I just bought a bottle straight from www.chanel.com and the juice is the same strong and powerful blast as my bottle from the late 90's. BTW when you Buy a fresh bottle from Chanel it comes in a nice black bag. did u get that bag? Maybe she got a fake. Ive seen many fake Egoistes and smelled some bottles that were badly stored hence ruining the juice. If you buy straight from Chanel they guarantee fresh juice and i buy ALOT from www.chanel.com
Some pics of your new bottle may help bc i literally just got a new bottle from Chanel this Christmas. We can compare bottles if you want. Im not good w pics on here but id be happy to email u pics of my new box n bottle. Let me know via PM Buddy.
Listen, if it smells off or is even a fake, return it and purchase from www.chanel.com. My advice wear it a few more times, if it is still off, return it and keep your GF up to speed, likely she will understand and be totally cool. I totally feel for ya bc Egoiste, like many, is my grail.
PS, just a thought, i just checked, my box had very thin black cardboard with like lines in it. Hard to explain but again PM me for pics.