firmly in the Oriental-Woody for me. This is not an obnoxious leather scent for those who are wary of leather notes like I am, having once tried a Serge Lutens one that made me think of leather couches and turned me off forever. I have to say THIS is the scent that has changed the way I look at Chanel forever, although having had or tried many others in the range, none have knocked the socks off me the way this one has. This is an EDT but it lasts forever. Sillage remains close to body. I have to excuse myself now as my fevered brain goes into overdrive. To Russia and decadent sex, with love!