Advantages: sensual and feminine floral hart, good staying powder Disadvantages: aldehydes - not everyone is used to this smell; can be found old-fashioned
Chanel No. 5 will always remain a controversial perfume. Although used and praised for decades it's still a love or hate fragrance. I think it's because of aldehydes, the most important constituents of this fragrance. They possess a waxy, fatty smell that often makes think on washed and dried clothe. Aldehydes are found in nature (for example in a citrus peel), but never in amounts used in Chanel No. 5. That makes this smell a bit unnatural from one side, but it also gives an interesting exotic twist.
In my opinion EDP is much softer than EDT version - the aldehydes are less sharp and the floral bouquet is more prominent. On my skin it starts with a fresh citrus note that slightly fades into a floral hart of orange blossom, rose and jasmine. An ultimate feminine bouquet, but modernized with waxy sharpness of the aldehydes ...
You can?t go wrong with Chanel No. 5
History
Chanel No 5 was introduced by Coco Chanel (a well known fashion designer), back in 1923. It?s been around such a long time, I?m sure almost everybody has bought it, tried it or at least heard of it.
Size
Available in a variety of sizes including 35 ml, 50 ml and 100 ml.
Variety
Available to purchase as an eau de parfum or eau de toilette.
Other varieties of this brand include:
Talc, soaps, lotions, bath gels, deodorants etc
Packaging
Comes in a white box, with black and gold lettering, simply packaged and straight to the point.
Smell
A floral ylang-ylang and neroli with blends of jasmine and rose, along with a woody base of sandalwood and veitver. A lasting effect which lingers into an elegant subtle and not too overpowering fragrance ...
Advantages: It's different... Disadvantages: Not terribly cohesive, too many characters and sub-plots.
This was a very strange book and one that I picked up as I was intrigued by the title and the fact that the author was Anonymous. According to the blurb on the back of the book this was originally self-published on the internet.
The plot centres around (unsurprisingly) "The Book With No Name" - a book which if read leads to the death of the reader. I thought this sounded quite interesting but the mysterious book is not as central as you would assume from the premise.
The other main plot focus is on the retrieval of a precious stone known as "The Eye of the Moon". This stone is rumoured to have magical powers and is guarded by a group of monks known as Hubals who live on an island.
The book is set in Santa Mondega, a town that is a dangerous place to live and one that is conveniently forgotten about by the rest of the country. We are ...
