Comments on: Chanel No. 5 ~ perfume review http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/07/30/chanel-no-5-perfume-review/ a blog about perfume Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:46:07 +0000 hourly 1 By: Angela http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/07/30/chanel-no-5-perfume-review/#comment-259746 Angela Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:01:36 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/07/30/chanel-no-5-perfume-review/#comment-259746 Thanks! Eau Premiere is indeed a beautiful fragrance. It feels young and fresh, but still elegant, to me. Thanks! Eau Premiere is indeed a beautiful fragrance. It feels young and fresh, but still elegant, to me.

]]> By: sheltisebastian http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/07/30/chanel-no-5-perfume-review/#comment-259741 sheltisebastian Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:18:46 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/07/30/chanel-no-5-perfume-review/#comment-259741 Hi again everyone! I forgot to write in my first review of No.5 about the new version called eau premiere its beautiful and the aldelydes are gone. So now you have fresh flowers. Goodbye to the top note of powder and musk, and hello Jasmine. Beauitful. Try it ladies it may change your mind about No.5. Hi again everyone! I forgot to write in my first review of No.5 about the new version called eau premiere its beautiful and the aldelydes are gone. So now you have fresh flowers. Goodbye to the top note of powder and musk, and hello Jasmine. Beauitful.

Try it ladies it may change your mind about No.5.

]]> By: Angela http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/07/30/chanel-no-5-perfume-review/#comment-259540 Angela Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:32:31 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/07/30/chanel-no-5-perfume-review/#comment-259540 What a nice description of No. 5! I hope you have a small amount you can smell from time to time to enjoy it. What a nice description of No. 5! I hope you have a small amount you can smell from time to time to enjoy it.

]]> By: sheltisebastian http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/07/30/chanel-no-5-perfume-review/#comment-259520 sheltisebastian Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:43:41 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/07/30/chanel-no-5-perfume-review/#comment-259520 Chanel No.5 is anything but a liveless statue. Take this review from a mams point of view on the legendary classic. To me Number 5 is the most beautifull fragrance ever created. The top notes of powder, and muck dance around like lovers, and then the heart of the fragrance come into play rose, and jasmine. Number is floral but neither smells like roses or jasmine that is because this fragrance is considered to be the perfect harmony between the two floral kings (Jasmine, Rose). I can never get enough of this fragrance. Now I could understand the negative comments if this review was about Joy by Jean Patou. I think this is a terrible fragrance. I was overpowering (instand headace). Rose Rose Rose. Chanel Number 5 is the number one seller and Joy is the second best seller. To all you ladies who don't understand the mystery of Number 5, instead of being negative you should respect Number 5. Chanel No.5 is anything but a liveless statue. Take this review from a mams point of view on the legendary classic.

To me Number 5 is the most beautifull fragrance ever created. The top notes of powder, and muck dance around like lovers, and then the heart of the fragrance come into play rose, and jasmine. Number is floral but neither smells like roses or jasmine that is because this fragrance is considered to be the perfect harmony between the two floral kings (Jasmine, Rose). I can never get enough of this fragrance.

Now I could understand the negative comments if this review was about Joy by Jean Patou. I think this is a terrible fragrance. I was overpowering (instand headace). Rose Rose Rose.

Chanel Number 5 is the number one seller and Joy is the second best seller.

To all you ladies who don’t understand the mystery of Number 5, instead of being negative you should respect Number 5.

]]> By: Julia http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/07/30/chanel-no-5-perfume-review/#comment-252443 Julia Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:29:05 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/07/30/chanel-no-5-perfume-review/#comment-252443 I would love to read your list of current releases that have the potential for "classic" status. I agree about Angel - it was a game changer whether you loved it or not. I think that maybe that has something to do with it. Certainly all of the Great Masterpieces of Fragrances have their detractors, from Shalimar and No. 5 to newer classics like Fracas, Youth Dew, and Aromatics Elixir. I'm not sure if Poison was game changing or just very provocative with a great marketing campaign. I would love to read your list of current releases that have the potential for “classic” status. I agree about Angel – it was a game changer whether you loved it or not. I think that maybe that has something to do with it. Certainly all of the Great Masterpieces of Fragrances have their detractors, from Shalimar and No. 5 to newer classics like Fracas, Youth Dew, and Aromatics Elixir. I’m not sure if Poison was game changing or just very provocative with a great marketing campaign.

]]> By: Angela http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/07/30/chanel-no-5-perfume-review/#comment-252019 Angela Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:35:59 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/07/30/chanel-no-5-perfume-review/#comment-252019 I've had that thought before, too--which fragrances will people still cherish years from now. It seems like Angel has earned a spot. I'm not sure which others. What a good idea for a post, though! I’ve had that thought before, too–which fragrances will people still cherish years from now. It seems like Angel has earned a spot. I’m not sure which others. What a good idea for a post, though!

]]> By: Julia http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/07/30/chanel-no-5-perfume-review/#comment-252014 Julia Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:57:35 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/07/30/chanel-no-5-perfume-review/#comment-252014 I've had a troubled relationship with No.5 since I became interested in perfume because aldehydes bothered me and I usually scrubbed before it could get to the good part. Same problem with Joy, plus I have a hard time wearing jasmine. For whatever reason, probably age and experience, I've been enjoying more aldehydic fragrances such as Cuir de Russie and Bois des Iles, so I decided to approach No.5 again. I was out sniffing and applied EdT and EdP to do a side by side comparison. As it dried down the EdT became a really beautiful woody iris rosy peach and I could barely detect the EdP. I tried it again with samples at a different store in case the bottle was off and I had the same result with that distinct iris note. I consulted my Little Book of Perfumes by LT/TS and they agreed! It felt like my nose just graduated. ;) They write of the EdT , "...the fragrance has been recast several times over the years, the parfum being the original 1921 formula. This smells like fifties work...." They call it the exquisitely beautiful precursor to 31 Rue Cambon. The 2011 update confirms that it is different, but still good, "a labor of love in the face of difficult regulatory challenges." I really appreciate houses like Chanel and Guerlain trying to stay faithful to the originals. I wonder which current releases people will still be wearing and talking about in 50, 75, or 100 years? I’ve had a troubled relationship with No.5 since I became interested in perfume because aldehydes bothered me and I usually scrubbed before it could get to the good part. Same problem with Joy, plus I have a hard time wearing jasmine. For whatever reason, probably age and experience, I’ve been enjoying more aldehydic fragrances such as Cuir de Russie and Bois des Iles, so I decided to approach No.5 again. I was out sniffing and applied EdT and EdP to do a side by side comparison. As it dried down the EdT became a really beautiful woody iris rosy peach and I could barely detect the EdP. I tried it again with samples at a different store in case the bottle was off and I had the same result with that distinct iris note. I consulted my Little Book of Perfumes by LT/TS and they agreed! It felt like my nose just graduated. ;)

They write of the EdT , “…the fragrance has been recast several times over the years, the parfum being the original 1921 formula. This smells like fifties work….” They call it the exquisitely beautiful precursor to 31 Rue Cambon. The 2011 update confirms that it is different, but still good, “a labor of love in the face of difficult regulatory challenges.” I really appreciate houses like Chanel and Guerlain trying to stay faithful to the originals. I wonder which current releases people will still be wearing and talking about in 50, 75, or 100 years?

]]> By: Angela http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/07/30/chanel-no-5-perfume-review/#comment-250471 Angela Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:14:04 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/07/30/chanel-no-5-perfume-review/#comment-250471 Welcome! It sounds like NO. 5 really speaks to you on a fundamental level. There aren't many fragrances like that out there. You're lucky to have found it. Welcome!

It sounds like NO. 5 really speaks to you on a fundamental level. There aren’t many fragrances like that out there. You’re lucky to have found it.

]]> By: chrysographes http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/07/30/chanel-no-5-perfume-review/#comment-250446 chrysographes Mon, 14 Nov 2011 07:17:04 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/07/30/chanel-no-5-perfume-review/#comment-250446 this is the post that finally lured me out of lurkage. After a long sashay through niche fragrances, I came back to Chanel and was snared by #5 -- day after day, I get up and it is how I want to smell. Let me say I am alone in this. my husband hates it. my daughter thinks everything else is better. read more interesting. But day after day.... I spray it on (edt) and smell my skin, nose to skin, from the start until the very end of the day. I love 31 Rue Cambon for evenings. I love 28 la Pausa, with care, so LOUD!!!, I love Dzongkha, and La Vie de Chateau. I love many others when I am feeling another sunny, rainy, risky, warm, sexy, flippant, serious...... kind of..... But day to day.... boosting me into the place where I am worth whatever I (or in another world) someone else wants to spend on me ----there it is.... me & #5. this is the post that finally lured me out of lurkage. After a long sashay through niche fragrances, I came back to Chanel and was snared by #5 — day after day, I get up and it is how I want to smell. Let me say I am alone in this. my husband hates it. my daughter thinks everything else is better. read more interesting. But day after day…. I spray it on (edt) and smell my skin, nose to skin, from the start until the very end of the day.

I love 31 Rue Cambon for evenings. I love 28 la Pausa, with care, so LOUD!!!, I love Dzongkha, and La Vie de Chateau. I love many others when I am feeling another sunny, rainy, risky, warm, sexy, flippant, serious…… kind of….. But day to day…. boosting me into the place where I am worth whatever I (or in another world) someone else wants to spend on me —-there it is…. me & #5.

]]> By: Angela http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/07/30/chanel-no-5-perfume-review/#comment-239983 Angela Mon, 29 Aug 2011 02:59:10 +0000 http://www.nstperfume.com/2007/07/30/chanel-no-5-perfume-review/#comment-239983 The Amouages are really lovely, but I'm surprised you don't get a longer life out of the No. 5s. That's too bad. Still, I guess as long as Amouage Dia is around you're set. The Amouages are really lovely, but I’m surprised you don’t get a longer life out of the No. 5s. That’s too bad. Still, I guess as long as Amouage Dia is around you’re set.

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