Gabrielle Essence

Gabrielle Essence is a truly divine work of art. It is full of soul. It is at once inspired and inspiring. The opening of the fragrance awakens with the green citrus leaves of petigrain and citrus peel. The scent quickly moves to the heart where a gently sweet orange blossom enters next. The flowers tuberose and ylang ylang are introduced and then bathed in coconut milk which gently softens them into a delightful exotic essense. A sweet delicate jasmine then joins the bouquet as if hinted on the breeze. There is a faint nuance of peach and cherry with only a slight blackcurrent twist. These scents only add texture and enhance the flowers with a delicate sweetness but not overly so. The warm woody base of sandalwood, vanilla and musk holds the fragrance and keeps all of the elements alive in a dynamic, soft, balanced accord. This scent is natural and reminds me of a tropical forest on an island full of exotic flowers bathed in sunlight after a warm rain shower, delicately perfuming the air. The perfume is of the highest quality. Sillage and longevity are both moderate. This is natural and not forceful. Tuberose and Ylang Ylang can be strong scents and in many perfumes they have been used as powerful attention grabbers. I used to enjoy many of the older scents with these notes, but at one point they became too aggressive and I started avoiding the scents. I had the chance to smell authentic Tuberose and Ylang Ylang and they were much gentler. I was looking for the natural version for some time. I really appreciate how Olivier took the approach to use coconut to soften these flowers. The advertising campaign is angelic. I love the golden texture over the warm white with the soft swirling dance in a beautiful white dress set to the inspiring song Halo. This captures the warm delicate dreamlike aura of bliss that this scent delivers. The bottle is elegant and of the highest quality. The colour of the perfume is luminous and golden. The spray mechanism is gentle and offers a fine mist. It is the perfect companion for a natural woman who is quietly confident and does not need to grab attention with a loud perfume. This is for a woman who appreciates simple beauty and reflects it from her soul. This scent is for a warm, kind, compassionate woman who is full of integrity. Essence does have some similar elements to the original Gabrielle which I also own and love. However, this is a different fragrance and many will love this even if they disliked the original. The original has a sharper crisper tone, whereas this has a rounded and warmer tone. Essence is also slightly stronger than the original. It is also more unique. Although I own and love both, I prefer this one. With both versions of Gabrielle, it took me some time to fall in love. I was accustomed to stronger perfumes. Over time my senses have been retrained and now I reach for the delicate natural beauties first. I now struggle to wear strong perfume. After a few weeks of wearing it, I found myself only wanting to wear Gabrielle Essence. It is to me the most perfectly composed classy, classic and natural fragrance. It is unique, dynamic and full of soul. This scent is a symphony composed by a master composer. It dances with the senses seamlessly. Olivier Polge did a remarkable job in this gorgeous creation. Well done and thank you Chanel. This is now my favourite perfume. I love this radiant and captivating essence.

What a beautiful opening! It is the sweetest & fruitiest Chanel opening I've experienced. I love & wear Miss Dior EDP (2021) more often than anything else, and maybe my nose is just particularly attuned to it, but the fruity sweet opening of Gabrielle Essence is oddly reminiscent of the opening of my Miss Dior. I assume that is from the peach. The red fruits, peach, & ylang-ylang are contributing most to the sweetness at the beginning for me. It's a fruity white floral, with clear Chanel DNA, & hints of vanilla. I do detect the coconut - a milky coconut note, but so subtle it can be hard to catch. Even if you avoid coconut, this is still worth testing. The opening is by far my favorite part of this fragrance. However, the opening fruity notes do not last so long on exposed skin like my arms, but they will last an hour or two on the nape of my neck under my hair. When the opening dissipates, the citrus and white florals really stand out. It remains powdery & musky, again still with clear Chanel DNA. I'm still detecting grapefruit like in the original Gabrielle. In both the Essence and the OG, the citrus is sometimes slightly bitter like the rind of a grapefruit or an orange, but still pleasant. In the last hours of wear, when the scent is almost totally faded, you're left with a comforting, inoffensive powdery vanilla musk. Overall, like every Chanel I've tested, it feels quite mature, luxurious, & chic. And also, like every Chanel I've tested, when you smell someone wearing it, you immediately know it is Chanel because the Chanel DNA is so discernable. It gets bonus points from me also, because I love that the name Gabrielle means "God is my strength." And that saying is very personal & meaningful to me. Comparison to original Gabrielle: The first time I tested Gabrielle Essence in Dillards, I loved it immediately. A few weeks later, I went to test a second time but went to Ulta... and somehow I got Essence & Gabrielle mixed up, so I tested Gabrielle thinking it was the one I had tested in Dillards. I liked it, but didn't love it. It was sharper, less sweet, more floral & fresh. I thought maybe it wasn't actually as great as I had remembered. But another few weeks later, I thought I would give it one more try, but this time went to Dillards to test again. They only have a tester of Essence at my Dillards, so I realized immediately that I had mixed them up. So I tested Essence once more & again LOVED it. It is most definitely an improvement on the original Gabrielle.

Gabrielle Essence Chanel (Store test) I am walking with my perfumer friend, the creator of Loa fragrance. And he point out this scent. We just test out MFK APOM2024. I found my gem here, please my Fragantica friends, test this aside MFK APOM2024 before purchase. I will soon snag a bottle of this. ---- Note regarding the scent after test Gabrielle 3 times. (7,8 &10Sep) on September 10, 2024. I just can't shake this scent off. If I can explain it just a whip of Floral (Jasmine and Orange Blossom) / Fruity (Berry) in beautiful manner. Before all collapse to soft sweet powdery amber within 45 mins post wear. This powdery amber and Chanel Aldehyde have slight cooling tint. It clean and clear, a bright yellow smile without complication. :) Ylang later on merge with powdery amber in soft carnal sweet stage. This is where I like this. I will wear this more like cologne manner, the non-descriptive clean scent, something for quick grab, Generic message but it is the most balance Generic one that can't be ignore or look down, This make to be like, hedione rich fragrance, I like Gabrielle Essence for that. Still, A firm like for me. ===== I retest Grabby.E and by the end of the scent. It just have nothing for me no more, same as Enigma... yeah.. I drop both Enigma and Grabby.E. from my collection... ===== I think I finally come to known that.. By Falcon, scent and everything. This meant to be alternative line for those who can’t stand the sour woodiness of Patchouli. You just might not old enough to enjoy. The strong woody backbone, also it might feel slightly.. not clean.. and also it could be so sweet And too powdery (in amber manner)... And Chance is too young for you. Here you have it “Grabielle” However, even Grabielle is nice and soapy clean With a bit of everything and sweet more mature ambient with Chanel’s aldehydic, Jasmine and powder in so right ratio. Grabielle actually construct in 90’s fragrance manner. It’s a classic blue print with nice modernize twist (Elizabeth Aiden), It’s just can’t go wrong. But Ylang, Sandalwood, Jasmine and Rose. You. Could find this mix so often it’s a perfect quadrant and a nice touch of no.22’s tuberose. She is modernize woman who follow her mother step but with a trendy twist. Can’t help I am easily enjoy it.

Gabrielle Essence is glorious! I am a huge white floral lover and it is here in a very potent yet feminine way. The most abundant to my nose being Tuberose. I was kind of skeptical when this was first introduced to be honest. I love the original so I was not sure how different this would be given the notes. It seemed the two would be so similar. I was so wrong. The original Gabrielle has a heavy Sandalwood accord which I love. Essence has some too but it is not at all heavy. The original also has heavy Grapefruit and that is nothing for me to complain about. I find it uplifting. Grapefruit tends to be sour and that is what it does in the original.. Essence is sweeter though not super sweet and decidedly different. I am smelling Mandarin. I find this makes Essence absolutely rapturous and more playful than Gabrielle. Essence is from the onset a huge White Floral which cannot be mistaken. The Ylang-ylang is here as a compliment. It grounds the other white florals gracefully. I also pick up more Musk than is in Gabrielle which is not overkill as it adds depth. The Peach and fruit are also adding an interesting "fruity" dimension to the composition I find. The most noticeable of which is the Peach. The Coconut is also noticeable giving a nice creamy, tropical dimension. It is not strong but just right. The Vanilla is soft and buttery too adding to a creamy facet to the composition. Essence has that very Chanel-esque "wow" factor. I am so glad I bought this. Thank you Chanel! The longevity is longer than that of the original. The sillage is a bit more opulent as well. So if the original Gabrielle may have not been for you, this may just be. A great addition for Chanel and a nice compliment to the original I find. Gabrielle Essence is a 10+ in my opinion.

I actually caught the coconut note. Not initially but on blotter hours later. Think it’s gives a slighy buttery exotic volouptuousness to the fragrance. I need to resmell all the Gabrielle’s but this was my favourite on first impression. I sprayed the Leau and I have a feeeling that will really grow on me as I do like light ethereal scents.... We shall see. Edit: Okay, been retesting all 3, I know them all now without looking at which is which. The essence is prettiest, but heavy white/ yellow floral which I think could become tiresome for me as I enjoy fresh scents the most. The ylang ylang is so heavy and I’m not a tuberose fam, maybe I could be but l’interdit really scarred me. The original really grew on me and is very multi-faceted and probably the classiest. The Leau is so very light,but is airy and still classy and I detect the berries and enjoy that sheer lightness. I really used to think I didn’t enjoy Chanel fragrances but I guess age really does evolve you. I do have to admit they are classy. I feel quite generic as a person. Olivier polge is clearly great at what he does, so I can see the appeal of all these fragrances now. I do detect the same dna, it’s no wonder because all perfumers are artists in their own right. I’m wondering now because I know i’m a fresh girl at heart maybe I should head in the no 5 Leau direction.........hmmm.