Bleu de Chanel EDP is the eau de parfum in Chanel's four-part Bleu de Chanel line, and the house describes it as the sensual one. It comes in 50ML, 100ML and 150ML, so anyone comparing the Bleu de Chanel price can match the size to how often they plan to wear it.

This Chanel has a citrus accord up front, followed by cedar with an ambery edge. Labdanum, tonka bean and vanilla build the warmth, New Caledonian sandalwood sits at the base, and the scent is rounded out with ambery, musky and woody notes.

Two details are worth knowing. A sandalwood signature shapes every version of Bleu de Chanel, which makes sandalwood the constant across the line and makes the ambery cedar, tonka and vanilla the part that defines this particular bottle. Second, the ingredient list includes oakmoss extract, even though oakmoss is never named as a note. Oakmoss is a traditional material for dry, earthy depth. So some of the backbone works quietly. Anyone shopping for a sandalwood perfume should expect the wood wrapped in vanilla and tonka. Warm, not bare.