Ninety years later Chanel No 5 is arguably still the ... It took him several months to perfect a new fragrance but eventually he came up with 10 samples and presented them to Chanel.

It was the first Chanel fragrance; it had to make a statement ... The black blocky letters. The name. No. 5? It was simply the fifth sample Beaux sent over, which Chanel approved.

You simply cannot get more iconic than Chanel No.5. The fragrance became synonymous with luxury as soon as it appeared in 1921. Originally crafted by Ernest Beaux, the scent is still going strong ...

As the first fragrance launched by the fashion house, Chanel No.5 has gained iconic status the world over. Created by Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel in 1921, it was designed to appeal to flapper ...

And then at the end of the job, she gave me the perfume. Marilyn Monroe famously wore Chanel No. 5 to bed. So when do you apply fragrance, and how much do you use? I wear it to bed sometimes.

“Much like No. 5, Marilyn carries something universal and at the same time very intimate,” Thomas du Pré de Saint Maur, Chanel’s head of global creative resources for fragrance and ...

By Lindsay Talbot A 1927 colored lithograph by the French artist Georges Goursat, a.k.a. Sem, of Chanel’s No. 5 perfume bottle.Credit...Chanel Patrimoine Collection, Paris In 1920, following the ...

Diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but Marilyn Monroe’s favorite fragrance costs much less. The star famously swore by a spritz of Chanel No. 5, a scent that’s proven almost just as iconic ...

"There's a real strength in this fragrance, too," She continued. "When I think of the kind of woman that might wear Chanel No. 5, I think that she's powerful, she has desires." Chanel No. 5 was ...