In 1921, from the hands of a man came that ever popular and transcending gold elixir better known as Chanel No. 5. The fragrance was originally created to be a Christmas gift for the designer's top clients. Due to the demand for more, the house made the decision to sell the fragrance in their store.…
Right in the middle of the Russian trend, Mademoiselle and the Tsars’ perfumer created the French scent.
Gabrielle Chanel & Ernest Beaux - Paris American Academy
First Versions: Chanel N°5
Ernest Beaux, co-inventor of Chanel N°5 by
Gabrielle Chanel, the founder of CHANEL
The iconic perfume named so after Coco Chanel chose the fifth perfume sample produced for her by Ernest Beaux in 1921, that same scent still greatly known and loved today. Named No. 5 to avoid any attempts at defining it descriptively within a name, and to prevent it from instantly becoming dated. The fragrance “can be seen as…
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Scent is our most evocative sense. Photograph of flapper applying Shalimar, via: library.hbs.edu. Conjuring both memory and emotion, our sense of smell creates new memories and helps us to recall those long forgotten. For some, the recollection of tender childhood moments is intertwined with the scent memories of perfumes our mothers and grandmothers wore. These classic fragrances were distinct in their makeup and very different in character to the reformulations on the market today. Many of the
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