Greg Morago, Staff authorApril 29, 2021Updated: April 29, 2021 1:08 p.m.
1of5Jasmine blossom is among the many 80 completely different elements that go into Chanel No. 5.Tracy Hobson Lehmann, SAEN employees / San Antonio Express-InformationShow ExtraShow Less
2of5Marilyn Monroe, a fan of Chanel No. 5, famously stated she wore nothing to mattress however Coco Chanel’s scent.Running PressShow ExtraShow Less
3of5Chanel No. 5 fragrance celebrates the a hundredth anniversary of its creation in 2021.ChanelShow ExtraShow Less
4of5Chanel No. 5 fragrance celebrates the a hundredth anniversary of its creation in 2021.Chanel / ChanelShow ExtraShow Less
5of5Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel was a French designer who launched the enduring Chanel No. 5 perfume in 1921. Show ExtraShow Less
Designer Coco Chanel’s Chanel No. 5 — a fragrance that modified the perfume world perpetually — turns 100 this yr, giving followers a brand new motive to rejoice in probably the most iconic of ladies’s luxurious scents.
In 1921, Russian perfumer Ernest Beaux created the perfume, a bouquet of florals and aldehydes (natural compounds), to create complexity in an period of single-note scents.
Eighty elements go into the components, together with ylang-ylang, neroli, rose, jasmine, sandalwood, bourbon vetiver and vanilla. The use of aldehydes made it the world’s first fashionable perfume.
Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel selected the title, it’s stated, for the fifth pattern Beaux introduced her. Five additionally was her fortunate quantity: She normally introduced her new collections on Feb. 5 and Aug. 5.
The bottle’s chiseled stopper, lower like a diamond, was impressed by the geometry of the Place Vendôme, the first arrondissement sq. in Paris the place Chanel lived, at the Hotel Ritz.
Celebrities who put on No. 5 embody (*5*) Deneuve, Marion Cotillard, Nicole Kidman, Claudia Schiffer and Celine Dion. Marilyn Monroe was a fan.
A bottle of Chanel No. 5 is bought worldwide each 30 seconds. Chanel’s recommendation for wearers of the scent was to use it “wherever you wish to be kissed.”
Greg Morago was a options editor and reporter for The Hartford Courant for 25 years earlier than becoming a member of the Houston Chronicle as meals editor in 2009. He writes about meals, eating places, spirits, journey, style and wonder. He is a local Arizonan and member of the Pima tribe of the Gila River Indian Community.
