Fragrance Notes
Gabrielle Moisturizing Body Lotion 200ml
Dry skin loses perfume within the hour, which is the practical argument for Chanel Gabrielle Moisturizing Body Lotion 200ml. A lotion is thinner than a cream, absorbs quickly and suits the whole body rather than particular patches, so it is the format to use daily rather than occasionally. Applied to damp skin after a bath it conditions and scents in one step, and it gives whatever you spray afterwards something to hold onto. The scent is built on four white flowers. Jasmine gives the creamy warmth, ylang ylang the dense sweetness, orange blossom a clean brightness over the top, and Grasse tuberose the fullness, waxy and faintly green beneath its richness. Grasse is the region in the south of France that has grown flowers for perfumery for centuries, and tuberose grown there is what gives this arrangement its weight.
It is a short composition and it behaves like one. There is nothing to wait for and nothing that turns, only an even floral softness that fades over a few hours in the way a body product does rather than lasting as a fragrance would. It is sold to women, it works in any season, and it is at its most useful in winter and in air conditioning, both of which dry skin out and shorten the life of a perfume. Layer it under the matching scent or use it on its own for something quieter. Four materials and a soft finish will not satisfy anyone looking for drama, but that is not what a body lotion is bought for. A 200ml bottle covers a good deal of skin and lasts accordingly, and it makes an easy present for somebody who wears the fragrance already.
The house was begun in Paris in 1910 by Gabrielle Chanel, whose first business sold hats, and it entered perfumery eleven years later with N°5.
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