Allure Homme Sport Cologne (2007)
by Chanel

Lemon done wrong.

The lemon in Allure Homme Sport Cologne is too sour and invasive; its prominence clashes with everything else. Loud, annoying, and just when it finally starts to calm down, it's gone.

Want a lemon soliflore? Try Monsieur Balmain or YSL Pour Homme.

9th May, 2011.

Wonderful zippy, zesty, tart opening of grapefruit and citron juice. Love it! Stays quite linear from top to bottom, and lasts anywhere from 30 minutes to 4 hours on my skin depending on how liberal I am with the application. Keep in mind this fragrance is EDC strength and isn't meant to last a very long time. A fantastic choice for hot weather!

30th January, 2011.

This stuff is terrible, and I feel terrible to say so because I love Chanel fragrances but this is not even close to as good as Allure Sport EDT. Too citrusy, and lacks many things, I dont even know where to begin. I have a 5 oz bottle as well if anyone wants to swap who likes this stuff!

18th December, 2010.

Very nice opening of fresh lemons that don't seem of the synthetic type. I definitely prefer this normal Allure Homme Sport, only because here it's lemons and there it was an ill-executed orange. The rest is the same, nice spices start developing and go into a good tonka base. Could be better maybe, but above many other Sport varieties I've tested.

22nd April, 2010.

Warm citrus, zesty, energising, uplifting, very mediterranean feel. One of the previous reviewers is right that it resembles Annick Goutal's Eau d'Hadrien, although IMO Sport Colonge has less herbal notes and more pure citruses (I like'em both!). Can be used together with La Prairie's Sea Energy body fragrance (another great citrus), makes an interesting combination - the latter lasts longer despite Sport Colonge's decent longevity. My wife finds Sport Cologne too sour and lemony but for me it's one of the faves.

15th April, 2010.

When I first smell this fragrance it smells like lemon and grapefruit juice - its an Annick Goutal Hadrian clone for the first couple hours. Not quite as nice as Hadrian, not bad either but, boring. My biggest complaint is the citrus juice dominant first first hour or so. After it dries down the Allure elements start to emerge and blend with the light tart citrus. The Allure part of it is noticeable as a synthetic wood layered over tonka or vanilla with that crystaline musk gives it an ozonic sparkle. These same synthetic sweet wood notes seem common to all the Chanel Allures, Pour Monsieur Concentree and Platinum Egoiste as well. Allure Homme Sport is a Lemon Sorbet as it dries down! Actually smells quite nice if you could sneak up on the drydown without having to wade through the boring citrus opening. I like it sort of and give it a 7.5 / 10 for a cautious thumbs up.

15th March, 2010.