Chanel No 5

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I tried a squirt of this the other day and it was lovely - had never actually smelled it before. What do you all think though - classic, or old fashioned?

Love it- I use the EDT.

I love it. I've still got a small amount in an old bottle, I'm going to get a new one as a present to myself when I'm divorced, as it reminds me of my 20s before I met stbxh. Scent is so powerful!

I like it and used to wear it, but I switched to Miss Dior.

It is a classic but depends if it suits you. I only wear coco

I think Chanel No5 smelled good on my in my 20s and early 30s but not any more. I think of it as a young woman’s perfume for some reason. The Marilyn Monroe connection probably feeds into that.

I don't like it, but do I like Coco Mademoiselle and Chance au Tendre. My favourite Chanel one is Gardenia, but I'm rationing my elderly bottle of it which has probably gone off.

Struggling for a perfume now so open to suggestions. I find there’s just too many to find my own!

I loathe it, but only because of association. When I was a child my grandma used to practically bathe in it and the smell was overwhelming. I hadn’t realised it was No. 5 until I started taking an interest in perfume many years later and sprayed a tester in a shop. Couldn’t scrub it off my wrist fast enough. So that’s not much help, sorry op!

Classic and I absolutely love it, but only the edp or parfum. The edt is awful on me.

Wow - I would love to smell the eau de cologne. Where did you find it?

I hate it but think it's a classic. DH bought me a large bottle of Chanel Chance, fortunately I love it.

This will always hold fond memories for me. I was 22, in love, his friend visited with this as a gift for me. It was luxury, extravagance, elegance. I don't think it suited me but it got me started down the road of finding my fragrance. I settled happily on Coco, but whenever i smell no 5 i smile, my youth is in that smell that's both timeless and classic whilst being comfortably retro.

I love it but prefer #19

I think it would be my desert island luxury

Can’t bear it. Far too strong and it gives me a headache.

Chance is also gorgeous and more modern in my opinion

Classic but it doesn’t work for me <sad face> I bought it and got comments like “have you spilt bleach” and “is that disinfectant I can smell”.

Gave it to a friend and the person behind her in a shop queue said - you smell glorious, what is that perfume?

If it works for you then enjoy wearing it.

It’s beautiful on me. Warm and cold at the same time. It REALLY works on my skin. I’m never without it in my perfume collection. I’ve an EDT, EDP and a tiny (and eye wateringly expensive) pure perfume.

I also love No19 and the original Coco (not Mademoiselle).

The ‘newer’ scents (Chance, Gabrielle etc) are too … dunno… light? generic? soft? for me.

I also adore some of the Exclusif scents - too many to mention. Too expensive to justify this month

I think it smells a bit like pee.
I love no19 though!

Love it smells good on me but I use sparingly.

I think the fascinating thing about perfumes is that they smell so different on people.

Without fail (and I have a decent and varied collection) the perfume that has people saying to me "omg you smell gorgeous" is Clinique Aromatics. I know that many loathe it but somehow it goes with me.

Not a fan of Chanel 5. There's something about the janitor's cupboard about it for me.

I like it but I prefer coco mademoiselle

Its my mums favourite so it always reminds me of her. She tried coco mademoiselle a few years ago and didn't like it on her so gave me it.

I think it’s recognised as a classic, in terms of how popular it is and how long it’s been around.

I don’t personally like it though. It smells musty and powdery to me.

Love it, have worn it for 35 years

I prefer no 19
DD suits coco mademoiselle