Chamade

Chamade Guerlain (Bee bottle, edt. 2019 batch, USD55) I can't believe something this beautiful create since 1969.. It is almost unusual unreal to me. This is soft floral green amber fragrance, it is truly unique in this genre. Yes, it's age but it's not old. Chamade, open with the haze of Galbanum. I do familiar. it's quite similar to Heure Exquise by Goutal. The sandalwood in the base is kind of similar here, Soft floral bouquet heart build up, this smell like a bowl of fresh petals to my nose, very clean and floral sweetness surprisingly somehow no musk involve. Within a hour of wearing, Chamade builds the soft sandalwood in sweet beautiful amber. On my skin very fast, most of greenness in opening was gone but petals heart still linger. Resulting sweet sandalwood - floral petals and support by Amber. I really like Chamade in this rendition, I think it may because of the offering in EDT. It makes the scent light, I think I can wearing this everyday too. It is not very ambery even you notice it and lite sandalwood saves the day. This smell majestic, warm. The sunset in spring when you sitting on the bench in the park in 1970's. I think you should bidding Chamade along with few other Galbanum - Floral scent. Chamade, how can you be this light but encapsulated the beauty of amber-floral so welly done. 9/10. Extension 1 : Same day. As scent further develop into deeper base. This one recalls me another fragrance, Bois des iles by Chanel. The way of Ambery Sandalwood with mild Indolic floral. But yeah, this one still lighter than Bois des iles. Longevity 6 hours. ==== Extension 2 on December 4, 2024 After I really enjoy Chamade, I wish for slight more ambery touch (more sweet). I found 2011 version in EDP (refilable gold falcon) and it is sweeter, hotter more ambery. I really enjoy Chamade & L'huere Bleue and greeting to miss Mitsouko time to time. ==== Extension 3 on April 18, 2025 Thought on Parfum de Toilette (around 1985-1990) Declutter sales from friend. USD30 I really enjoy Chamade. This is my 3rd bottle in various concentration and year already. One thing that in each single version. It seems changed a bit. From original falcon in 1969, the leaf bottle. I am not so sure that everyone will perceive the same scent as each version of Chamade. But I believe, strongly. That Chamade encapsulate the core message of scent. It never fails to keep me happy, a walk with floral and amber nature. My bottle of Parfum de Toilette. Develop slowly. Open up each layer like a Coromandel blind open deeper to the core. Not really Luxury, Oh-so-Frenchy manner. It an easy tide of Happy Clean and Green Galbanum. The pissy scent from Casis is not Strong in here. The bowl of fresh petal isn't presented here stronger either. It kind of Santa Maria Novella, Eau de Cologne release around the same era-likeness. A floral that dust with Benzonin and clean powder amber.. so warm. It have stronger benzonin base and sweet balsam. The amount of Amber is higher compare to my bottle of Bee Bottle in 2017. Which seems end with Sandalwood. But the Amber is still provide same transparent manner. That's why I mention it is the same message after all. I am witnessing this beautiful scent so easy, like really.. I wish I cloud bring my bottle to Anyone interest in Chamade. Somehow, It gives a peaceful balcony sit but this time you found your own serenity. Bee bottle is definitely lighter. But this parfum de Toilette is definite an early golden hour. The Refillable falcon (EDP), from late 00's. Have almost highest amount of Sweetness. And wear elegantly. Deeper Golden Hour. It have strong more French Backbone than The other two.. Hey.. .. It feels like.. how can I describe..? It kind of difference feeling. When I wear this compare to Mitsouko, L'heure Bleue or Shalimar. I don't really know how you looks at Chamade compare to Nahema or Samsara. or Other Guerlain Legend. From all those scent, Chamade. is Warmth and Happiness. It's a same feeling when I will truthfully write "All the best & Happiness" on someone Facebook wall, wish they know I mean it or hang on a phone when someone need a friend. A meal with Food you love on the same table with your dad and mom and nice conversation, It those kind of warmth. Sunrise by Norah Jones album or CoCo by Colbie Caillat. You got a friend in me by Randy Newman. I got a friend when I wear Chamade. And that's all the matter. ===== Extension 4 on June 27, 2025 (PdT) It's kind of funny. I come back here to write my thought. When I wear Chamade 2nd time in last 2 months. Just to notice that most of feeling in Extension 3 still true. Then, I here just to confirm my statement. But, The Balsamic sour with sweet cushiony benzoin white powder. drench in flower jasmin. Damn. Chamade never fails to make my sanity.

This vintage classic is one of my favourite Guerlain scents. Old-fashioned in the best way (without being dusty), this surprisingly bright green floral is ageless and timeless. I have a miniature of the inimitable original 1969 bottle - it's just a pity I can't wear it more often. I have yet to try the current EDT iteration, but I suspect it will be a shadow of its former self. Of course, it is hard to tell what effect time has had on my bottle, but the golden liquid seems to have held up well. The opening is a rich, hyacinth-heavy blast of floral accords. Some slightly indolic jasmine and a hint of bergamot round it out (I'm amazed that the citrus has survived this long), along with Chanel-esque aldehydes. It is beautifully green, thanks to the galbanum, and the hyacinth is somehow freshly green and stemlike rather than overbearingly waxy. In fact, it seems to combine the aldehydes from No 5 and the green florals of No 19 with the sweet-spicy warmth of the fabled Guerlinade accord, as brokesta911 below points out. The greenness of the opening gives way to a softly spicy drydown, but the floral heart persists, making for a wonderfully ladylike scent that avoids being staid. There is a delicious tangible floral quality to the drydown, pollen-like and akin to daffodils in the spring, as well as gentle woody notes. It fades to a soft natural-smelling amber-vanilla accord that wears close to the skin. A versatile scent, this works well for day or night but is best enjoyed in spring/summer. Sillage and longevity are both moderate, but given its status as a vintage fragrance, it is unfortunately not possible to wear this too often. Otherwise, it could compete with my beloved Shalimar for signature scent status. Complex, unique and extremely well-crafted, Chamade is a green floral bouquet that is balanced beautifully with spices, woody notes and aldehydes. It manages to be both warm and fresh as well as distinctly feminine. It also is (deservingly) housed in one of my favourite perfume bottles ever. A timeless masterpiece. 5/5.

Eau de Toilette, New Formulation Many highly positive reviews of Chamade are of vintage versions, maybe leading people to believe that the more modern/’reformulated’ versions are not worthwhile. I have a new refill bottle, and I compared it to a vintage Parfum de Toilette, and let me say that the new version is very lovely and definitely worth a try—it is an instance of some small tweaks and changes, not a butchering of Chamade that leaves it unrecognizable. The opening notes are of intense-green galbanum, dusty florals (hyacinth mostly), overlaid with a bit of aldehyde. The heart notes contain a perfectly pink rose—if you have ever smelled a wild tea rose that grows in the woods you know what I mean. Understated, smooth, sweet, gorgeous. The other florals, I smell lilac and jasmine, are very quiet backup notes to the big pink rose. When it’s warm out, and my skin heats up Chamade, I can detect some resinous balsams as well. The green galbanum of Chamade never goes away, and even in the basenotes, the green notes are complimented by a bit of sandalwood and vetiver. Chamade wears for 6 to 8 hours on my skin, and has soft silage. Stupidly, I almost swapped this away because I wasn’t wearing it much—I already have the EDP that I wear in the winter, and where I live it is winter for about 9 months out of the year. But all summer I have worn Chamade in EDT—I think it works best on warmer skin for sure. The only big difference I could find between that and the PDT is in the opening—the vintage opening is stronger and more dynamic—it just seems to have more layers to it than the modern version does, and the entire perfume has a bit more orris root and sandalwood present throughout. But that is all. It doesn’t last much longer, and it doesn’t project more (except during the opening.) So! You don’t have to track down old bottles of Chamade to enjoy it. If you want it, go for it, it wasn’t ruined (unlike my beloved Shalimar Eau De Cologne, which was recently murdered...shed a tear for Shalimar

In my 20's I shared a house with an older girl from NZ. She was about 16 years older, we both worked at the same place and she was like a wounded animal, having left a toxic marriage. I was on my own, looking for the next love of my life, and so the timing was right for us to share a place almost in the centre of the city, and have some crazy wild times as one did in the '80's. She would have been close to 40 and was determined to find another husband and we certainly had a lot of fun going out looking for such a specimen for her. She was quite beautiful but with such sadness (and a touch of madness) in her eyes, and she only ever wore one fragrance, and it was Chamade. I thought it was beautiful and haunting on her, she trailed it all over the office and home, it wasn't hard to guess where she'd been just by following her scent...and that fragrance was divine albeit too "mature" for my taste at the time...it had that understated elegance now completely lost in some of the modern fragrances. We lost touch many many years ago (I found the husband...) and I had forgotten about this fragrance until I saw it on Fragrancenet. I ordered it with some trepidation, on the one hand I hoped it had changed somewhat because I didn't want to evoke her completely, but on the other hand, I wanted to experience those memories cautiously. Chamade did not disappoint. I have no doubt this has been modified, but I suspect only in a minor way. The elegance of the composition remains intact, with the essence of the Chamade of old presenting itself around 10 minutes after application. It's a glorious melange of green and floral notes with sandalwood that dries down to an exotic powdery beauty. Highly recommended for lovers of the classic fragrances. Sillage 7/10 Longevity 8/10

To me chamade is a sweet perfume. Not just in the sense that the smell is sweet, but more so in the sense that it feels cuddly and warm. I have a 2017 batch and I’ve never gotten any green notes whatsoever. My batch smells just very warm, fluffy and sweet on my skin. My first thought when I spray it, is of babies. The opening smells EXACTLY like Zwitsal baby shampoo to me. And pretty much every baby in the Netherlands smells like that. So putting on chamade to me feels like rocking a newborn in my arms and smelling the fluffy baby hairs on their head. You may guess that to me this is a very comforting scent. It’s both nostalgic and endearing. Later on the resemblance with Zwitsal fades a bit, but the association with cuddling with babies stays. The note that stands out most in the opening is hyacinth. The aldehydes and Jasmine are definitely there too. Vanilla is prominent throughout, which makes this a very cosy scent. To me this fragrance is not sexy, mostly because I associate it with babies, it does make me feel very safe and comforted though, and also beautiful, because it’s a very beauty and delicate fragrance. And so cosy. I love it, but it’s not my favourite Guerlain fragrance. It lacks the depth and complexity of mitsouko and Shalimar. It’s a stunning fragrance however and definitely a timeless classic. There’s nothing I can imagine to be offensive in this, but alas apparently this doesn’t work well on everyone’s skin, so I guess you shouldn’t buy it blind (although I did and it’s amazing). EDIT: I promise I’m not a baby sniffing weirdo.. ok maybe a little, but not like a creep.. babies are just pretty much the best smelling people in the world without even trying 😅