Les Exclusifs de Chanel 31 Rue Cambon
31 Rue Cambon is named for the address of Chanel's original salon and carries that address's ambiguity — neither entirely floral nor entirely chypre, neither entirely feminine nor entirely not.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 13 accords.
Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.
- Iris60
- Rose50
- Labdanum50
- Patchouli45
- Iris Powder40
By the editors · 2 min read31 Rue Cambon is named for the address of Chanel's original salon and carries that address's ambiguity — neither entirely floral nor entirely chypre, neither entirely feminine nor entirely not. Black pepper and bergamot open with a dry, slightly spiced brightness that announces this won't be a conventional rose. Ylang-ylang, iris, and rose form the heart: iris providing structure and powder, ylang-ylang its rubbery-floral depth, rose giving warmth and fullness. The three notes inform each other without competing.
Labdanum and patchouli in the base create a characteristically Chanel ambery-resinous drydown — warm, slightly mossy, deeply composed. 31 Rue Cambon is one of the Exclusifs that earns its status: a fragrance that reveals new detail on each wearing, composed with the quiet confidence that doesn't need to explain itself.