Review of N°5 Parfum by aad de gids

Is Chanel No.5 Obsolete? ELENA VOSNAKI again I have read your article with renewed freshness and foremost, admiration. it is quite a research. I came to realise now (as also something from the last weeks) that DEMOGRAPHICS are all. and of course the classical demographics of the 'ladies who lunch' (1980s) and perhaps in the 1920s les Suffragettes, les Danseuses de 'Roaring Twenties' and Intellectuel and Sensual women (and these of all times) have in their time-related specificity all been gone, yet the new women of now (or men) are simply from another demographic, generation X-Y-Z, the post millennials, post COVID persons et cetera. now I often come harsh to the conviction I am already too old here (67 years). so my first encounter was with the civet-Chanel No5 at 1974, the eau de toilette and the 0.25oz7.5mL parfum which already costed HUGE. but these were my first encounters and I fell in love totally. then in the 1980s I was treated to what I now call "My Decade" with all the hooker perfumes, the most vile and distortionist ones. Giorgio, Coco, Obsession, Poison, to name the most notorious. but of course I also bought the No5 Edp. you made me aware of that. and also directly for my mom. (plus the Chanel Coco Edp.) my poor dad, who had the nose of a wolf, was hostaged in these sweltering and asphyxiating fumes. that Chanel No5 is (still) relevant to me, and learning from your article, becomes a rare occasion, not for me but at the backdrop of the perfume community. I love Coco Mademoiselle Intense, Cristalle le Edp (which was there sooner as you might think) (but with now also the new one) and No19 in Edp form. Cristalle L'Eau Verte Edt Intense, No19 le parfum. but one keeps having a knack for le No5. (I have.) NOW I fully realise the historicity of the demographics for this perfume (and all...). you give such translucent clarifications that it becomes immediately crystally obvious. last weeks I made reviews of les Démonesses du Decennium of les 1980s. what made them so special for me. you made it clear that times are changeing and that No5 conjures up wholly new and perhaps not so favorable images.... now I read Fragrantica with much joy to learn and ... laugh. I do like the newest from the newest and in the mean time builded this huge collection (260 ++) of perfumes. the latest ? Alien ExtraIntense from my favorite perfumer Dominique Ropion. it is smashing. I was never an Alien adept. I was the classical Angel Narcotic Slave. but this time Dominique has nailed it. I think they could do nothing anymore with Chanel No5. it shall be (become) a museal relict, and with the Asian Market yet a sellable one. thank you for the insights Elena !