Cuir de Russie

CHANEL

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3.8

81 reviews
54%
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    5.0
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    EvaVic

    2 years ago

    Originally launched in 1935, another aldehydic-floral fragrance created by the maestro Ernest Beaux. This one had/has an added leather smell. I have not had the luck to try any other variant than...

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    About reviewer (1295 reviews)

    Age44-55

    SkinNormal, Fair, Cool

    HairBrunette, Wavy, Fine

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    5.0
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    Noddy00

    8 years ago

    I use this since the 80's when it was sold only at some Chanel boutiques. It is my favorite fragrance, all times, all seasons. (Hate that nonsense of "summer this and winter that"!) Hope that...

    About reviewer (95 reviews)

    Age44-55

    SkinCombination, Fair-Medium

    HairBlack

    EyesBrown

    5.0
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    Melloney

    9 years ago

    The first time I tried Cuir de Russie in the Les Exclusifs format of 200 mls was at the Chanel Boutique 2008 . The juice was dark brown in color. I swooned on application and I remember to this...

    About reviewer (463 reviews)

    Age44-55

    SkinCombination, Medium, Not Sure

    HairOther, Other, Other

    EyesOther

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    Aimbl

    10 years ago

    Floralaldehydic leather soap and powder from the 1920s. According to Kafkaesque blog, strong fecal note, and reworked by Polge in the 1980s to increase the amount of iris and powder. I don't object...

    About reviewer (517 reviews)

    Age44-55

    SkinCombination, Olive, Warm

    HairBrunette, Straight, Medium

    EyesBrown

    5.0
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    mightypog

    11 years ago

    After my disappointing experience with Tabac Blond, I was afraid this one would evoke the same impressions (that carnation is altogether overwhelming and unpleasant for me), but quite the reverse....

    About reviewer (14 reviews)

    Age36-43

    SkinCombination, Fair-Medium

    HairBrunette

    EyesHazel

    5.0
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    thefaces

    11 years ago

    This is such a rich, expansive, almost warm scent. Whenever I take a sniff of it I almost feel giddy. Like the Chanel no. 5 EDP, it has almost a sun-warmed element to it, like the tang of a...

    About reviewer (39 reviews)

    Age30-35

    SkinDry, Olive, Warm

    HairBrown, Other, Medium

    EyesBrown

    5.0
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    tecumsum

    11 years ago

    I love this. It smells expensive, almost like the interior leather of a very expensive and rare car. It took me several wearings to fall in love with it. It has a smoky opening and it was almost...

    About reviewer (31 reviews)

    Age44-55

    SkinCombination, Dark, Warm

    HairGrey, Kinky, Coarse

    EyesBrown

    5.0
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    SthrnBelle

    12 years ago

    I have never been a Chanel perfume girl in my life and when I became a perfume collector myself and a perfumista and began learning and exploring the world of fragrance quite deeply, even then I...

    About reviewer (6 reviews)

    Age36-43

    SkinDry, Fair-Medium

    HairBlack

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    5.0
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    yousillygirl

    13 years ago

    LOVE LOVE LOVE CdR! Bought the giant size EdT when les exclusifs was launched, and the parfum extrait when Chanel relaunched it. What can I say, one sniff brings to mind the most beautiful,...

    About reviewer (1 reviews)

    Age30-35

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    LizWords

    13 years ago

    I got a large decant of this from TPC and have waited a year to review it, I've worn it maybe a dozen of times and sprayed it in the air a bit as well. I just can't bring myself to like it. I...

    About reviewer (290 reviews)

    Age30-35

    SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Warm

    HairBlond, Straight, Fine

    EyesBrown

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    GlamDiva

    13 years ago

    Vintage Cuir de Russie was a well balanced leather blend. I can't find any leather in the current product 2012, nor flowers, just a rough disagreeable sandalwood. Chanel has killed this fragrance.

    About reviewer (1118 reviews)

    Age56 & Over

    SkinDry, Fair, Neutral

    HairOther, Straight, Fine

    EyesHazel

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    iodine

    13 years ago

    Ahh, for a gal who Hates dirty, smelly armpit scents, I found none in this scent. It Was smooth and very girly on me and I loved it. Only problem was: lasted about 1.5 hrs. and at that price I...

    About reviewer (68 reviews)

    Age56 & Over

    SkinCombination, Medium, Warm

    HairRed, Straight, Fine

    EyesBlue

    5.0
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    cerulfox

    14 years ago

    As much as leather is one of my favorite scents, of the (limited, I admit)leather-featured scents I've tried most have gone into plasticky-PVC-bondage leather rather than butter-soft leather gloves...

    About reviewer (284 reviews)

    Age25-29

    SkinNormal, Tan, Warm

    HairBlack, Curly, Medium

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    4.0
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    cocorocha

    14 years ago

    this little number is second in my Chanel Les Exclusifs line...second to Coromandel which is a masterpiece...and a totaly different scent... I admire all exclusifs I've encountered,but just...

    About reviewer (203 reviews)

    Age30-35

    SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Warm

    HairRed, Straight, Fine

    EyesBrown

    5.0
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    SNIFFMEALLOVER

    14 years ago

    Wow, what a wonderful fragrance. I wish it came in an eau de parfum. I have just opened my owned bottle and I am thrilled. It's the eau de toilette. Lovely. Paloma Picasso was way to strong and...

    About reviewer (121 reviews)

    Age25-29

    SkinCombination, Other

    HairBrown

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    4.0
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    amlang

    14 years ago

    Leather for the queen out riding. This review is for the parfum version. Becomes a skin scent on me in about 30 minutes. Before then, I get more barnyard than with other leathers, meaning...

    About reviewer (73 reviews)

    Age36-43

    SkinOily, Fair-Medium

    HairBrown

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    2.0
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    WentworthRoth

    14 years ago

    Notes: orange blossom, bergamot, mandarin, sage, iris, jasmine, rose, ylang-ylang, cedarwood, vetiver, styrax, leather, amber and vanilla. This fragrance opens with the aroma of leather and...

    About reviewer (308 reviews)

    Age25-29

    SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Warm

    HairBlond, Wavy, Medium

    EyesBlue

    5.0
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    hollyc01

    15 years ago

    So, so sad. I so thought this would be my HG since I am so enamoured of leather, castoreum, jasmine, ylang ylang. What has Chanel done?!! In fairness, perhaps it is my body chemistry but in the...

    About reviewer (217 reviews)

    Age30-35

    SkinVery Dry, Fair-Medium, Neutral

    HairBrunette, Wavy, Fine

    EyesBrown

    2.0
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    kelly1600

    15 years ago

    Really nice when I first applied it, perfume-y in a very unisex way, smells very much the way I would expect a Chanel exclusif to smell. But then it just gets too masculine and I find that I can't...

    About reviewer (34 reviews)

    Age30-35

    SkinCombination, Fair, Cool

    HairBrunette, Other, Other

    EyesBlue

    3.0
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    Catttt

    15 years ago

    See Keiko Mecheri Musc.

    About reviewer (125 reviews)

    Age30-35

    SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure

    HairBlack, Other, Other

    EyesBrown

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