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Old is New Again

Old is New Again

Written by Katrina Garofalo

When you think classic fragrance, Chanel No.5 is definitely the scent that comes to mind. It’s the kind of perfume that has built a personality for itself over the years, becoming more than the average fragrance. Though it always has been more than the average fragrance, hasn’t it?

Chanel No.5 is the type of perfume you either love or don’t. Personally, I’m on the ‘don’t’ side of things, and I’ve always felt guilty about it. You hear about this perfume your whole life and the people and personality associated with it, and it’s sort of expected that you’ll like it because it seems like everyone does. But it was always just a little bit too much for me. And I like a good strong scent, so something about No.5 just doesn’t quite get me.

Apparently, that something is the aldehyde properties that a slew of “classic” perfumes like No.5 have. Aldehydes are the notes in a fragrance that are synthetic and typically add that soapy/floral/heavy/citrus/waxy smell that brings on the love it or leave it feelings.

For those of us who have never exactly swooned over Chanel’s top commodity, there is a new addition to the line up that might just hook us in. A rather unexpected update to the old favourite, Chanel No.5 L’Eau is said to be “a modern, fresh, and vibrant” take on the original. With notes like orange and lemon, rose and jasmine, a hint of ylang ylang, and a base of cedar and light musk, it certainly seems to live up to it’s more youthful trope.

And of course the teenage dream herself, Lily Depp, is the face of the new fragrance. A winner through and through.

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