"What's your favorite fragrance not created by you?
I will never denigrade my confreres, but I'm not going to advertise them, either! That said, we all love the first perfumes made by the great houses, like Guerlain or Coty, because that's te beginning of it all. There's a type of conversation that happens in perfumery. When Coty did Chypre de Coty, Guerlain did Mitsouko. If we try to name all the fragrances with a relation to Shalimar, we'd be in the hundreds. I will say there'sa perfume by Schiaparelli that's now gone called Shocking. I worked for the company that made it before I was at Chanel. It has a lot o patchouli and every time I work with patchouli, I think of it.
What about favorites among your own?
I'd say Allure for women, becayse it's very simple and when I smell it on a woman it's very pleasant. (...)"
Two fragrances for Chanel by Polge are coming out this fall: "a women's scent for the limited edition Les Exclusifs range called Jersey, in honor of one of Coco Chanel's favorite fabrics, and No 19 Poudre, a rethinking of the original No. 19, with added notes of iris.
(Source, WWD BeautyInc, Sat. May 21st, The Frgarance Issue, pages 8-10.)
Allure? Really? Ewww ...
ReplyDeleteA flanker (rethinking) to No 19. Do they dare? Holy Moses. If it turns out to be 'cleaner ... fresher ... lighter ... ' I will spit.
Jersey? That's a strange name. I immediately think of the cow...
ReplyDeleteAnnemariec
ReplyDeleteHopefully the opposite. Further in the article JP talks about how important iris is in the new 19
Karin
ReplyDeleteAnd I think of Coast, -licious and Real Housewives of. :)
Oooh, excited about the new releases...more iris is never a bad thing in my book :)
ReplyDeleteBut Allure is your favourite, Jacques? It's probably my least fave Chanel, and I used to wear the stuff.
I always felt that No. 19 was pretty heavy on the iris anyway... not that more would ruin it necessarily.
ReplyDeleteKareng
ReplyDeleteNot in my book either :)
museinwoodenshoes
ReplyDeletelet's see if it might be the case of too much of a good thing...
I would love a Chanel named Jersey. It makes me laugh, but being previously from New Jersey....I just love it!
ReplyDeleteAbigail
ReplyDeleteLet the label be animal print...
I read somewhere that Chanel No. 5 was actually produced in New Jersey for a short time during WW2.
ReplyDeleteSo maybe there's more than just a connection to the fabric?
KarenG
ReplyDeleteINteresting, I did nto know that!
Two new Chanels is the Fall? Be still my heart! I wore Allure and allure Sensuelle for years - not now so much but I still love Chanel scents. They exemplify perfume as art.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to both these releases but, just in case, will probably buy a bottle of the original No 19.
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