Reviews of Allure Eau de Toilette (1996)
by Chanel

Disappointing and cheap compared with the pure parfum which is remarkable, delicious. Save up for the parfum or the EDP: this EDT is a waste of time.

This fragrance smells afwul on my skin! I tried it at the airport just before flying, felt literally sick during the whole flight!! Sooo powdery, so heavy (although I had sprayed only once?!). I want to give it one more try with Allure Sensuelle, I've heard it's a lot softer and a bit sweeter, but the original Allure is definitely not working for me...

Putrid. Should be renamed "Appalling". A vulgar, noxious cloud that seems to be the choice of females who already draw enough attention to themselves by their unpleasant nature (clawing, materialistic, shallow and predictably difficult and demanding towards all lesser mortals) and make themselves only appreciated by their abscence. Like this insult to Mlle. Chnel's philosphy 'Luxe is simplicity". Next!

Allure is lovely, but finishes too quickly. It's a shame it doesn't have the stamina to last....at least on me.

I know this has been very popular around the world and it does have a nice smell, but it is not what I'd call special. To me it almost smells like a light floral with just a hint of spice, but it is so subtle that I had to spray a lot on just to check what it smelled like. It wouldn't work for me because I would find it a little too bland. I like a little more punch to a scent. So I would say it's a beautiful smell, but just not for me.

I own this fragrance, but have not been wearing it as of late. It is a nice, pleasnat floral that I can wear and smell good in, but not distinctive.

It's a feminine, powdery smell but like the previous reviewer said, it just lacks vitality. It's very ladylike and a bit strong for me - gives me a headache sometimes. But it's quite pleasant if you spray just a tiny bit.

This is what I'd classify a "Nice" fragrance. It is pleasant enough, no offensive notes or off-color combinations. For my taste, it lacks vitality. A little too plain. I much prefer a scent with more variation & distinct evolution.

I really like this fragrance.It's classy, but not too heavy.It has this nice combination of flowers...mostly roses and jasmin on me,combined with a spicy note.The drydown gets a littlebit less sweet and turns more woody.One of my favourite Chanels:)

Something about Chanel fragrances, I just don't care for any of them. Even the Allure body creme smelled like an ashtray on me like all the Chanel fragrances. Chalk it up to body chemistry.

My favorite scent. Totally warm and comforting. It's great for any time of day and throughout the whole week. Definitely has something "alluring" about it.

Something about the particular Chanel fragrance alchemy sometimes makes things seem what they aren't, and this very much applies to Allure in my experience. As with Cristalle, the first thing that springs to mind when I consider Allure is leather - in this case, a lightweight glove leather as opposed to Cristalle's tangy, just-taken-off-a-horse saddle leather. (Where it comes from, I know not; I'd say vetiver, which gives Allure its warm depth and velvetiness, but Cristalle doesn't have any.) I find Allure - in any strength, from eau fraiche to EDP, though it's the EDT I've worn the most consistently - to be a very rich fragrance, one that can easily overpower. A touch is fine, but more than that can be overkill. And I don't at all find it to be sweet or oriental in nature; I think rather that Chanel came up with it as a really quite brilliant transitional fragrance to span the gap between the very Eighties-ish Coco and the newer generation "21st century" scents like Coco Mademoiselle (which has a lineup of notes strikingly similar to Allure, with the patchouli in the Coco Mad mix being the dealbreaker) and Chance. Allure's a great fragrance in its own right, I feel, and one I really enjoy wearing, yet not quite distinctive enough to join the pantheon of GCCs (Great Chanel classics) like Cristalle, Number 5 or Number 19.

Allure is one of the sexiest, most beautiful scents in the world. It has perfect vetiver-vanilla warmth, with just enough feminine powdery notes to make it good for day or night wear, elegant wear, or casual wear.