N°5 Eau Première Chanel 2008

8.3 / 10 508 Ratings

N°5 Eau Première is a popular perfume by Chanel for women and was released in 2008. The scent is floral-powdery. It is still in production. Pronunciation

Scent goes well with N°5 L'Eau (Eau de Toilette)

Perfumer

Jacques Polge

Fragrance Notes

Top Notes	Aldehydes, Neroli, Ylang-ylang
Heart Notes	Jasmine, May rose
Base Notes	Bourbon vanilla, Sandalwood, Vetiver

Ratings

Scent

8.3 | 508 Ratings

Longevity

7.7 | 386 Ratings

Sillage

6.5 | 364 Ratings

Bottle

8.6 | 363 Ratings

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01/10/2021

Tradescantia

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Tradescantia

Very helpful Review 10

A special perfume - modern and yet minimally dusty interpretation of the classic par excellence

With this fragrance you do nothing wrong.

The austerity of the "real" No. 5 is just a hint.
This great Eau Premiere is like a good day, packed schedule, yet without sacrificing mood.
Low-key citricity. Tamed aldehydes, but they should not have been missing. So the character of the origin is still there. Neroli makes even the top note cuddly. Jasmine gives sweetness, but not too much of the sweetness.
May rose does not let the florality become expansive and somehow a gentle powderiness sets in the heart note. Subtle and fabulous.

Vetiver does not let the whole thing seem too young. Some woodiness must be.

The vanilla has been a little experiment here, but not too big or progressive. Tradition and light modernity. Understatement in top form.
Simple elegance.

C'est la vie.

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01/02/2021

10
Scent 8
Longevity 5
Sillage 10
Bottle

Blauemaus

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Blauemaus

Top Review 35

For me the most beautiful fragrance from Chanel

I am now for 10 years with Parfumo. I have tested 785 fragrances according to the collection - but there were def. more. Not every fragrance I have entered here, which came me times under the nose. Also I have actually more scents, than indicated here. Together with the dust catchers there will be about 200, I guess. Many came into the house and had to move on. And often, after a few hours at the latest, I'm in the mood for another scent. Only very few of my fragrances I like to wear all day, or even several days at a time.

N°5 Eau Premiere is one of those fragrances that I like to smell all day long. And the next day right again. And even the day after that. My 30ml bottle I bought at the beginning of November and already now, two months later, he has lost quite a bit of filling level. So I've really worn it an unusual amount of times and I'm still not over it. He fits but also really always and everywhere. Whereas everywhere currently during Corona is not really an issue anyway. Since I don't work, I'm home most of the time, which luckily doesn't really bother me and I like being home anyway. We are lucky to live in the country with enough space and nature, in the city I imagine it is incomparably more difficult at the moment.

So now for the scent. :) N°5 Eau Premiere smells pleasantly warm and soft, creamy, delicate and very well-groomed. The aldehydes at the beginning let the fragrance shine, without stinging or making the fragrance seem old. I tested the "normal" N°5 a few years ago, but I found the scent rather elegant, austere and a bit madamy back then. It's quite possible that I would find the scent quite different today. N°19 could also not score with me permanently due to the oak moss. N°5 Eau Premiere is for me typ. Chanel, but still very wearable. In everyday life as well as on special occasions. I find him rather classic, but still modern, without being arbitrary and interchangeable.

After the aldehydes in the opening, the fragrance becomes softer and softer. Ylang-ylang gives the fragrance a delicate floral sweetness. With sweetness I mean now not that this is one of the long so popular cotton candy fragrances. The sweetness in N°5 Eau Premiere is gentle and delicate and hardly qualifies as sweetness compared to today's gourmands. Still, it takes the stringency out of the aldehydes and makes the scent quite wearable. Jasmine and May rose are well balanced, giving N°5 Eau Premiere a delicate, fragrant florality without resembling a fleuropshop. The finish is also well balanced with vetiver, sandalwood and vanilla. No one note plays to the fore but complements the others nicely. The vanilla is easy to detect, but is prevented from mutating into vanilla pudding by the vetiver. Vetiver comes across as very feminine and softly fresh because of the vanilla. Sandalwood adds a wonderfully gentle creaminess to the whole.

For me, N°5 Eau Premiere is the most beautiful Chanel. Who does not know him yet, necessarily times test, even if you do not like to wear the N°5 actually so at all. Die-hard N°5 Träger*innen will probably be disappointed by him and find him too soft washed. It lasts about 6 hours on me, but on clothes it lasts well into the next day. In general, the scent that lingers on clothes is also just beautiful. That is not always the case. Even scarves smell with it quite wonderful...

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12/11/2020

9.5
Scent 8
Longevity 8
Sillage 10
Bottle

MarlEh

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MarlEh

Very helpful Review 14

I feel Chanel

The other day, after a long time, I was in the perfumery again. I wanted to stay away from temptation - but this time I had to get my mum her favourite perfume on behalf of my dad, so I was on a completely unselfish mission (by the way, it's LouLou, which smells magical on her and on me, unfortunately, only after a campfire has burned down).

Of course, I couldn't help but try out some fragrances that I had had my eye on for a long time. One can try them. And so I tried Chanel no.5 again, because I would like to have it at home - just because of the beautiful bottle & the perfume fan value. But also this time it was a bit too much for me, probably exactly what many ladies, probably especially in their 20s, find annoying. The nice employee of the shop was apparently watching me and first pressed "L'eau" & then "Eau Premiere" into my hand with the words "That might be more your taste". So I sprayed both scents on one scent strip, hurried away because it was too late, threw everything into the car and forgot the whole experience again.

A few hours later I got back in the car and took in an incredibly noble, seductively pure scent. I was confused, what was smelling so good here. Then the two scent strips from the drugstore caught my eye again. One of these two smelled so noble & seductive that it almost drove me crazy the whole car ride. Of course I didn't know which scent was which, so I researched and found out: it must and can only be this one. The very same day I ordered a half-full bottle here on Parfumo. And today I'm wearing the fragrance for the first time for the occasion: home office. There are hardly any other occasions at the moment. And I haven't been to the office for months. But I can tell you one thing: Today I feel like a real Chanel in my home office. This fragrance is a mood booster and above all it has something incredibly pure and fresh about it, but not in an unpleasant air freshener way. You simply feel beautiful, seductive, elegant and chic than I certainly look at the moment. I have to say that despite the sweatpants, I feel simply Chanel. Eau premiere, this is my fragrance. With it I feel arrived at Chanel No. 5

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10/03/2020

9
Scent 8
Longevity 8
Sillage 10
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Neroline

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Neroline

Top Review 21

Happy birthday, Mr. President...

...breathed Miss Monroe into the mike for J.F. Kennedy's birthday in 1962, wearing probably
Chanel N°5.
Her dress, the cake and the affair with J.F. Kennedy are legend. Since she told a magazine in an interview that she only wore a drop of Chanel N°5 as her nightdress, the success of this fragrance was unstoppable.
The fantasy of millions of women was stimulated and each one wanted to be as sexy as Miss Monroe and smell the same. Chanel N°5 - that was a little piece of luck
I have no idea what the original scent from 1921 smelled like, but today's Chanel No5 is too strong for me. Yeah, and a little old-fashioned in a way, too. But since I was fascinated by the history of fragrance, I decided to look into it to find out what the scent was all about. After all, next year he celebrates his 100th birthday and that has to be appreciated.

In the late summer of 192o, Ernest Beaux began to develop the first perfume for Mademoiselle Chanel. It was intended as a gift for Chanel's clients. It was to be a perfume for a woman with the scent of a woman.
It is still suspected today that he used the perfume he originally created for Tsarina Katharina as the origin of his developments. Mrs. Chanel herself had probably not correctly assessed the perfume business and therefore ceded all rights very early on. It cost her a lot of time and effort to get back into the business. With none of her fragrances she ever achieved such success again.

The aldehydes, which were new to the world of fragrances at the time, are said to be responsible for the radiant freshness of the fragrance. "Radiant freshness" I ask myself now, I cannot recognize it. But then find out that aldehydes above a certain concentration, or when aging, are often perceived as rancid, fishy or old. The dosage in the laboratory must therefore be done with care. The perfume itself must not only be stored in the dark, but should also not get too old. And this is probably where the problem lies: the bottle, which was almost unaffordable at the time, was only used on special occasions and then changed over the years. Exactly then the "Oma Helga" impression is created.

N°5 contains vetiver as one of the first women's fragrances. The sweet grass is usually used in men's perfumes. Like oakmoss, it is found in many Chanel fragrances and is partly responsible for the tart sweetness typical of Chanel. Vetiver is also found in Coco Mademoiselle. Originally this was probably the handwriting of the perfumer Ernest Beaux. It's probably this charm between the many sweet and floral components and the more masculine and tart ingredients that make up the fascination of N°5.

For our noses used to sweet cake smells this is very difficult to understand at first.

For reasons of species protection as well as for reasons of oxidation of various ingredients, the original scent has been adapted again and again and adapted to the standards. These include civet, musk, jasmine or oakmoss. Even if the many so-called reformulations are a thorn in the side of many, I welcome the fact that no animal products such as musk or civet are used any more.
Many people react very strongly to oakmoss and jasmine, and here too, reworking was necessary, which certainly changed the fragrance
Chanel N°5 celebrates its 100th birthday next year. Surely the house of Chanel will celebrate the big birthday in a proper way. Because in spite of the 100 years, N°5 is still at the forefront, and many people associate perfume with this very fragrance.

I have now tested the various N°5 and have actually fallen in love with one: The No5 Eau Premiere. It's not dewy anymore either, but somehow passed me by. For me this is really a fragrance that is out of this world:

The radiant freshness of the aldehydes with the typical hints of orange peel is much more apparent here than in the original. It possesses the lightness that I had wished for. Maybe it was already like this in 1921? Who knows.

N°5 Eau Premiere unmistakably a granddaughter of the famous great grandmother. But it is softer and gentler than its famous ancestor. Therefore it is also much younger and more modern. It's as if a thick layer of the fragrance has been taken.
Somehow I actually have an idea here of what fascinated Ernest Beaux so much: the tingling freshness of the aldhyde at the beginning. It's like carbon dioxide in water.

On the skin, Eau Premiere develops into a fragrance that after a while reminds me of human skin. The way we smelled as children, when we rode our bikes home from the swimming pool, or the smell of a freshly bathed baby. Also to the fresh air at 5.30am when camping in summer or the fresh breeze on our skin after a boat trip. Fresh, warm and soft and after a lot of sunshine. Eau Premiere hardly changes either. After the initial freshness it becomes warm and soft. It remains on the skin like a delicate veil of scent for many hours. Not spectacular, not erotic or oriental heavy. But so good and so beautiful - or as my husband says: It smells of love

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06/26/2020

8.5
Scent 9
Longevity 9
Sillage 9
Bottle

Yrahd

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Yrahd

Top Review 14

N°5 Eau Première 2007 Version

Actually, it's not the kind of scent I usually prefer.

Only for a few seconds at the beginning the approach of the old No.5 appears to me and disappears again immediately.
Then I perceive a slight citrus note, but it does not seem to be sour.
Probably by Neroli.
This delicate, almost powdery lemon combines with delicate rose.
It's an elegant, graceful rose Vetiver,vanilla and sandalwood round off the fragrance heavenly soft.
For me, the fragrance appears softly powdery overall.
After a long time on the skin in the final phase I notice a mix of green notes and very soft vanilla.

03/01/2020

8.5
Scent 7
Longevity 6
Sillage 8
Bottle

DonJuanDeCat

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DonJuanDeCat

Top Review 10

Modern-powdery premiere of a classic

Hello, you fragrance-loving creatures (which is actually just a nicer term for "perfume-addicted noses" :D). Welcome to a new comment from me. I'm writing about a fragrance tonight where I've surprised myself that I'm even commenting on it... I kept thinking that I'd already tested and described the Eau Premiere version of Chanel No5, but apparently it's one of the few fragrances that I haven't even released my mustard for.

But you won't get away from me just like that, mu ha haha, after all I have discovered that I haven't written anything here yet, so I'll now hand in my commi on the fragrance, whether you like it or not!
Wait... that sounds really psychopathic! And I'm so nice, you idiots! D

Be that as it may. No5 by Chanel is a worldwide known classic, which you either like or not. I personally think No5 is great (especially the EDP and L'Eau), even if it sometimes seems a bit mature and old-fashioned, depending on the fragrance version. But either way, I would still recommend every lady to try the No5 fragrances, just to test them. Especially for fragrance-enthusiastic creatures (above just perfume-addicted olfactory bulbs :D) No5 is almost a must read... uh... or rather a must read? Whoa, that sounds stupid, but you know what I mean. Well then, I'll get started and tell you if this fragrance is also a success or just a quickly created new version or flanker.

A little later the fragrance continues to smell nice powdery soft and sweetish. There is also some Ylang-Ylang, which goes well with the aldehydes and both of them are a bit more smelling from the background in terms of intensity. The sweet is a mix of vanilla and jasmine, and there is also a nice floral note with the May rose (which, by the way, seems like a normal rose to me).
In the base the Ylang-Ylang seems to get through a little better. Although this flower is not my cup of tea, as so often, I find the fragrance here generally quite okay, since everything else here still smells very nice, like vanilla, some neroli (although quite weak), rose and jasmine and everything just harmonizes very well. All in all, the fragrance is very successful, smells pleasantly soft and beautiful and is generally highly recommended for a test!

The silage and durability:*
In contrast to the "normal" No5 scents, the Sillage is somewhat weaker, so that it would have to be perceived best from a closer distance. Also the durability seemed to me compared to the other No5 fragrances significantly shorter, but is still good. One can calculate seven to eight hours here.

Since the intensity of this fragrance is noticeably lower and all the sultry flowers don't come across as soo sultry or heavy, I think this No5 is even an all-rounder that could be worn on warmer days in spring and summer. As an occasion, it has a fragrance that is mainly good for going out, but since it doesn't last very long (or lose its intensity quickly), it might be better to use it for the day after all. Well, like I said, he's an all-rounder, just use him for everything :)

Well, that's it. I should check if there are any other No5 variants that I haven't described yet, so that I can continue to annoy you with these scents (and I can just see that there are actually a few more versions that I still have to comment on, hey he :D)! Otherwise I wish you a nice evening, see you :)

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07/26/2018

Anosmia
5 Reviews

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Anosmia
Top Review    68

Elegance is a steel bath

Completely contrary to the fashion line of the company which has got a clear twist by Lagerfeld towards punk and has made itself popular with the young audience, the No 5 is modernized in the sense of the inventor and has kept its classic, elegant appearance, so I hear anyway.
When I had it new, I "shared" it with a friend and my mother, so to speak, and up and down the country, the eau was praised enthusiastically: Flowery, fresh, powdery, noble, elegant, classic, feminine, incomparable, not to be sated, suitable for around the clock, the office, the first date, the theatre, a fantastic, unsurpassable fragrance.
By the way, these storms of enthusiasm came almost exclusively from women. As if he would embody something that almost all women want to radiate - self-confidence and a sense of style presumably.
Eau Premiere sometimes had quite strange effects on the wearers: My girlfriend for example, until then rather from the leather jackets&Boots Fraktion suddenly walked around with a trench coat and a plain light leather bag and tried French Manicure. And my mother had me sew piles of black longsleeves with inserted white shirt collars and cuffs which always had to be worn with Eau Premiere. Surely the name (CHANEL!) contributed a lot to this change of mind, but it was not the decisive point at all.
The first prophecies of doom came from the guys my girlfriend and I had a relationship with. They found the scent old-fashioned, bland, penetrating and absolutely unsexy. Probably it was too perfumed for them, perhaps they also disturbed the aldehydes and the often described soapiness. And I'm sure she was disturbed by what this fragrance expresses. Elegance and understatement were not their thing and under eroticism they imagined fishnet pantyhose, suspenders, tube jeans with boots or hotpants but certainly no silk blouses and trench coats.
And then it happened:
My mother and my girlfriend were tired of the Eau premiere almost overnight: they couldn't stand it anymore and found it exhausting. At the same time, the nude nails and the penchant for selected elegant clothing disappeared, which had to be worn at home until late at night.
What happened?

Perfect elegance is something wonderful. Whenever I see a woman with a full-day perfectly lying short hairstyle or an artistically attached chignon, in a perfectly pale blue crease-free silk blouse that perfectly fits the at least almost perfect figure, in addition a pencil skirt and a casually blowing trench coat - not to forget perfect make-up and perfectly manicured fingernails - then I stop and marvel and swarm.
Elegance as a consistent lifestyle is also something very rare. I think you can see if someone has styled themselves for an event or is on the move every day.
And last but not least (Chanel once said so similarly) elegance is something timeless: Individual accessories may change, a certain attitude, a certain basic style seem to remain. And so No 5 became No 5 Eau Premiere.

BUT: For myself I find elegance a steel bath and I have the impression that I am not alone with it. There are girls who insist as children on being schooled completely in white lace, but forget themselves after the first piece of cake and come back in the evening - as if all the big ones had not suspected it - with torn tights, mud on their dress and leaves in their hair. These girls may then grow up to be women who lay down trench coats and eau premieres to realize after 3 months that this ensemble is not made for their everyday life.
Just as this fragrance gives posture, so it demands it. In the long run he may be too much for robber princesses, even if they find themselves in his self-confidence and determination for the time being.

Which - in the end - doesn't change the fact that a very large perfume was successfully modernised here.

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06/11/2018

7
Scent 8
Longevity 6
Sillage 6
Bottle

Mantus

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Mantus
Top Review    11

The tender light-hearted lightness

N°5 Eau Première begins sweetly sparkling - flowery, but also old-fashioned and slightly soapy.

I would like to express my sincere thanks to our perfume "Zirkeltanz" for the rehearsal.

The first thing you can notice is an intense, sparkling, flowery note that brings something exhilarating, slightly soapy and is thanks to Neroli.

At the same time, a heavy flowery sweetness is perceptible, which almost devours the neroli and comes from the ylang - ylang.

The aldehydes enclose these two notes, with a hint of lemon and bergamot scent and I also mean to smell a little bit of bitter orange, which makes sure that the scent is really lifted into the air and unfortunately also appears unpleasantly old-baked.

But dear Pafuma's, wait and see, because you will be rewarded, because the old aura disappears completely from the heart note :-)

This constellation is perceptible on my skin for 20 minutes before the heart note unfolds.

Now a deep, engaging floral note is perceptible, which also brings with it a light creamy sweetness, which gives the fragrance a beautiful femininity and stems from the May rose.

The May rose is covered with a delicate, light floral shade, which gives the fragrance something light and carefree at the same time and is due to jasmine.

Already in the heart note a sweet, creamy vanilla hint is perceptible, which builds up towards the base and harmonises wonderfully with the Mairose and the Jasmine
The heart note is perceptible on my skin for 4.5 hours before the base asserts itself.

Now the Bourbon - Vanilla has completely built up and gives the base something fluffy, where you just want to lie down and enjoy.

At the same time the Bourbon - Vanilla is accompanied by a gentle spicy shade and is responsible for the fact that the basis receives something "full" and comes from the sandalwood.

In the background, the subtly tangy vetiver rounds off the base wonderfully and lets the fragrance fade away very pleasantly
N°5 Eau Première is a great companion in the spring, summer and autumn months for young and old women who are looking for a floral and floral fragrance with a light and carefree aura.

In total the fragrance lasts 8 hours on my skin.

The Sillage is conceived from the outset in such a way that one is clearly noticed at half an arm's length and this is maintained also 3 hours in such a way, before it reduces itself in quiet steps, until the smell finally completely fades away.

11/26/2015

8
Scent 7.5
Longevity 10
Sillage 7.5
Bottle

K1
121 Reviews

K1
Helpful Review    3

Soap in marble bathtub!

My whole impression will take place on the famous No5 itself, but I have this opportunity, while I'm trying Eau Premiere these days, to write about this flanker briefly. No5 Eau Premiere in one sentence is bright and sheer version of No5. Imagine if No5 was a plant, Eau Premiere would be the twig of a main stem with lighter color.

Isn't interesting that No5's aldehyde smells like soap in marble bathtub!? This aldehyde is not my type at all but interesting that it doesn't punch me over. Eau Premiere presents that aldehyde form much lighter and less radiant, having this mixed with floral notes (five star ylang ylang accord) and indolic jasmine. The edges are chamfered by vanilla…

The result is young femininity, strong personality, charming fatality! I found this flanker much wearable and much modern than the original No5, yet the nearest to the source than the other flankers.
8/10

07/15/2014

8
Scent

Sweetgrass
35 Reviews

Sweetgrass
Very helpful Review    3

N°5's bubblier granddaughter

I have been meaning to review this one in English for a while now, and now that the weather is warm enough to try floral-aldehydic fragrances and I have been on a N°5 binge, the time seems ripe for it.

First off, the aldehydes are far lighter, more modern -- and more fleeting -- than in Eau Première's esteemed foremother. The opening lacks the bug spray accord (aldehydes spiked with intense bergamot) that can be so off-putting to delicate contemporary noses in the original N°5 and many others, and instead comes off as non-aquatic fresh floral that soon gives way to the classical jasmine-rose combo. Those two flowers seem to me to be a cornerstone of modern Western perfumery, and for good reason -- there is nothing quite as heady yet bubbly and classy as jasmine and rose blended well together. While it can feel a bit soapy especially when transitioning from top notes to the heart, it's a very, very classy kind of soapy.

The base lacks the plump oriental amber that makes the original so intoxicating, but the vanillic-woody sweetness is there, shining a golden undertone throughout the duration of this perfume. The developmental stages seem more distinct to me in Eau Première than the original N°5, which is a near-seamless floriental joy ride, and for some reason EP lasts longer on my skin, too. It's a great, classy light floral quasi-oriental, a sharper, more contemporary Atkins diet version of the plush original; nothing off the beaten path, but I would say a definite failsafe for most people looking for something elegant and unobtrusive to wear or give as gift. I for one would be only happy to receive a bottle.

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Elysium 10 months ago

The aldehydes affirm a unique presence, while vanilla and musky notes give an infinitely feminine memory. Brighter and more delicate than 5°

Jazzy76 2 years ago

9.5
Scent 9
Longevity 8
Sillage 10
Bottle

Feminity at its top : all the charm and the class of the legendary n.5 in a fresher edt to wear manily by day in the good season. Wonderful.

Trucklady 2 years ago

8
Scent 7
Longevity 7
Sillage 9
Bottle

Pairs up superbly with the body oil. Aldehydic ylang ylang that veers down a fluffy femme route. Comforting in a pink bath robe.

Lillibet 3 years ago

8.5
Scent 7
Longevity 6
Sillage 7
Bottle

A very wearable variation on Chanel's iconic No. 5. A lovely soft chiffon aura. Somehow bracing and comforting at the same time.

Bcars10 3 years ago

6.5
Scent 7
Sillage 6
Bottle

This is the Chanel No. 5 for people who can't/won't wear the original. I prefer this because it is lighter and fresher but still nostalgic.

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