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N°5 vs China White

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The scent fingerprint

What brings them together, what sets them apart

Exclusive to N°5

In common

Exclusive to China White

How they evolve on the skin

Notes shared by both perfumes.

Top notes the first half hour
Heart notes the central character (1 to 4 h)
Base notes the trail that remains (4 h and more)

What are they for?

N°5
China White
Seasons
Spring
Suitable
Suitable
Summer
Not its territory
Suitable
Autumn
Suitable
Suitable
Winter
Suitable
Not its territory
Moments
Office
Suitable
Very suitable
Everyday
Very suitable
Very suitable
Evenings & dates
Suitable
Suitable
Night
Suitable
Not its territory
How is it calculated?

These markers are an editorial estimate calculated automatically from the perfume's real accords and their intensity, following the classic reading of scent families (hesperidics and aromatics shine in summer and at the office, ambers and gourmands in winter and in the evening…). They do not come from user votes and do not replace a test on skin.

Why choose one… or the other?

Why choose N°5

  • It brings what the other lacks — rose, vanilla, ylang-ylang.
  • Markedly fresher, carried by aldehydic.
  • Launched in 1921, it has 105 years of life behind it.
  • We have no price recorded at our retailers yet.
  • Less concentrated (Eau de Parfum), it should last less long.

Why choose China White

  • It is more concentrated — Extrait de Parfum where the other is eau de parfum — so theoretically more tenacious.
  • Facets N°5 does not have: peony.
  • More recent creation (2007, against 1921).
  • No offer listed for the moment.
  • “winter” is not its register, according to the profile we calculate.

The verdict

  • Most concentrated

    China White — an extrait de parfum formula against an eau de parfum

  • Freshest

    N°5 — signature carried by aldehydic

Each trophy applies to a specific use, not in absolute terms.

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