Chanel 5 And Other Perfumes Naming
Author: Paton Jackson

Have you ever thought about the names of the perfumes? Why each
of them has its specific own name? Is it a spontaneous decision
to name a perfume "JOY", "Shalimar" or "CHANEL N' 5" ? Why N' 5
and not N' 6 , N' 7 or N' 8?

"Perfume", says Sophia Grosjman, IFF's star perfumer, "is a
promise in a bottle".
We want to believe. We crave to be prettier, richer, sexier and
happier than we are. Perfume speaks more to our vulnerabilities
than to our strengths. Consider the labels on the fragrances we
buy: Pleasures, Beautiful, Delicious, Sexy. As Charles Revson
said: "We sell hope". And we buy. But, behind almost every
significant perfume there is a story. Take for example
"Shalimar".

According to a legend, Raymond Guerlain and his wife were on
their trip to USA by sea. His wife wore "Shalimar" and all of
the passengers were astonished by this innovative, oriental
vanilla scented perfume. When the couple landed USA, all the
high society fell in love with "Shalimar" which became favorite
still today. The perfume got its name from a legend about an
Indian emperor who had a garden named "Shalimar".

"My dresses fit very well my clients…I want a perfume addressed
to a modern woman that will fit her as my clothes do. It must
have a character. And it must be an expensive one". Ernest
Beaux, the creator of "CHANEL N' 5" introduced Coco Chanel
(Gabrielle) ten bottles, and separated them in two groups. One
group was numbered in numbers from 1 to 5, the second group was
numbered 20 to 24. Mademoiselle Chanel chose bottle N' 5. When
Beaux asked her why she had chosen that specific bottle, she
answered: " I am going to exhibit my collection on May the 5th,
c'est-a-dire, the 5th day of the 5th month. So let's take a
bottle with this number. Hope this number will bring success to
perfume".


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