Chanel
Coromandel
Amber Oriental · 2007 · Jacques Polge
Longevity
Long
Sillage
Strong
Occasion
Romantic/Evening
Seasonality
Winter
Earthy patchouli and frankincense wrap around a dark chocolate note over warm benzoin, rich and resinous. It projects with quiet authority, sweetness held in check by smoke and wood. Refined and enveloping.
Taste Profile
The Anchor
The Dry Warmth
Warm enough to be felt. Dry enough to mean it.
There is warmth here but nothing soft about it. It arrives without apology and stays without asking. Substance over comfort, every time.
See your own Taste Map →How Coromandel smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Coromandel is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure, and reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory.
Coromandel reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory. That is 87th percentile for warmth across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Coromandel carries across a room and announces itself. That is 93rd percentile for projection across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Coromandel is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure. That is 7th percentile for risk across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Coromandel sits mid-range on texture, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle. That is 21st percentile for texture across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Coromandel keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 13th percentile for sweetness across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Projection, risk and texture describe how a fragrance behaves in a room and on skin. Where wear reports are thin, those scores rest near the middle by design, so a mid-range reading here is a statement about the evidence as much as about the scent. Warmth and sweetness are derived from composition and do not carry that caveat.
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