Chanel No. 5
Created by none other than Coco Chanel in 1921, Chanel No. 5 for me will always be the classic women’s perfume. It was Coco’s first perfume, having commissioned six scents and liking the fifth one (which explains the “No. 5″!)
Like most girls, I discovered Chanel No. 5 at my grandmother’s dressing table. I loved playing with her tray of beautiful bottles, sniffing each one and trying to imagine how she chose which one to wear on what occasion. It was only very recently- a few years ago- that I bought my own bottle of Chanel No. 5. My sister teased me that I was “getting old”, but as a perfume aficionado I knew that this particular fragrance is ageless, and timeless.
With notes of ylang-ylang, neroli, jasmine (which was the most expensive scent in Coco’s time), sandalwood, vetiver and vanilla, this is definitely a complex perfume. I read somewhere that it’s recommended as an “evening scent”, but I think it works just fine during the day, for any occasion- or even for no occasion at all. This is the scent that Marilyn Monroe claimed to be all she wore to bed, after all.
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