CH Men Grand Tour

comparing to CH men, where there are sugar cane taste to it. This starts with a clear suede leather with some incense. Strong ! Second phase it dries down to a mahogany + vanilla + leather vibe that reminds me of opening a vintage guitar case, or just a vintage leather bag. (Hmm....I can certainly spray this on my leather goods, cases, and bags.) It is still sweet but instead of sugar cane sweet, it is more of a vanilla sweet. Nutmeg, and spices. Sillage seems to be less than than CH men. Due to the lack of the same sweetness and we all know sweet travels far. More mature, yes. The vanilla and mahogany gives it a warm sensual feeling. Just behind all these scents hides the original CH Men quietly in the background. You would need to get close to your skin to see that behind the new vanilla suede , the atmosphere around you is still CH men. I imagine one could put both CH men and Grand Tour on your body and they would compliment each other perfectly. As a whole I like this fragrance so far. After loving CH men, I immediately got this bottle expecting it to take me for another journey. It did not disappoint, on a journey I went! I am a man carrying leather bags, leather whips, on a train...having vanilla ice-cream. Watching the sugar cane field outside my window but can't smell the sugar cane. I can see them though! This is what Indiana Jones would smell like. Or any qualified crocodile hunter. As the bottle suggests, the owner of the bottle have taken great lengths to skin a croc for the bottle. Gold plated Caps, sprays, and CH logo makes this bottle quite the catch. I overspray to see if it gets cloying. 3 times on the same spot on both arms , a total of 6. Nope. It is just vanilla, leather. It doesn't make me want wash it off. The original Ch men would give me a headache if I overspray due to the sweetness. This is less sweet. Do I like it?! Yes! Happy that I bought it? Yes! Limited edition means it is not mass marketed and you will be unique. Price? Around US$70 Out of Chanel's Allure line. My favorite is eau extreme. If anyone smelt the drydown of that fragrance, this Grand Tour also has that thick vanilla, leather, nutmeg creamy sweetness about it. Scent: 9/10 (further testings required for a 10, need to ask women) Sillage:8/10 Longevity: 7/10 (Without the sugar cane blast it quickly dries down to a skin scent of vanilla leather.) "A scent is never a great scent if women don't like it" -I made that up I shall be wearing this to the closest women gathering and shall report back the results. To women who has smelt this scent. Please enlighten us with your thoughts! Thanks in Advance!

CH Men Grand Tour is a worthy limited edition release flanking the often lauded and occasionally disparaged, CH Men. Of the four flankers surrounding CH Men (others include Sport, Africa, and Prive), Grand Tour is the best, and you will probably enjoy it if you are already a fan of the original, and it's possible you'll like it even if you are not. Grand Tour maintains the basic DNA of CH Men; a spicy sugar cane note over saffron and leather. However, the portions have been adjusted, and the leather (suede) note is stronger and more upfront than in the original. Furthermore, some vanilla has been added to the base, which compliments it well as it transitions from the darker mid. This is a darker and deeper version of CH Men. The opening is not as sweet as the original, since the sugar cane note has been toned down and the leather amped up. It is a solid leather note--clean and plush--and it lends some welcome maturity to the fragrance, while keeping it soft and sensual at the same time. The spices are more robust here as well, and they work in tandem with the leather to create a bolder, stronger character. Grand Tour just seems to have more dimension to it. While I'm a big fan of CH Men, in comparison to Grand Tour it does not feel as substantial, and Grand Tour really seems be of a superior quality. That's not to say that I like it more--I still find CH Men a little easier to wear--but I can safely say that it's worth the extra cash for Grand Tour, as you're moving up along the quality scale. If I were to explain how I see the differences between the two fragrances, other than the notes, I'd say this: CH Men is a great fragrance to wear on a loose, casual night out. Grand Tour can be reserved for nights with a little more purpose or import. Grand Tour is a grown up's version of CH Men, with a little more class, severity, and elegance. Is it worth owning both? In my opinion, it is not. As my bottle of CH Men has become very close to empty, I will gladly replace it with a bottle of Grand Tour, as their effect is nearly the same and everything I loved about the original is still in tact. However, I'm ready to move up and find this limited edition will suit me well this winter and offer just enough of a change to keep things interesting. If you're the kind of person that likes to own entire lines, then absolutely track this down and add it to your CH Men collection. You won't be disappointed. Projection is very good and longevity is excellent.

A complete revolution on the original CH, i love the scent of the original but the performance is a huge disappointment, but this CHGT .. oh my!! The scent, is even superior to the original, although they are not listed in the scent pyramid but the sweetness and leather are still very present here with the suede, nutmeg and vanilla and a few more notes that I can not recognize because probably i never smelt them before in my life!! The only take i have on this is the suede is little too much in the 1s hour to my nose, but after that it starts to fade away ... all in all a breathtaking and mind blowing scent, particularly after the 1st hour The performance, with the original i get one hour of performance and then it becomes a skin scent for a long time, but with CHGT ... ladies and gentlemen meet the newest sillage, projection and longevity monster of the men fragrances. First day i applied this i got 3 compliments, one of them was when im not even in the room, just the scent trail stayed there after im left for a decent amount of time that it made this person look for the source of this wonderful smell to know what is that! Bottom line this is a brilliant revamp of the original that actually produced a fragrance that is more superior and beats the original in all the aspects! Im still testing with this beauty but for now here are my ratings Scent 9/10 Projection/sillage 10/10 longevity 10/10 overall 9/10

Finally got it from the eBay link on this page! Recommended by the way. I'm oddly in love with the scent, usually it takes more wood for me to grow in, but the warm mahogany at the bottom just gets me. From far it smells to me a lot like the classic CH, but digging your nose in the paper scent or wrist you can tell the differences clearly. Suede is a must, and as in the description it gives it the sensuality as leather does in CH men. The first time I smelled something interesting happened; I sprayed it on my right wrist and also sprayed CH on the left one for I was trying to compare. Smelled GT first, then the classic, then GT again, the result was surprising: I kind of got nose fatigue from the leather and woodsy notes and Grand Tour smelled completely nude and different, the incense and bitter matte was the main things I notices besides a harsh dash of nutmeg. I'm not sure I detected any spice, probably cardamom? Hard to tell with the cinammon and nutmeg combination. I invite you to try this experiment and share your results! Anyway, here's the numeric review. Scent: 9/10 Longevity: 10/10 Projection: 11/10 Trail: 9/10 Finally a male scent with epic longevity besides that Le Male JPG thing. This was my first full review, hope you guys found it informative!

A modern refined man. I have grown to like this scent a lot more over time. It's not overtly leather, although the leather is there in a gentle way after the juicy opening. I get the warm sweet spices right away too. Too unique to be a mass market scent. But nothing that different. Conservative, but conservative on an adventure. No S&M clubs on this vacation honey. But how about, wear something clean & crisp, then go on a Grand tour? Great for a business trip. Or a trip to the museum. This is a great scent to file your taxes with. Definitely understated class. This might not be the most exciting frag for everyone, but it is Carolina Herrera after all. So you really can not go too wrong.