Isn't it usually the general rule that if you can't afford the expensive clothes from a favourite label but are still desperate for a slice of the action you go for the accessories? Or, at the very least, the fragrance? Think Viktor & Rolf's debut fragrance Flower Bomb - cheaper than one of their eccentric laser-cut tulle gowns and in a gorgeous bottle - or one of the most famous scents ever... Chanel No. 5. OMG this is literally the cockroach of perfumes, so to speak. Completely and utterly indestructible - in terms of sales and smells. And let me show you why:
- The first fragrance launched by the house of Chanel, it has been on sale since it's creation in 1921
- The company estimates that a bottle is sold worldwide EVERY 30 SECONDS
- Coco only set out to send 100 bottles to her best clients - lucky she didn't!
- "I always launch my collection on the 5th day of the 5th month, so the number 5 seems to bring me luck..." said Coco herself when discussing the name
- Marilyn Monroe was asked what she wore at night, and was reported answering "Five drops of No 5"
- Millions of dollars have gone into producing short film adverts for the fragrance, one featuring Nicole Kidman (estimated at £5.6 million to make) in a HUGE Lagerfeld pink dress and THAT necklace - all 687 diamonds of it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTO4FHf8MBs) and the other with Audrey Tautou (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-ngh-9eeMo) which was released on the 5th of May on the Chanel website in honour of the perfume.
I'm personally not a huge fan of the smell, it is quite an 'old' scent, but who am I to comment! Women love it, it's official!
