Download or read book Chanel No. 5 written by Pauline Dreyfus and published by Abrams Books. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguably the most famous perfume in the world, Chanel No. 5 continues to fascinate and claim millions of devotees. Created in 1921 by Gabrielle Chanel, the perfume was one of the first to use synthetics. To complement her pioneering fashion, Chanel wanted to give the modern woman a perfume, but an artificial perfume... not rose or lily of the valley... a perfume that is compound, offered in a distinctively pared-back glass bottle that would become an icon in its own right. Two oversized volumes explore the evolution of the perfume's packaging, composition, manufacture, and marketing, with unprecedented access to the Chanel archives and those tasked with creating the fragrance today. Presented in a high-end package inspired by the original perfume box, Chanel No. 5 will delight lovers of luxury fragrance and fashion.