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Sali Hughes

Sali Hughes

Journalist and writer

May 28, 2026

8:08
Yes.
8:08
So, so No. 5, I'd talked myself into Miss Dior, and it had paid off.
8:14
And so by the time I came across No. 5, I was in like Flynn.
8:18
I just, I loved it immediately, and I have never stopped loving it.
8:22
And I then saved my pocket money allowance gifts for a really, really long time until I could afford a bottle of eau de toilette of Chanel, and I still think eau de toilette is, is one of my favorite incarnations, actually, of No. 5.

8 MINS LATER

16:39
Mm
16:39
... it's very rare ...
16:40
You have to be really, really into perfume to go, "Ooh, are you wearing L'eau d'Hiver?" So L'eau d'Hiver, when I asked my husband last night, 'cause I knew I was doing this podcast, I said, "What's my signature scent?" Forget Number Five because I knew he would say that straight away.

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