Chanel No. 5 Eau de Toilette won the Hall of Fame award in Allure’s Best of Beauty 2011, with 17 previous awards.
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Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price: $64.00 USD
Manufacturer’s description: The now and forever fragrance. The ultimate in femininity. An elegant, luxurious spray closest in strength and character to the parfum form. The sleek, portable signature bottle is perfect for the dressing table or travel.
Here is the Allure Best of Beauty Review for Hall of Fame Winner – Chanel No. 5 Eau de Toilette:
In the summer of 1920, Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel asked perfumer Ernest Beaux to make a fragrance that would allow a woman to smell like a woman and not like a flower. “She was looking to define a new sense of modern feminine identity: overtly sexy, but with nothing dirty about it,” says Tilar J. Mazzeo, author of The Secret of Chanel No. 5 (HarperCollins). Beaux reportedly based No. 5 on a perfume he’d concocted for the Russian market in 1914, called Rallet No. 1. “It flopped, so when Coco tapped him, Beaux developed ten different adaptations of his original formula,” says Mazzeo. “The fifth sample became Chanel No. 5.” Five was also Coco’s lucky number: She was a Leo, the fifth sign of the zodiac. Other elements were equally personal. The square-cut bottle may have been modeled after a flask carried by a former lover. Another theory has it based on the shape of the Place Vendôme, the area outside the Hotel Ritz, where Coco lived. She originally intended to share the scent with only 100 of her best clients, and it wasn’t until 1921, when the perfume’s immense popularity compelled Coco to sell it in her boutiques, that No. 5 went public. “It was the first floral perfume made to evoke a bouquet rather than a single bud,” says Chanel master perfumer Jacques Polge. Today, Chanel No. 5 is the best-selling perfume in the world.
WHAT IT IS:
A classic powdery floral fragrance
NOTES:
Jasmine, rose, patchouli, iris, and ylang ylang
WHY WE LIKE IT:
Created in 1924—three years after the original Chanel No. 5 Eau de Parfum—this eau de toilette can hold its own against any fragrance trend. The floral has a powdery quality; it’s chic, feminine, and timeless.
AWARDS:
Best of Beauty 1998 and 1996; Best of Beauty Hall of Fame 2011; Readers’ Choice 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, and 1996
Check out more Makeup Magazine Reviews of the year’s Hall of Fame Products from Allure’s Best of Beauty 2011
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