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post #1 of 12
7/30/10 at 12:57am
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chanel Les Exclusifs
sycomore
gardenia
cuir de russie
eau de cologne
are for woman ,man or unisex?
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post #2 of 12
7/30/10 at 1:04am
Why does it matter? If you like these and want to wear them then just do. The bottles are unisex for a start, plain and simple as is the norm with Chanel.
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post #3 of 12
7/30/10 at 1:05am
Well... Out of those four Les Exclusifs (Sycomore, Gardenia, Cuir de Russie and Eau de Cologne), Gardenia is the most sweetly floral and feminine. The other three are comfortably unisex.
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post #4 of 12
7/30/10 at 2:32am
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the beige and no22 ?
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post #5 of 12
7/30/10 at 6:17am
I've only tried the EDC, Rue Cambon (amazing) and Bois des Iles, but those to me were unisex
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post #6 of 12
7/30/10 at 6:58am
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Beige is floral (hawthorne) at the start but dries down to a warm amber...so it could be unisex. I think No. 22 being a straight up white floral is more feminine but then I do not advocate dividing scent by gender. Florals smell amazing on men. I find them quite attractive. I do not care one bit if a scent is marketed to a man or a woman, I judge it on it's own merits.
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post #7 of 12
7/31/10 at 5:01am
They are for whoever likes them and wants to wear them - and don't let marketing rule their scent sampling/purchases.
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post #8 of 12
7/31/10 at 11:26am
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Originally Posted by petruccijc View Post

They are for whoever likes them and wants to wear them - and don't let marketing rule their scent sampling/purchases.

Ditto, though Cuir de Russie, Eau de Cologne, and Sycomore might be considered more conventionally unisex or "masculine" than the obviously floral Gardenia and No. 22. Of the other Les Exculisfs scents I've tried, I'd also consider Bel Respiro, Bois des Îles and Coromandel comparatively more consistent with traditional expectations of "masculine" fragrance than some of the rest.
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post #9 of 12
7/31/10 at 10:11pm
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Originally Posted by petruccijc View Post

They are for whoever likes them and wants to wear them - and don't let marketing rule their scent sampling/purchases.

Ditto as well.
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post #10 of 12
8/13/10 at 5:49pm
What irks me is that the seem to only be available in a 6.8 oz size, at least according to the Chanel website.... Looks like I will have to stick to decants...
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post #11 of 12
8/13/10 at 6:34pm
Sycomore, totally unisex imo.
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post #12 of 12
8/14/10 at 3:49am
You don't want to be missing out on smelling nice. If it smells good on you and you think you can pull it off, wear it. My favorite is Coromandel. I still have yet to smell Cuir de Russie.
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