Chanel
No.5 Eau de Parfum
Woody Spicy · 1986 · Jacques Polge
Notes carried over from an earlier source and not independently checked.
- Reported longevity
- Moderate
- Reported sillage
- Moderate
- Typical occasion
- Romantic/Evening
- Typical season
- Summer
These describe how the fragrance is generally reported to behave. Skin chemistry, weather and how much you apply all change it, so your own experience may differ.
Reviewed profile
The full expression of the aldehydic floral, jasmine and rose over Mysore sandalwood, oakmoss and vetiver. Powdery, deep and timeless, it projects with real presence and quiet grandeur.
Taste Profile
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How No.5 Eau de Parfum smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, No.5 Eau de Parfum is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure, and keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere.
Reviewed profile. This profile has received a focused catalogue review.
No.5 Eau de Parfum sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber.
No.5 Eau de Parfum sits mid-range on projection, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle. That is 75th percentile for projection across 5,320 scored fragrances.
No.5 Eau de Parfum is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure. That is 7th percentile for risk across 5,320 scored fragrances.
No.5 Eau de Parfum carries body without weight, present without filling a room.
No.5 Eau de Parfum keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 26th percentile for sweetness across 5,320 scored fragrances.
Projection, risk and texture describe how a fragrance behaves in a room and on skin. Where wear reports are thin, those scores rest near the middle by design, so a mid-range reading here is a statement about the evidence as much as about the scent. Warmth and sweetness are derived from composition and do not carry that caveat.
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