Rien ne dit Grand comme un parfum floral classique aldehydic, et rien ne dit classique aldehydic floral comme Chanel n ° 5. Mais je vais être le premier à admettre que j'ai souvent des problèmes avec aldehydic parfums. Au nom de la croissance personnelle olfactif, je vais revoir une semaine de parfums classiques aldehydic dans l'ordre dans lequel ils ont été créés. Au sommet de la liste, par date de naissance et de réputation, est Chanel n ° 5.

Nothing says Grand Perfume like a classic aldehydic floral, and nothing says classic aldehydic floral like Chanel No. 5. But I’ll be the first to admit that I often have trouble with aldehydic fragrances. In the name of personal olfactory growth, I’ll be reviewing a week’s worth of classic aldehydic fragrances in the order in which they were created. At the top of the list, by birth date and by reputation, is Chanel No. 5.

Ernest Beaux created Chanel No. 5 in 1921 as part of a suite of nine fragrances he presented to Coco Chanel. Depending on which story you believe, No. 5 was an accident when too much of a particular aldehyde was added to a scent or was a deliberate attempt to replicate Coco’s modern and blatant use of synthetic materials…