Chanel no. 5

To be honest the perfume is not my thing. Most of the time I don't wear it. “Sacrilege!” I hear you say. That said, I did have one for big occasions - no kidding - called Diva by Ungaro.  I finished it a month ago. I paid CHF 25.00 for 100ml at Coop City Shop and it lasted more than a year.

However, last April, I let myself be seduced by the famous Mademoiselle perfume, Chanel no.5. No, it is not a myth: this perfume smells really good. To borrow a French expression “ça a du chien!!! (it has sex appeal).

Here the story of the iconic Chanel no.5

In 1921, Coco launched her perfume brand. She entrusted the creation of her first perfume "Chanel No. 5" to Ernest Beaux, designer of perfume at the court of the Russian Tsars. He presented Coco Chanel with two sets of samples numbered from 1 to 5 and 20 to 24. She chose sample No. 5. To the question “What name will you give it?” she replied: "I launch my collection on May 5^th, the fifth month of the year, let it keep the number it wears. This number 5 will bring it luck.”

In an interview, a reporter asked Marilyn Monroe what she wore to bed, the actress replied simply: "a few drops of No. 5."

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