Chanel N°5 Facts - Five Things You Never Knew About Chanel Number 5

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Chanel N°5 Facts - Five Things You Never Knew About Chanel Number 5

Out of all the perfumes in the world, there’s only one Chanel N°5. Here are five little known facts about the classic perfume.

Chanel N°5 Facts - Five Things You Never Knew About Chanel Number 5

Chanel N°5 Facts - Five Things You Never Knew About Chanel Number 5

Chanel N°5 Facts - Five Things You Never Knew About Chanel Number 5

12 startling secrets you still don't know about Chanel No. 5 (even after 100 years!)

Wearing Chanel No. 5 sends a message: There’s only one fragrance that telegraphs sophistication as quickly. Here, a quick lesson into its origin.

Chanel N°5 Facts - Five Things You Never Knew About Chanel Number 5

Behind the Icon: Chanel No. 5

For the next two weeks, we'll be featuring posts from our extensive blog archives. Today's post was written by Meghan Hansen, FIDM Museum Registrar, in 2009. In this post, she dives into our fragrance archive with an investigation into a counterfeit Chanel No. 5 box and bottle. ********** “Bathtub Perfume Traps Pool Shark”1  “Pair Arrested in Sale of 11c Perfume for $15”2 These headlines suggest the rampant problem of piracy in the perfume industry, a criminal activity prevalent in any field in which luxury goods are involved. For an example of the legal battles that can ensue from the selling of pirated fashions, check out this New York Times blog post. Though Chanel’s fragrances were not the only French perfumes targeted by counterfeiters, Chanel No. 5 consistently turns up in smuggling arrests, counterfeit busts, and consumer warnings about cheap perfume scams. Chanel No. 5 has a cachet that everyone wants, but where does this reputation come from? Counterfeit Chanel No. 5 Bottle and Boxc. 1950-1959Gift of Annette GreenF2005.860.986AB

Chanel N°5 Facts - Five Things You Never Knew About Chanel Number 5

From the Archives: Discovering Counterfeit Chanel No. 5 in a Museum Collection - FIDM Museum

Chanel N°5 Facts - Five Things You Never Knew About Chanel Number 5

Five Facts You Didn't Know About Chanel N°5

Chanel N°5 Facts - Five Things You Never Knew About Chanel Number 5

Chanel No 5 used to use an extremely controversial ingredient 👀

As Chanel launches its newest incarnation of Chanel No. 5, L'Eau, Susannah Frankel reflects on the history of the renowned fragrance

Chanel N°5 Facts - Five Things You Never Knew About Chanel Number 5

A Brief History of Chanel No. 5

Sandra Bauknecht: I am N°5, an abstract perfume by Gabrielle Chanel, which she created in 1921 with Ernest Beaux, perfumer to the tsars. This year, the best-known perfume in the world of the world CHANEL N°5 celebrates its 100th anniversary. Its name is universally renowned. Its wake, a revolution. Its bottle, an unmatched masterpiece. I am the

Chanel N°5 Facts - Five Things You Never Knew About Chanel Number 5

Celebrating 100 Years of CHANEL N°5

Arguably the most famous perfume in the world – most memorably endorsed by Marilyn Monroe – Chanel No 5 continues to fascinate and claims millions of

Chanel N°5 Facts - Five Things You Never Knew About Chanel Number 5

Chanel No 5

As the fragrance turns 100, Chanel’s perfumer-in-chief Olivier Polge describes<em> </em>what it takes to create and curate a classic brand

Chanel N°5 Facts - Five Things You Never Knew About Chanel Number 5

Smell of success: How Chanel No 5 gained a sprinkling of stardust, Chanel

Chanel N°5 Facts - Five Things You Never Knew About Chanel Number 5

100 Years of Chanel No 5 – Summit Public Library