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Allure Homme(1999)

At a glance

Created by Jacques Polge for Chanel, Allure Homme opens on bergamot, coriander, and basil, moves through a heart of jasmine, cedar, and pepper, and closes on sandalwood, amber, vetiver, and vanilla, offering a refined, warm woody-aromatic composition as the masculine counterpart to Chanel's Allure.

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Brand

Chanel

Perfumer

Jacques Polge

Launched

1999

Family

Woody

Allure Homme is a fragrance from Chanel, released in 1999 and composed by Jacques Polge. It sits in the Woody family. It opens with Bergamot, Coriander, and Basil, moves into a heart of Jasmine, Cedarwood, and Pepper, and settles into a base of Sandalwood, Amber, Vetiver, and Vanilla.

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