Chanel
Égoïste
Woody Spicy · 1990 · Jacques Polge
Longevity
Moderate
Sillage
Moderate
Occasion
Office/Daily
Seasonality
Summer
A spiced wood built on rosewood and mahogany, with cinnamon and carnation adding heat and rose softening the middle. Tobacco and amber deepen the base into something dry, dignified, and a little old-world.
Taste Profile
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On Zenyra's five taste axes, Égoïste is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure, and keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere.
Égoïste sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber. That is 44th percentile for warmth across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Égoïste sits mid-range on projection, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle. That is 79th percentile for projection across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Égoïste is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure. That is 21st percentile for risk across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Égoïste sits mid-range on texture, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle.
Égoïste keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 29th 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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