A stunning twobook set in a deluxe box that celebrates the most beloved fragrance in the world Chanel 5 Arguably the most famous perfume in the world Chanel 5 continues to fascinate and claim millions of devotees. Created in 1921 by Gabrielle Chanel the perfume was one of the rst to use synthetics. To complement her pioneering fashion Chanel wanted to give the modern woman a perfume but an articial perfume . . . not rose or lily of the valley . . . a perfume that is compound oered in a distinctively paredback glass bottle that would become an icon in its own right. Two oversized volumes explore the evolution of the perfume s packaging composition manufacture and marketing with unprecedented access to the Chanel archives and those tasked with creating the fragrance today. Presented in a highend package inspired by the original perfume box Chanel 5 will delight lovers of luxury fragrance and fashion. show more