By
Asia Milia Ware,
beauty editor at the Cut
who also writes the column “Why Is Your Skin So Good.” She has covered fashion and beauty for eight years with bylines in InStyle, Teen Vogue, Paper, and Essence.
Twenty-five years ago, Chanel Beauty launched the original Coco Mademoiselle fragrance, a patchouli scent that lingers on your skin. In August, the house debuted Coco Mademoiselle Crush Absolu, a scent that captures the DNA of the OG signature scent but has more grapefruit and lychee notes to contrast with the vanilla and vetiver. I wore it to dinner and someone stopped me in my tracks to ask what it was. If you’re not quite ready to blind-buy your next fragrance, for two weekends this month, between September 11 and 13 and 18 and 20, you can test-drive the fragrance in real life at a café-inspired immersive scent pop-up.
