Chanel - N°5 - Parfum Grand Extrait - Luxury Fragrances - 225 ml

Chanel - The Revolutionary Coco

Gabrielle Chanel, a strong and ambitious woman, overturned the women fashion, that was constrained within a rigid social pattern. Chanel the “modiste” didn’t belong to the Parisian aristocracy, nor to the high bourgeoisie, but she managed to make à la page the dressmakers and saleswomen’s dresses even for the rich ladies from Deauville.

She was born on August 19th, 1883, in a small village in the South of France; Coco started out in the fashion industry in 1908, creating hats in Paris and later in Deauville. In the 10s, those cities plus Biarritz saw the opening of her first shops. During the Belle Epoque, women were constrained in rigid corsets and wore pleated, draped and reinforced dresses with petticoats.

Furthermore, you have to consider that the taste of the time imposed an exotic and oriental appeal. It is not difficult to imagine how a fashion style aiming at overturning those rules was considered visionary and impudent at that time. In the same years, Paul Poiret and Mademoiselle Vionnet freed women from corselettes, while Paquin introduced a flowing shape and an Empire style waist.

Chanel - N°5 - Parfum Grand Extrait - Luxury Fragrances - 225 ml

Portrait

The perfume par excellence presented in its rarest form. LES GRANDS EXTRAITS N ° 5 are exceptional products, sought after by collectors and made exclusively to order. The extract, the most precious expression of the High Perfumery, is kept in a bottle whose format is shocking. In faceted glass, cut like a monumental diamond, sealed with the art of baudruchage, this majestic bottle is revealed in its white satin-lined casket and protected by a case that opens like a corolla.

Olfactory Atmosphere

An abstract perfume that reveals a deliciously powdery bouquet. Extract No. 5 expresses the quintessence of femininity.
Grasse neroli opens on the sensual and floral notes of two exceptional raw materials, May rose and Grasse jasmine.
The aldehydes give an impalpable freshness and give the perfume its characteristic abstract note.

Discovery Guide

In 1921, Gabrielle Chanel turned to Ernest Beaux to create "a rare and persistent" women's perfume that smells like a woman ". The perfumer proposes a visionary composition that foresees an unprecedented use of aldehydes. Mademoiselle prefers version number 5 of the fragrance and, for her name, chooses this simple number. For this fragrance she adopts an extreme bottle, adorned with a white label and a faceted cabochon. The unprecedented fragrance, the name and the bottle with sober lines revolutionize the history of perfumery. The N ° 5 imposes itself as a cult fragrance.

Inspiration

In 1921, Gabrielle Chanel turned to Ernest Beaux to create "a rare and persistent" women's perfume that smells like a woman ". The perfumer proposes a visionary composition that foresees an unprecedented use of aldehydes. Mademoiselle prefers version number 5 of the fragrance and, for her name, chooses this simple number. For this fragrance she adopts an extreme bottle, adorned with a white label and a faceted cabochon. The unprecedented fragrance, the name and the bottle with sober lines revolutionize the history of perfumery. The N ° 5 imposes itself as a cult fragrance.

Art of Perfuming

Apply the extract to the skin with the cabochon cut cap, on the pulsation points. Behind the ear, on the décolleté, inside the wrist.

Complementary Information

Ingredients List

ALCOHOL | PARFUM (FRAGRANCE) | LINALOOL | COUMARIN | HYDROXYCITRONELLAL | GERANIOL | ALPHA-ISOMETHYL IONONE | LIMONENE | CITRONELLOL | BENZYL BENZOATE | EUGENOL | CINNAMYL ALCOHOL | BENZYL SALICYLATE | BENZYL ALCOHOL | CITRAL | FARNESOL | BENZYL CINNAMATE | ISOEUGENOL | CINNAMAL | IL70-1

The list of ingredients can be found on the packaging of all our products. In case of allergies, please pay attention to the list of ingredients before using each new pack.

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