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A brand created by a woman at a time when women were just entering the workforce and its journey to becoming a part of the cultural fabric
There are few perfumes more iconic than Chanel No. 5. For more than 100 years, women have worn this perfume as a battle armor of sorts.
This Affordable Perfume Is A Perfect Dupe For Chanel No. 5
This century-old scent remains at the forefront of the fragrance industry today. Here, see the story of No5
Chanel No5: The history of the iconic perfume
Hi Dry Downers! Welcome to a new edition of The Six, in which we each pick three perfumes around a theme. This week, we are diving into the wild world of aldehydes. What in the world is an aldehyde? Glad you asked. Fragrantica defines the aldehyde family as “a vast group of components of organic origin reproduced in the lab,” which is basically another way of saying they are kind of magical chemistry reactions that reproduce elements like oxygen, carbon, and hydrogen, but for use in scent. Or from Wikipedia: “
The Dry Down Six: Aldehydes - by Rachel - The Dry Down
In <em>Scent And Subversion</em>, Barbara Herman explains how, at the turn of the 20th century, most perfumes were still just one note, floral. Then along came a fragrance that changed everything. "With Chanel No. 5," Herman says, "Coco Chanel said, 'A woman needs to smell like a woman, and not a rose.'"
Perfume's Scents Of Subversion? Sweat, Musk And Patchouli
It sparked a revolution, inspired generations of women and changed the very notion of what perfume could be
Chanel No. 5 turns 100: the story behind the world's most famous
An in-depth analysis of the perfumes and culture of Le Labo.
A Question of Soul: Perfumery at Le Labo - by Miccaeli
Persolaise Review: No. 5 L'Eau from Chanel (Olivier Polge; 2016)
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, new blush-hued scents hit all the right notes — from seductive woods to feminine florals.
Fragrance Notes: That Touch of Pink – The Hollywood Reporter
Mystery novels offer a more nuanced perspective in which perfumes are one intriguing tool in the box of dark communication strategies. Beyond seduction, by “dark communication” I mean that a perfume can create avenues for deception, subterfuge, transgression, deviance and so on. Napoleon is said to have gone through more than 100ml of his lime […]
How Perfume Becomes an Evocative Clue for Mystery Writers
While Coco’s understated elegance lacks the fireworks of Dior or McQueen, the exhibition is carried by the energy of a formidable, if not exactly likable, character
Gabrielle Chanel: Fashion Manifesto review – modernist
Perfumes: The Guide [Book]
Perfumers want your signature scent to be a mix of fragrances that can run $295 each.
Marketing Perfumes by the Batch - Bloomberg