Thursday, February 26, 2009

Chanel Perfume


Even if you're wearing your old favorite pair of jeans and a sweatshirt to walk the dog a whiff of Chanel perfume will create an impression of sophistication and elegance. Your fellow dog walkers will immediately identify you as that woman with a bit of class, even if your dog is an mongrel.

More importantly, and this is what perfume does better than anything, it will lift your mood. The routine chores, the grey winter day will all melt away. Chanel perfume performs that trick best of all.

The most famous Chanel perfume is Chanel No 5. It was invented by the perfumer Ernst Beaux. Fashioner designer Coco Chanel commissioned him to blend six fragrances and she chose number five. Hence the name.

Chanel No 5 was intended to be the most expensive perfume in the world. The price came from the amount of jasmine it contained. It still contains jasmine but it's out priced by a lot of other brands these days. But nothing beats the famous scent of Chanel No 5.

Coco Chanel used to spray Chanel perfume around her fitting rooms. It's a trick that fashion houses still use because it lifts the mood of the client.

When asked what she wore in bed at night, Marilyn Monroe is reputed to said, "Why, Chanel No 5, of course." Her endorsement of Chanel perfume made it a best seller worldwide.