Chanel · 2016
La Pausa Eau de Parfum Eau de Parfum
Longevity
Long-lasting5-8 hours
Projection
ModerateFills your personal space
Polarising
Mixed
powdery iris with fresh green vetiver
Scent Notes
Floral
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Snapshot
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About This Perfume
La Pausa Eau de Parfum by Chanel is a Floral Woody Musk fragrance for women. La Pausa Eau de Parfum was launched in 2016. The nose behind this fragrance is Jacques Polge. The fragrance features Iris, Woody Notes, Green Notes and Powdery Notes. La Pausa Eau de Parfum, "a perfume of rarity," is signed by Jacques Polge and inspired by the luxury and simplicity of Mademoiselle Chanel’s summer house above the village of Roque Brune. The elegant woody-floral scent reveals different facets of iris: earthy, powdery, shimmering, and secretive. The fragrance is available as a 75 ml and a 200 ml Eau de Parfum.
Concentration
Eau de Parfum
Projection
Moderate
Gender lean
Leans feminine
The verdict
Best for
Chanel released No 5 in 1921 and has maintained one of the most disciplined fragrance catalogues in luxury ever since; Scendira currently stocks 40 of the 281 Chanel fragrances catalogued. Prices run $13 to $334. The catalogue splits into three: the classic feminine icons (No 5, Coco, Coco Mademoiselle, Chance), the masculine line (Bleu de Chanel, Allure Homme, Antaeus), and Les Exclusifs de Chanel, the house's higher-concentration niche tier (Coromandel, Sycomore, Beige, 1957). Top five by rating in stock right now: Allure Homme Edition Blanche EDP (lemon-bergamot-sandalwood, 2014), Allure Homme Edition Blanche (2008), Les Exclusifs Coromandel (amber-chocolate-incense), Allure Homme Sport Cologne (2007), and Coco EDT (1984 floral amber). If you want one place to start: Bleu (masculine) or Coco Mademoiselle (feminine).
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