Chanel N° 5

Chanel N° 5

Share the fantasy.

"I want to give women an artificial perfume," said Chanel. "Yes, I really do mean artificial, like a dress, something that has been made. I don't want any rose or lily of the valley, I want a perfume that is a composition." For the first time, large quantities of aldehydes, synthetic substances, were used in perfume to lighten the heady flower notes and to raise their sensuality toward refined seduction.

It is said that Ernest Beaux found the olfactory inspiration for N°5 around 1920, on his return from a military campaign that had taken him inside the Arctic Circle. During the midnight sun, the lakes and the rivers give off a very special fresh fragrance, which the perfumer was determined to recreate.

In an interview given at the airport in Japan, Marilyn Monroe told a reporter that all she wore in bed was a few drops of N°5. The anecdote played a large part in sustaining the legendary reputation of the fragrance.

N°5 is immortalized as an icon of the 20th century in a series of nine silkscreen prints by Andy Warhol. In 1959, the packaging secured a place for N°5 in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Notes:

Aldehydic floral. A bouquet of abstract flowers with an indefinable femininity.

Launches with bewitching notes of Ylang-Ylang and Neroli, then unfolds with Grasse Jasmine and May Rose. Sandalwood and Vanilla round out the fabled composition with unforgettable woody notes.

Style:

Chanels design house introduced Chanel N° 5 in 1921 it is a subtle, sophisticated, floral fragrance

Prices:

50ml eau de toilette $110.00 AUD
75ml eau de toilette $120.00 AUD
100ml eau de toilette $145.00 AUD