Chanel in #519 Rose Exubérant, Chanel in #673 Singulière, & Chanel in #675 Troublante Swatches + Comparisons | Winter 2015 "Rouge Allure" Collection

For Winter 2015 Chanel has released another "Rouge Allure" collection. This includes two new polishes, #673 Singulière and #675 Troublante, and one re-released polish, #519 Rose Exuberant. I have quick and dirty swatches plus comparisons. It's a picture-heavy post everyone!

I am still working on setting up the blog sale! Stay tuned for that and posts on the other Chanel polishes released this year. Coming up as soon as I get the pictures edited is the Holiday 2015 collection. I already have the top coat watched on my Instagram.

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Undoubtedly, the star of this collection is #675 Troublante. It is a pinky red metallic with an orange/bronze (primary) and old gold (secondary) shift. The formula is great; it's a bit brushstroke-y, but I didn't add a top coat for these pictures, and I think with a quick dry top coat most of the brushstrokes would be smoothed away. I did 2 thin coats - no black base is required. As with all duochrome polishes, the shift is more apparent out of direct sunlight, but it is a strong shift (I would say stronger than #657 Azuré and #667 Bel-Argus). The old gold shift is mostly seen at the edges of the nail, but at more extreme angles it takes over. This polish is fall in a bottle! Chanel has it listed online as permanent, but I can't imagine that's right. (Side-note: did you notice that they recently discontinued a ton of permanent polishes, including #505 Particulière, #513 Black Pearl, and #583 Taboo? :( A lot of polishes listed as permanent in their Nail category also under Discontinued Favorites, so I would snatch those up while you can.) 

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I'm including these pictures, which show the extreme shifts, even though they are very unflattering to my fingers!

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As soon as I saw promo pictures of Troublante, I wondered how similar it would be to China Glaze in Cabin Fever, which was released with the Fall 2015 "The Great Outdoors" collection. They are pretty similar, but a bit more different than my comparison pictures show.

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Orly in Space Cadet is a murky blue-green base with predominantly warm purple shimmer, but the duochrome shift is similar to Troublante, so I included it. It is a jelly base with flakey metallic shimmer. China Glaze in Cabin Fever is like a mildly more amped up version of Troublante. It has a very similar base, but Cabin Fever is more pink. It also has the same duo chrome shift, but a bit stronger than Troublante's. The formula is also a smoother metallic finish compared to the Chanel's more foil metallic finish. Both have great formulas. You probably don't need both, but I am happy to have them. MAC in Bad Fairy is much more pink with way less shift than the other polishes in a jelly base with flakey metallic shimmer. I love all of these polishes, but Troublante and Cabin Fever are most flattering on me.

#673 Singulière is another one of those beautiful Chanel crèmes that you think you must have a dupe for, but I couldn't find one in my collection. This is a gorgeous berry red with a perfect formula, bright but also deep and not vampy. It is opaque in 1 coat, but I did 2 thin coats to achieve bottle color.

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The closest Chanel polishes I found are #533 April and #609 Coup de Coeur. Both are lighter (April verges on a deep pink) and have a more dusty quality to them.

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Sally Hansen Salon in Beet Stain (long discontinued) is lighter, more pink, and a crelly formula. American Apparel in Berry is the same brightness but a bit deeper and more purple. They are more different than my picture shows, but my camera wouldn't pick it up.

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China Glaze in Stroll and BB Couture in Dragon's Breath are the most similar in terms of base color, but they are both jelly polishes with shimmer/glitter.

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#519 Rose Exubérant is the outlier of the collection. This is not a winter polish to me, although I first got it with the Winter 2011 "Rouge Allure Velvet" collection, so Chanel really thinks it is! Rose Exubérant is a mid-tone neutral pink crème with a perfect formula. I did 2 thin coats, but if you do thicker, you will only need one. Despite how it looks on its own, when compared to other similar pinks, it is a bit less bright and more muted, but it's not at all dusty.

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I had to color balance my comparison photos for Rose Exubérant because my camera made them seem so similar.

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My closest Chanel polishes are #619 Pink Tonic, which is lighter, brighter, and more blue-based. #489 Rose Insolent is lighter, a bit brighter, and warmer. I forgot about #537 Riviera, but it is much lighter and cooler.

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Orly in Blushing Bud is lighter, brighter, and cooler (lighter but not as cool as Pink Tonic). China Glaze in Fuchsia Fanatic is a brighter and a bit cooler. Finally, China Glaze in Wicked Style is brighter and a bit warmer. I could not get Rose Exubérant to show up quite right in this set, but it is more muted than the other three polishes shown.

So what are your must haves? I love Troublante and Singulière. Rose Exuberant is a nice polish, but pinks don't usually excite me as much.