Guerlain, Hermès, Caron, Roger & Gallet, Chanel, Dior, Madame Carven, Jean Paul Gaultier, Jeanne Lanvin, Nina Ricci, Marcel Rochas, Yves Saint Laurent, Hubert de Givenchy, Elsa Schiaparelli
From Miss Dior and Chanel Nᵒ 5 to Opium, from Arpège to Joy, Calèche and L’Interdit, from L’Air du Temps, Aqua Allegoria and Ma Griffe to Shalimar and Shocking, each famous perfume with its secret and passionate history.
“With this vanilla packet I would have been able to create nothing but Créme Anglaise, while Jacques Guerlain created Shalimar!“ Ernest Beaux, creator of Chanel's eternal No 5
“Perfume laughs at the passing of time.“ Guerlain, about Shalimar
Numéro 19,a bold green perfume, which Chanel wears with the same pride with which she wears Numéro 5. The new creation is, by the way, presented in the same square bottle.
The number 19 corresponds to Coco's birthday: August 19. It is said that one day, some Americans stopped her on the street and asked her what perfume she was wearing. Chanel motioned for them to follow her and took them to Rue Cambon, number 31. As soon as they entered the boutique, the Americans recognized her.
A mixture of paradoxes, Chanel, the designer who defied all the rules, the one about whom Paul Morand said she was the “exterminating angel of 19th century style“, the one who wore her own name with such pride Number 5, used the camellia, a flower without fragrance, as its symbol!
Authors:
Reputed journalist for “Elle” magazine, Bertrand Meyer-Stabley, author of the volumes 12 female creators who changed history and 12 creators who they changed istori,a is passionate about celebrities and their memorable and distinctive way of integrating themselves into everyday life. He has worked for Princess Margaret of Great Britain, written about Elton John, Coco Chanel, Rudolf Nureyev, Gala Dali, James Dean and many others. Beyond the passion for meticulously documenting the bibliographic journey of characters who strongly mark social history, Bertrand Meyer-Stabley has successfully edited some of Jean Cocteau's most provocative texts. ÎCurrently lives in Nice and collaborates with numerous French and foreign publications.
Editor, then journalist at „Elle” magazine, Anne Davis works in the field of fashion, of beauty and health for twenty-five years. He has published many volumes on health topics.