A decant is a small portion of perfume — typically 2 ml or 3 ml — transferred from an authentic full-size bottle into a glass vial with a sprayer. It lets you live with a fragrance for several wears before committing to a full bottle. LaScentLibrary decants are filled by hand from bottles the owner has personally purchased.

Are these perfumes authentic?

Yes. Every decant is filled from a full-size bottle that the owner has purchased from authorised retailers (boutiques in Cyprus, brand websites, niche-perfume specialty stores). We don't resell concentrates or blends — only the original juice from the original bottle.

We hand-deliver in Paphos, Cyprus, and ship across the rest of Cyprus by courier (typically 1–2 days). For shipments outside Cyprus, please contact us on Telegram @energizer1977 to arrange.

Bank transfer before shipping. After you place an order on the site or via Elena (the AI sommelière), we confirm the order and send payment details on Telegram. Once we see the transfer, we ship.

Can I get help choosing a fragrance?

Yes — the site has Elena, a multilingual perfume sommelière (Russian, English, Greek) who can suggest decants based on what you already love or the mood you're going for. You can also browse by note, by accord family, or by brand.

Coromandel in parfum concentration

When a beloved oriental chypre grows quieter in voice, yet deeper in timbre.

The new extrait version of Chanel Coromandel is a reason to look again at one of the most complete modern fragrances in the Chanel house. For many, Coromandel has long been a rare exception in mainstream designer perfumery: something with real architecture, where the white chocolate patchouli accord, resins, benzoin, incense, and soft powdery amber come together not as an effect, but as a space. Not just a fragrance on the skin, but a lacquered screen, warm wood, dry smoke, amber half-light. Judging by the first reviews, the parfum does not break the familiar EDT silhouette, but densifies it. Less airiness, less diffusion — and more velvety resin, more depth, almost bodily warmth. Where the eau de toilette played on the contrast between the radiance of patchouli and sweet-smoky softness, the extrait sits closer to the skin and sounds like a more mature, composed version. This is not a different Coromandel, but Coromandel late in the evening. Why does this matter beyond Chanel devotees? Because releases like this show something rare today: concentration can be about texture, not volume. Not “stronger,” but denser, quieter, deeper. For those who love niche perfumery for the nuances of material, for the slow unfolding of resins, for the interplay between powder, woods, and warm sweetness, this is an especially familiar conversation. In that sense, Coromandel remains on the border between a great house and niche thinking: luxurious, but not decorative; rich, but not loud. If this theme of soft oriental depth lit from within by fruit feels close to you, we have a kindred fragrance in mood: [Givenchy Dahlia Divin](/perfume/givenchy-dahlia) — mirabelle plum, citrus, pink pepper, sambac jasmine, and peach, a fragrance that also knows how to unite density and radiance.