Chanel No. 5 and secret behind creating this iconic cologne revealed

Coco Chanel was a path-breaking designer. She challenged norm, gave women wings and inspired them to mould their own real identity. Gabrielle Coco Chanel had famously said that, “A woman who doesn’t wear perfume has no future” and rightly sticking to it, Coco  released her first ever iconic perfume for women back in 1921. Chanel No. 5 was her first ever fragrance and the scent of it was floral aldehydic feminine fine fragrance.

The top notes of this beauty are ylang-ylang, neroli, bergamot, amalfi lemon and aldehydes. The middle notes are jasmine, iris, rose, lily-of-the-valley and orris root. Base notes consists of sandalwood, musk, amber, vanille, vetiver, patchouli and oak moss. In a few years it is going be a century of celebrating this beautiful and refreshing scent; but do you know the flowers that go in creating this piece of ‘art’? Well, let us reveal it to you and make you a part of the journey that creates Chanel No. 5

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Rosa centifolia : hundred petal roses or cabbage roses are the roses that are specifically picked from Joseph Mul’s fields near Pegomas, France. The Mul family since the mid 1980’s has acquired an exclusive partnership to grow roses and jasmine for Chanel and especially Chanel No. 5. The species of these roses is prized because of its sweet, clear and honeyed scent. Joseph Mul whose great-grandfather started the farm in the early 1900s reveals that he can even identify a rose in Pegomas with his eyes shut.

Mul demonstrated the correct way of culling the rose. “One finger over, over, one finger under,” he said. “Then twist! You can hear the snap.” Once the roses bloom, the entire field needs to be harvested in two weeks. Once the roses are harvested, their oils must be extracted quickly before they start to ferment. Every 30 milliliter bottle of Chanel No. 5 is an extension of the lives of a thousand Pegomas jasmine flowers and 12 Pegomas roses.

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As if the cologne wasn’t enough to charm us, this entire process has made us fall in love with it all the more. What do you guys think? Comment and let us know.