The Chance range of fragrances are all good, so you can very much pick any of them and be happy to own a Chanel fragrance. However, wouldn’t it be better if you made an informed choice about which one should you buy rather than just going ahead and investing a huge amount of money? So, here we are to look at a comparison on Chanel Chance original perfume and Chance Eau Tendre. There is also another variant in this range called Eau Friasche, but since I don’t own that I won’t be talking about it at all; but I have heard that is also a good one and someday I want to lay my hands on that as well.
Now let’s look at some pointers which will help you figure out which variant of the Chance perfumes are better suited to you:
Any Chanel is nothing but classic and the original Chanel Chance is the most classic scent ever. Every fragrance lover usually aims to have at least one fragrance from the house of Chanel. If you are a fragrance lover, am sure you must have not only heard about the brand, but also wish to own a fragrance from their house as well. So, if you are into floral, musky or woody accords, then you can try your hands at Chanel Chance, the original one. This was released in 2005 and since then, it has been wooing women all over the world. There are indeed beautiful flankers of this perfume like Chanel Chance EAU TENDRE and Eau FRAÎCHE, but the original stands apart from the rest. Let’s take a look at why.
Packaging The word “Chance” means luck in French. Keeping that in mind, the bottle is designed to indicate wheel of fortune and hence it is round and transparent. If you are looking at the EDP version, then it will have a solid cap and if you are looking at an EDT variant of the same perfume, then it will have a transparent lid. It is pretty much the basic classic packaging for any Chance perfume bottles. Since I own the EDP bottle, I will be reviewing this variant. Scent The main accords of this perfume are musky and powdery. The top note of this perfume is pink pepper, while the middle notes comprise jasmine and iris. It is this jasmine that I can smell quite clearly. The base notes include patchouli, musk and vanilla. Out of these, I can definitely smell the musk and patchouli. May be it is the vanilla in this perfume that gives it a beautiful yellow color, but I cannot smell it in the perfume though. Overall, for me this scent indicates a woman who is smart and confident. Longevity and Silage I have not used to the EDT version, so exactly cannot say about its longevity or silage. However, the one I own is the EDP and both the longevity and silage is great. All the top notes fizzle out soon and you can easily smell the heart notes followed by the base notes, but it is very strong. So, few spritz goes a long way. Never, ever over spray with this one or else it will give you or people around you a headache; which is never the purpose of a perfume. It lasts a good amount of time on the skin and forever on the clothes. Quantity and Price Point There are various sizes available in the market for Chanel Chance. You can start with a 10ml, 20ml or 30ml tester to check whether you like the fragrance or not. In case you do, then you can invest in the bigger bottle which is 100ml. The testers start from Rs. 650 and the biggest bottle is priced around Rs. 8000. However, you need to be careful when buying Chanel perfumes as this brand is the most duped brand ever. If you get an immensely great deal of this brand anywhere online then there is a high chance that it is a duplicate product. So, always go to a store to sniff and buy Chanel perfumes unless you know authentic sources of your perfume. If I buy Chanel online, I trust Snap Perfumes where I can try out the testers, based on which I can decide whether I actually need the bigger bottle. Final Thought There is nothing like having a classic Chanel fragrance displayed on your vanity and Chance tops the list of such perfumes. So, definitely give the testers a try and then decide for yourself whether you want it or you can let it pass. After all there is no harm in trying a tester, sample or decant of a largely popular brand. You never know, you may end up getting your signature scent for life. Chanel is one brand you can never go wrong with. Whether you like soft scents or scents that can identify you apart from the entire crowd and make their heads turn, you will find something or the other for you in this brand. And the Chance line from Chanel, happens to be one of their best sellers; an all-time favorite every fragrance lover. The variant that I am going to talk about today is Eau Tendre.
As the name suggests, this one is really a tender scent that is the most inoffensive, mass-appealing and safe fragrance for anybody to wear. If you wear this, people will surely not only notice you, but give you a hell of a compliment as well. I have hardly come across anyone who dislikes this fragrance. So, let’s find out more about this perfume. Packaging A classic see through bottle with a light pink colored liquid is certainly something that looks great on anyone’s vanity. It is a round bottle with a steel-like round structure covering the entire circumference of the bottle. It has a plastic white cap, on top of which the logo of Chanel is embossed. The cap is decently sturdy. Why I say that because, even when the lid is sealed you can smell the awesome fragrance inside. However, that doesn’t mean that the lid is cheap and you will experience fragrance leakage. Trust me, none at all. Scent I have no words to describe what an immensely feminine, delicate and beautiful fragrance this is. With the top notes of grapefruit and quince, it opens up with a burst of fruitiness. Then it moves on to the floral essence of jasmine and hyacinth. Finally, when the base notes surface, you experience the wonderful blend of musk, Virginia cedar, iris and amber. However, I don’t get much of the amber in this fragrance. All I get is an amazing concoction of floral and fruity scent that is sensual and elegant and soothing at the same time. This is such a petite scent that even people with sensitive noses with enjoy it thoroughly. Longevity and Silage Longevity is great as I can smell it on me the next day as well after I have sprayed it. Although, this is an EDT, the performance is quite stunning. It may not work the same way for everyone as the body chemistry matters a lot when it comes to fragrance’s lasting power. It works beautifully on my skin and even better on clothes. Coming to the silage or the projection of this perfume, it is decent. It will leave a trail but not for long, since it has a mild fragrance in the first place. However, you will surely be able to smell it on you and people around you who are close to you can still smell it. Quantity and Price Point Now, before I delve into the quantity and price point, I want you to remember that we are talking about a high-end designer fragrance. So, it will definitely not be cheap at all. If you have that kind of budget, you can give this a try but whether you want to try it or not, you need to find that as well. For that you can try decants or samples of this perfume from offline stores or online stores such as Snap Perfumes. You can get samples of 10ml, 20ml or 30ml, which start from Rs. 650 and move upwards. If you feel satisfied and the need for the full size bottle, which is 100ml, you can invest in that too. The full price of the bottle as shown online is Rs. 9500, but I have a policy that I never pay full price for anything. So, if you keep checking Snap Perfumes, Flipkart or Amazon, you may also bag great discounts on this perfume as well. Final Thoughts Amazing and simply a keeper for life – that’s what I can say in a nutshell. I don’t see any reason why anyone will not like this perfume, but I know affordability is a huge factor for a fragrance from any designer house. So, what I do is I save sufficiently and delve into a bottle of a fragrance that I like, but before that I surely try a tester, sample or decant to be absolutely sure about the fragrance I am investing in. It is no surprise that products from the US based brand Bath and Body Works are not inexpensive in India. Well, they may be a drugstore brand in the US, but in India, it definitely falls anything beyond the drugstore category. So, if you are a fragrance lover and yet don’t want to splurge as much as a whopping Rs. 1295 for a bottle of their fragrance mist, then you can try this much affordable alternative – Ultimate Desire by Dorall Collection.
Dorall Collection happens to be a brand from UAE that works with lots of impression perfumes. Now, I don’t know whether this is also a perfume created as an impression of A Thousand Wishes from Bath and Body Works, but they smell almost exactly same to my nose. Let’s take a look at why. Perfume Notes The notes in A Thousand Wishes include pink presecco, crystal peonies, gilded amber and amaretto crème. While the notes in Ultimate Desire include similar notes such as, peony, amber, and almond cream. However, it is not restricted to these notes alone as there are more notes in Ultimate Desire than you get in A Thousand Wishes. To know more about the notes in Ultimate Desire, check out my review of this perfume, here. Overall, both are creamy, edible and gourmandish perfumes which smell quite identical and if I may say Ultimate Desire has more layers in it than A Thousand Wishes. Packaging When talking about the packaging, I cannot seem to pick out any preference point as both have stunning packaging. You can take a look at the image only to understand that both would look absolutely great on anyone’s vanity. So, when it comes to packaging, I think both are equally nice. Longevity and Silage Both have good longevity and silage but since one is a mist and another one is EDP, there is a basic difference here. A Thousand Wishes is a mist, so reapplication is part of its lifecycle. Whereas, Ultimate Desire is an EDP, which lasts forever on your skin and clothes. So, it is not necessary for you to take it around with you for reapplication. Price Point The major difference in these similar smelling fragrances is the price point. Where, A Thousand Wishes is available at Rs. 1295, Ultimate Desire is available at Rs. 599. Yes, kind of at half price. Now, if you even get discount on A Thousand Wishes, you can grab it at Rs. 799. On the other hand, on discount you can get your hands on Ultimate Desire at as low as Rs, 350. So, even on discount, it is cheaper than A Thousand Wishes. Final Thoughts In closure, I will say that A Thousand Wishes is a stunning fragrance. I love it so much that I cannot even say enough to justify the beauty it is. However, the fact is that it is not accessible and affordable for a lot of people in India. So, if you think you can access and afford this beauty, you should definitely go ahead and try this one. However, if you still want to experience the great smelling mist, you can try the Ultimate Desire EDP by Dorall Collection. Trust me, no one will ever be able to tell the difference that you are not wearing A Thousand Wishes. After all, that is what a dupe or impression perfumes are supposed to do, right? So, this is for those people who want to enjoy the fragrance mist from Bath and Body Works but are unable to do that. Whichever way works for you, bottom line is do try this fragrance. Do you associate good fragrance with moments and memories? Do you think fragrances can take you to places without even moving an inch from your place? Do you think fragrances can bring back a lot of memories? If your answer is yes to any of these questions, then you will be able to enjoy the fine fragrance mist named A Thousand Wishes by Bath and Body Works. This mist really smells to me as my happy place would smell like.
Everyone has a happy place where they drift off to get back their zeal, so that they can deal with the harsh realities of life. For me such a happy place is where I snuggle up in a wooden house up in the hills with a hot cup of cocoa and great a book to read. In front of me there will be a fireplace, where slow and consistent blaze will lit up the room keeping warm. It is exactly this place that I can think of from the first time I sniffed A Thousand Wishes fine fragrance mist. So, let’s get into this fragrance more to know about it. Packaging The previous packaging of this mist was a cherry red bottle with a very different formula. However, the latest packaging is a stunning see-through pink bottle with rose gold flecks embedded all around the center of the bottle. Even the lid is a rosy plastic cap that is decently sturdy, but like I say in case of body mists or perfumes, it is better to avoid holding the bottle with the lid. Coming to the spray, it is a silver colored spray which emits perfect spritz. Overall a great packaging and you can see from the image itself, how great it will look on anybody’s vanity. Scent Oh my God! I cannot rave enough about how great the smell is. Whether you spritz it once or go overboard with it, you cannot go wrong with a scent like that. Though it is definitely a winter scent with the note of amber that gives this scent its warmth, but you can wear this all year as well. At least, I will surely do that. So, let’s go through the notes. It has a beautiful blend of pink presecco, crystal peonies, gilded amber and amaretto crème. Now I can identify only two notes here, which are amber and crème. It is these two notes that give this scent its sweetness, gourmand-ish and warm flavor. It may be because of the peonies, it is kind of floral as well. I am not sure what pink presecco smells like so I cannot talk about that. But the blend that the other three notes deliver, is bound to blow your mind away. Longevity and Silage I have always heard that Bath and Body Works mists don’t last long as they are considered drugstore products in the US. Well, they are certainly not drugstore here and I didn’t find issues with the longevity either. This particular variant lasts quite well for a mist on my body. I can say that I get a wear time of about 4-5 hours out of A Thousand Wishes. Even the silage is quite good as people around you would definitely notice the sweet, warm, floral and happy fragrance that you are wearing. If I may say so, in India, they are charging quite a lot of a bottle of this; so it better be good. Quantity and Price Point This one and all the fine fragrance mists from Bath and Body Works comes in a whooping 236ml bottle that will last you quite long. However, it comes at a steep price point of Rs. 1295, which is quite a lot for a mist. Considering that is shipped from the US and you get it delivered at your doorstep and the quality of the scent that you get, I think it is not that bad a deal. Still, if you keep your eyes open for the discounts happening at bathandbodyworks.in, you may be able to grab these mists at as good as Rs. 799. There are round the year discounts offered at this website and also at Amazon and Flipkart, which can save you a lot of your bucks. The offline presence of this US based brand is not that strong in India, but you can definitely place an order online. If you check now, bathandbodyworks.in has currently a sale going on. So, you can get this mist at great prices as well. Final Thought This is definitely a scent worth trying and am sure once you do, you will fall in love with this one. If you try this and like it, don’t forget to leave a comment here or tag me if you post a picture or feedback on this. |
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