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.

For starters, it marks the fifth fragrance in the Chance lineup—a number that holds major significance at Chanel (Chanel No.5, anyone?). Oh, and it’s the first Chance scent to debut in a whole ...

"I was amazed by the volumes," says Olivier Polge, Chanel's head perfumer, of the luxury brand's fragrance exhibition Le Grand Numéro de Chanel at the Grand Palais Éphémère, an events space in ...

Consider this your handy guide to fragrance types, including how long each one lasts, the notes they typically feature, how ...

Here’s everything you need to know about Chance Eau Splendide before you (no doubt) add it to cart ... basically the gateway drug to the full Chanel perfume universe (which is currently 85 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...