Pour Monsieur EDT, Chanel, Reformulation Guide

Hello fragrance fam. For today's reformulation guide were covering the benchmark Eau De Cologne style fragrance by Chanel known as Pour Monsieur EDT! This fragrance is known for its lemon and citric top notes with an oak moss filled, chypre dry down.

This fragrance was first released in 1955, and surprisingly through time Chanel has been able to keep it fairly true to it's original scent profile.

Before I list PM's main three reformulations here's an approximate listing of PM's previous iterations. Each version may have slight batch variations.

Pre-1960: Released as "Eau De Cologne Pour Monsieur".

1961-1969: Name changes to "A Gentlemans cologne".

1969-1975: Name changes to "Chanel for Men"

1975-1979: Name changes to "Eau Pour Monsieur".

1979-89: Name changes to "Pour Monsieur" as an EDC

1989-2016: Name stays the same but changes to an EDT. Slightly different scent profile.

Post-2016: Changes to an EDP. Very altered scent profile.

*It's important to note Chanel markets regionally and this timeline may not match exactly world wide. Some bottle styles may have overlapping timelines with one another. I would consider Pour Monsieur to have three main reformulations.

1. Pre-2008 - Bottles with yellow or amber colored liquid will generally be closer to the fragrances original scent profile. The older the bottle (The EDC's) the higher a concentration of musks and oakmoss you will receive.
2. 2008-2016 - After a reformulation removed the allergins from the ingredients, Chanel opted to turn Pour Monsieurs liquid to a green color. The longevity greatly diminished, and its natural aroma became more synthetic around this time.
3. Post 2016: The EDT was turned into an EDP with a new scent profile. The lemon notes were reduced, and a higher note of vanilla was added. This version smells closer to the discontinued 1989 flanker of Pour Monsieur that was titled "Pour Monsieur EDP Concentree".

Hope this helps and enjoy the journey!