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The Secret of Chanel No 5: The Intimate History of the World's Most Famous Perfume

✍ Scribed by Mazzeo, Tilar J

Book ID: 107824390
Publisher: HarperCollins
Year: 2010
Tongue: en-US
Weight: 1 MB
Category: Fiction
ISBN-13: 9780062020772

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✦ Synopsis

The unauthorized biography of the world's most famous, seductive, and successful perfume

With its rich golden hue, art deco--inspired bottle, and timeless, musky scent, Chanel No. 5 is the world's bestselling perfume. Reverently known among industry insiders as le monstre--the monster--it is arguably the most coveted consumer luxury product of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Yet how did this pioneering celebrity fragrance, introduced in the early 1920s, eventually take on a life of its own, becoming a cultural monument celebrated by millions of devoted consumers?

The Secret of Chanel No. 5 is Tilar J. Mazzeo's far-ranging and fascinating search beyond the stuff of legend to uncover the full story of No. 5's creation, iconic status, and extraordinary success. Mazzeo goes back through time and deep into the life of Coco Chanel, the brilliant, controversial, and steel-willed businesswoman at the heart of the...

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