Chanel No. 5: a Guru Score of 85% from 2 skincare experts

What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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"It has stayed the most similar to when it first launched. I think this smells so good. When I first smelled this back in the day when I was younger, I didn't like it. I feel like my taste was different at the time. Now that I'm in my 30s, this feels so classy to me and I really love it and I feel like I need to maybe one day treat myself to a bottle of No. 5 because I just feel like it's a right of passage almost to own Chanel No. 5."

Caroline Hirons

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"My relationship with Chanel No. 5 is very personal. It's basically the longest relationship of my life to be honest. I had to write a love letter to Chanel No. 5 for a piece I wrote for Stylist, [...] and it was about why Chanel No. 5 is so great. It meant a lot to me, and [...] I would have been really upset if somebody else had done it. It won, so yeah that meant a lot to me."

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All 3 takes from Caroline Hirons

Glad We Had This Chat - Sali Hughes

"My relationship with Chanel No. 5 is very personal. It's basically the longest relationship of my life to be honest. I had to write a love letter to Chanel No. 5 for a piece I wrote for Stylist, [...] and it was about why Chanel No. 5 is so great. It meant a lot to me, and [...] I would have been really upset if somebody else had done it. It won, so yeah that meant a lot to me."

Glad We Had This Chat - JAMIE GENEVIEVE

"I remember the last whiff of perfume as she went left the house. [...] It was Winter's morning and I was going to school and she left the house with a waft of generally Chanel No. 5. I'd go, oh Mom's going to work, I'll go to school, everything's fine with the world."

JOANNA VARGAS AND RENEE ROULEAU - THE GREAT BRIT(ISH) QUIZ

"Chanel No. 5 is one of the most iconic beauty products of all time."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Frequently asked.

What is Chanel No. 5?

A classic floral fragrance launched by Chanel in 1921, featuring a blend of aldehydes and florals including jasmine and rose, designed as a signature luxury perfume.

Is Chanel No. 5 worth it?

Yes. All 2 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 85%.

What is Chanel No. 5's Guru Score?

Chanel No. 5 holds a Guru Score of 85%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.