Best Chanel Perfumes in UAE

This is the Bleu for anyone who wants a longer-lasting, richer version. Olivier Polge pushed the opening toward lemon zest and mint, then let sandalwood and cedar take over within the hour. It reads woody and clean rather than sweet.

It also carries further than the other two Bleu versions, so two sprays are plenty in an air-conditioned meeting room in DIFC or Business Bay. Outdoors in August, it sits closer to the skin, and a spray on your collar helps for a terrace dinner. More daily picks sit in our list of office perfumes for the UAE.

Coco Mademoiselle has been a wedding-guest favourite since 2001 and still earns the spot. The opening is bright orange and bergamot, but the character arrives with Turkish rose and jasmine over patchouli. People notice it when you walk past, which is what you want in a full ballroom.

The vanilla and white musk base keep it creamy and grounded. If you're putting together a scent wardrobe for wedding season, it sits well beside the heavier bottles in our wedding perfumes for the UAE.

Chance is the Chanel I'd hand to someone who wears perfume every day and doesn't want to think about it. The pyramid is short: pink pepper on top, jasmine and iris in the heart, patchouli, musk and vanilla underneath. That simplicity is why it behaves in a shared office.

The round bottle now comes in several versions, including Eau Tendre and Eau Fraîche. The 2005 Eau de Parfum has the most depth of the family, stays polite in air conditioning and doesn't sour on the walk from the car park.

Allure Homme Sport began as the fresh one in the Allure line. Eau Extrême, from 2012, keeps the mandarin and mint but adds cypress, sage and a tonka base, so it lasts past the first coffee.

Fresh scents usually burn off fast in the UAE's humidity. This one holds on better than most because the base is woody rather than pure citrus. It's the Chanel for Saturday brunch at JBR or a late walk along the Abu Dhabi Corniche.

No.5 is the perfume everyone has heard of and fewer people have worn. The Eau de Parfum, created by Jacques Polge in 1986, is a rounder reading of Ernest Beaux's 1921 original. Aldehydes give that soapy, powdery lift at the start, then iris, jasmine and rose settle over sandalwood and vanilla.

It isn't a casual scent. Save it for formal dinners, National Day receptions or a gift for a mother who already knows what the name means. Gift buyers comparing houses will find more in our guide to luxury perfume brands in the UAE.

Gabrielle is the newest line on this list, launched in 2017. Olivier Polge built it around four white flowers, jasmine, ylang-ylang, orange blossom and tuberose, with grapefruit and blackcurrant at the top to keep it bright.

It's a good daytime alternative to Coco Mademoiselle for anyone who finds patchouli too heavy. I'd wear it to Eid visits and family lunches, where something cheerful fits better than something dramatic. Fans of white florals may also like the picks in our Dior perfumes for the UAE.