Chanel · 1986 · Jacques Polge
No. 5
VersionEau de Parfum
Chanel says
You’ll smell May rose, jasmine, citrus, aldehydes and bourbon vanilla.
More from Chanel’s description
It also mentions aldehydic notes, neroli, Grasse jasmine and ylang-ylang.
Top notesthe first minutes
Heartthe first hours
Dry-downhours later
Top notesthe first minutes
Heartthe first hours
Dry-downhours later
On the label
What’s inside it
13 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.
2 citrus1 herbs & lavender5 florals1 sweet1 amber & resins2 spices1 powder
Herbs & lavender1
Sweet1
Amber & resins1
Spices2
Heart5
the first hours
Not in Ingredients yet1
Not for the smell9
Named by Chanel, never on a label
Wearers say
How far it carries
Perfumers call it sillage.
Close to the skin
An arm’s length
Across a room
Not researched yet. We gather wearers’ reports for the most popular perfumes first.
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Closest on the label
Counted from the printed lists: 13 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.