Chanel: N°5, Eau de Parfum

I have always loved the smell of Chanel No 5 on me, like all purfumes its a matter of taste and how it smells on you? I would go to my local Debenhams store for a quick free test... came in handy when I wanted to go out!!!I couldnt afford to buy a bottle back then as I was buying my own home. Back in the mid 80's my sister who married a squaddie and was living in Germany, use to buy all the usual expensive purfumes and she brought the big bottles to boot! I kept asking her to buy me some Chanel duty free? To rub my nose it in litterally she decided to buy Chanel No 5 for herself, a big bottle and when on one of her rare visits to the UK she packed ALL of her ...  Read the complete review

I absolutely detest this fragrance and have no idea why I choose to waste any of my time writing about it as to me it reeks of bad taste and following the crowd and having no imagination at all and I'm very sorry if your sat there reading this and thinking I'm rude and blunt, it's really what I think and I won't mince my words! People tell us this fragrance is the best selling fragrance of all time and that it is decadence itself and so people still run to the shops buying it! I personally think somewhere along the line there is a big conspiracy going on cos in my mid it just can't be true! I can't work out what its meant to smell of and I really like to ...  Read the complete review

Gabrielle Chanel was a captivating and determined woman, her career in the fashion industry had many hiccups along the way but sheer strength of character meant that her name is as popular today as it was way back when she began her career as a milliner in the early 1900's. Gabrielle - or Coco as she was more commonly known believed that women should be comfortable as well as stylish and many of her designs met with fierce disapproval from her rivals. Coco was the clever woman who introduced the `Little black dress` and even all these years on that LBD is still a best seller though it may come in many different shapes and styles to accommodate different ...  Read the complete review

I'm not a big perfume wearer, I often investigate new perfumes, but rarely find one I like, and there are just two perfumes which I like to keep in the house at all times. One is Rive Gauche and the other is Chanel No.5 Of these two, the Chanel is without a doubt my favourite. Evening or daytime, casual or formal Chanel No.5 works for me. Chanel No.5 has been around for a long time. Coco Chanel (famous fashion designer of the 1920's) introduced this perfume to the world in 1923. It is one of those timeless perfumes, and dress a girl in modern Jeans and Jacket, 1920's flapper outfit or Victorian crinoline and I believe this perfume would not smell out of ...  Read the complete review

Bizarrely I actually bought myself a bottle of Chanel No5 before I had even smelt it. I was 17 years old, and going through the duty free section at the airport, and saw Chanel No5. I think if you asked most people to name a person by Chanel, the No5 would be the one they would name. So as I had heard so much about it, I decided to treat myself to a bottle, and it was actually the first perfume I ever bought myself. Luckily I loved it, as I was every bit as perfect as I expected it to be. This perfume was famously immortalized by Marilyn Monroe, who when asked what she wore in bed smiled and said "Number 5". ...  Read the complete review