It will be both! I'm 99.99% sure that with perfect play the game ends in a draw. So if a move is made that doesn't give the other side a win, then it could qualify as a "perfect" move. 1. e4, 1. d4, 1. c4, 1. Nf3 and quite a few other moves don't lose, and are therefore "perfect."
This is one of the reasons I'm not too worried about chess being solved. There will be sooooooo many moves that are okay to play that nobody will be able to remember them (at least OTB). And to be honest, I almost think that being told that a certain position is +0.45 is more useful than being told that with perfect play the position is drawn.
I know I might be getting ahead of myself here for discussing perfect chess when we're still hundreds of years too early to create 32-man tablebases. But if ever chess will be solved, do you think that the first move will be e4 or d4? Or maybe a different one (Nf3, c4, b3 etc.)? Feel free to discuss.