Chanel N°5 Eau Première: Reviving a mythical fragrance! Chanel N°5 was created in 1921 by Ernest Beaux to give shape to Coco Chanel's wildest dreams. A classic among classics, the sparkling and luxuriant N°5 managed to cross eras and decades without aging, but it took only one for young women to turn away from it.
Chanel revisits its N°5 with L'Eau Première
When Jacques Polge joined the venerable house of Chanel in the early 1980s, he brought with him a breath of modernity and freshness without ever forgetting the elegance and chic of its mythical fragrances. It was thus that the master perfumer dared to tackle the mythical renewal of the mythical and irreplaceable N°5, giving rise to a chic young lady, N°5 Eau Première, in 2007.
Jacques Polge's bold modernization between N°5 and N°5 Eau Première
Jacques Polge's perfumery style is inimitable, and it is certainly for this reason that he was chosen to become the house perfumer of Chanel in 1978. From then on, he never ceased offering perfumes with Chanel's timeless chic while infusing them with an energy of absolute modernity and flawless originality. It was through these many creations that Jacques Polge had the boldness to work on the legendary N°5, created in 1921 by Ernest Beaux at the request of Gabrielle Chanel herself.
In creating Eau Première, he did not want to make the 5 younger, but rather to offer another vision of it, more transparent and lightened of the heady facet owed to jasmine and ylang, he says. In the early years, it was unthinkable to touch this icon. Since then, other great perfumes, which have built the myth, have come along and allowed him to offer Eau Première. Jacques Polge on N°5 Eau Première, Les Echos.
Thus, N°5 Eau Première is not meant to transform the mythical N°5 or to offer a simple variation of it. It is above all about being able to open the doors of its fantastic scents to young girls and young women who do not recognize themselves in the aldehydic opulence of N°5. N°5 Eau Première would therefore be an open door for those who would like to discover the wonderful world of Chanel without feeling as though they were traveling back in time.
N°5 Eau Première, or the luminous and delicate watercolor of Chanel's N°5
Jacques Polge loves, above all else, working with natural raw materials, particularly those of the Grasse countryside of his childhood, such as roses, jasmine or neroli blossom. He therefore took advantage of this renewal of N°5 with N°5 Eau Première to highlight these magnificent sun-kissed flowers, which bring delicacy and elegance to Gabrielle Chanel's mythical perfume.
Thus N°5 Eau Première opens with a floral flight filled with light thanks to neroli blossom and ylang-ylang from the Comoros. Despite the presence of aldehydes, the legendary signature of its elder N°5, the metallic power of these notes is muted, giving way to a heart that is thoroughly floral. Indeed, may rose and jasmine become floral caresses in this radiant N°5 Eau Première, which exhales the Provençal lands through its finest floral notes. Finally, woody notes of vanilla blend perfectly with these velvety floral softnesses to better create, for the young lady of N°5 Eau Première, a sillage that is both distinguished and unique.
A floral, luminous and airy interpretation of N°5. Chanel on N°5 Eau Première.