Is Inspired Oil Perfumes Bleu de Chanel a dupe of Chanel Bleu de Chanel?
Bleu de Chanel EDP
| EDP | Concentration | Oil |
| M | Gender | M |
| 2014 | Year | - |
| ££ | Price Tier | £ |
Bleu de Chanel Oil
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Where they differ
Biggest gaps first. The bolder side leads.
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How it unfolds
Notes
- Bleu de Chanel
- Bleu de Chanel
- in both
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Which Should You Buy?
A woody-aromatic all-rounder, strong enough to last all day and clean enough for the office. Grapefruit and mint give a fresh lift, ginger and nutmeg add spice, and incense and cedar finish.
Inspired By Bleu de Chanel gets the citrus-mint-woody shape right on paper, but the oil format kills the sillage that made the original a mainstream phenomenon, so it wears as a close, quiet woody-citrus rather than the room-filling classic.
Scent Profile
How They Wear
Mood
Notes
Top Notes
Top Notes
Heart Notes
Heart Notes
Ginger
28%
vs
29%
Jasmine
24%
vs
22%
Nutmeg
24%
vs
25%
Melon
23%
vs
22%
Lemon
16%
vs
24%
Grapefruit
16%
vs
29%
Amber
16%
vs
14%
Incense
16%
vs
16%
Cedar
14%
vs
16%
Mint
14%
vs
24%
Sandalwood
14%
vs
14%
Pink Pepper
13%
vs
21%
Amberwood
13%
vs
13%
Patchouli
13%
vs
11%
Labdanum
12%
vs
11%
Amber
16%
vs
14%
Incense
16%
vs
16%
Cedar
14%
vs
16%
Sandalwood
14%
vs
14%
Amberwood
13%
vs
13%
Patchouli
13%
vs
11%
Labdanum
12%
vs
11%
Note weights are our estimate from each note's place in the pyramid, not the share of the formula. Brands do not publish formulations.
Performance
Season and Occasion Fit
Seasons
Citrus freshness over a warm woody base suits spring and autumn best. It can be worn all year, but intense summer humidity and deep winter cold are less kind to it.
Occasions
Office and formal settings are its strongest ground, and the woody drydown carries well on dates and casual days too. It is not a gym scent.
Seasons
A citrus-woody scent that works across most of the year, though it lacks the bright lift the spray brings to summer wear.
Occasions
Clean and grounded enough for the office and casual wear alike, without the reach for big formal occasions.
Similarity Breakdown
Our estimate of how alike these two fragrances smell, calculated from their published notes. It is a position on our scale, not a measured percentage of shared smell.
Every one of its 15 notes is in the original, including Pink Pepper, Grapefruit, Lemon
Without aldehydes and bergamot
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