There are also nods to classic jasmine, aldehyde, sandalwood, and ylang-ylang in the new scent — and that’s where things get interesting. Polge isolated the ylang-ylang using a special distilling process. The result is a greener, crisper note than anything you'd find in the original. “Natural, raw ingredients are almost fragrances by themselves,” says Polge. “We can be much more precise today than we used to be, and we have the ability of redistilling the concentrate.” He also kept sandalwood, but balanced it with a lighter, “more vibrant” cedarwood for a crisper, softer dry-down.
— Perfumer Olivier Polge provides a few more details about the upcoming Chanel No. 5 L'Eau. Read more at Stop Everything: Chanel Is Launching A New N0 .5 at Refinery 29.
Is Boy really marketed as ‘the first unisex fragrance’ I don’t recall Chanel ever openly marketing their Les Exclusifs as feminine or masculine to begin with. This reminds me of a recent article reporting that ‘Jacques PODGE’ is the in-house perfumer.
Reporting aside, I think the trend is catching on. Sandalwood making it to the male counter and cedarwood making it to the female counter. Interesting!
My understanding is they are not calling it unisex, they are calling it a masculine that can be worn by women.
Yes, that is what I remember as well. The sharing part.
It will be interesting to try this. As for notes that are engineered to be crisper than nature, is that like neutered patchouli? Sounds like LED lighting. Shudder!!!
Yes, molecular fractions — take out the parts you don’t like, leave in the parts you do. Generally they seem to use to make everything cleaner 🙂
Waiting to try this out.
Please Chanel ..just make sure this has some longevity .
The Body Oil is pretty good re. smell BTW.
I will always love the EDT first and foremost.
No 5 parfum circa 2014 30 mls .. no tenacity whatsoever on my skin.