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Nº 5
Chanel Nº 5 Eau de Toilette Purse Spray Gift Set 60ml holds a fragrance that opens on aldehydes, ylang ylang and neroli, a bright soapy shimmer over two flowers that keeps the whole opening airy and lifted. The effect of the aldehydes is a kind of clean brightness laid over everything else.
Rose and jasmine make the heart, full and clean rather than jammy, and the base is vanilla, vetiver and sandalwood: sweetness, earth and dry wood together. The composition travels from aldehydic sparkle through the floral heart into a powdery woody finish, and it is the aldehydic, powdery and woody accords that identify it. Vetiver keeps the vanilla from settling into sweetness, and the sandalwood smooths the join between them.
Nº 5 was Chanel's first perfume, launched in 1921 out of Gabrielle Chanel's partnership with the perfumer Ernest Beaux, who composed it; the eau de toilette dates from 1924. Gabrielle Chanel had opened a hat boutique at 21 rue Cambon in Paris in 1910, and the house composes its fragrances in-house to this day and grows materials for them in its own fields in Grasse.
Moderate longevity and moderate sillage make it a close-wearing scent rather than a room-filling one. It wears in all four seasons and fits professional days, casual wear and evenings alike, the florals suiting spring and summer and the woody base autumn and winter. It is presented as a gift set.
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