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May 9, 2012

It’s Official – Brad Pitt Named the New Face of Chanel N°5

Rumors were spreading like wild fire yesterday across the internet after E! released an unconfirmed story that Brad Pitt was the new face of Chanel N°5. This morning I woke up to an email from Chanel making it official: “CHANEL has selected world renowned actor Brad Pitt to be the face of the upcoming advertising campaign for CHANEL N°5.”

It’s the first time that I can recall that a man has been selected as the face of a woman’s fragrance. Perhaps Chanel will tell the story from the man’s perspective – what he feels about a woman that wears CHANEL N°5? I’m excited to see how Chanel will approach this – I’m sure whatever they decide to do it will be creative and ground-breaking.

Image: © CHANEL 2012 – Greg Williams

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May 5, 2012

Happy 5.5! Celebrate Chanel Nº5

Some people celebrate Cinco de Mayo but as a Chanelphile, I like to take today to appreciate the most iconic women’s fragrance in the world Chanel Nº5. Here are some of my favorite Chanel Nº5 short films – enjoy!

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April 22, 2012

Les Exclusifs de Chanel: Gardénia

One of my favorite scents from Les Exclusifs de Chanel is Gardénia. I’ve been waiting for the right moment to get it and I think that the light, fresh scent is perfect for spring and summer. I tend to stay away from heavier scents once the weather gets warmer and Gardénia’s light floral scent is lovely in the hotter months. Created by Master Perfumer Ernest Beaux in 1925 (also the creator of Chanel N°5), Chanel Gardénia is an ode to the camellia, Mademoiselle Chanel’s favorite flower. Gardénia is definitely on my shopping list this spring.

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April 3, 2012

Chanel Links: Week of 04.02.12

Coco Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld are listed on TIME Magazine’s list of All-TIME 100 Fashion Icons.

Chanel Illustration by Sem

Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel will be inducted into the 2012 FiFi Hall of Fame on May 21. The FiFi Awards are sponsored by the Fragrance Foundation and Jill Belasco, chair of The Fragrance Foundation stated:

Chanel fragrances have reached near mythical status thanks to the vision of Coco Chanel, her enduring commitment to in-house master perfumery and an uncompromising commitment to luxury and quality. To this day, men and women everywhere delight in wearing fragrances marked by the entwined double C’s of Chanel.

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Charlotte Casiraghi wore Chanel spring-summer 2012 haute couture to the 2012 Monaco Rose Ball in Monte Carlo – I’m not crazy about her modifications I think it looked better on the runway… Red Carpet Fashion Awards

Chanel opened a fragrance bar dubbed Espace Parfum at Bloomingdale’s on 59th Street in NYC – the Espace Parfum will specialize in creating a new experience for discovering Chanel fragrances including Les Exclusifs and other limited distribution scents. WWD

Drew Barrymore is engaged to art consultant Will Kopelman, the son of Arie Kopelman, a former head of Chanel USA, so naturally, the bride will be wearing Chanel. Brides

Listen to the DFA Mix by Tim Sweeney (2008) for Chanel Mobile Art Launch – NYC

A new luxury building is being built on Newbury Street in Boston and the first two floors will house a Chanel boutiuque. Boston.com

Karl Lagerfeld’s latest project is to redesign the outside areas of the Métropole Monte-Carlo including a fresco-style depiction of Ulysses’ journey etched on fifteen panels of glass (two pictured above). WWD.

Kristen Stewart wore a Chanel manicure to the 2012 Kids’ Choice Awards.

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March 14, 2012

New Chanel Ad: A drop of N°5, and nothing else

There’s nothing more to say…

By Guido Mocafico

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March 1, 2012

Chanel Allure Homme Sport Eau Extrême Ad Campaign

Chanel has linked up with surfer Danny Fuller and Academy Award winning director Kathryn Bigelow for the Chanel Allure Homme Sport Eau Extrême ad campaign. The stills and film are in black and white and feature Danny Fuller doing what he does best. I especially love the male voice over saying the name of the fragrance – very sexy. I might have to get this for my husband.

The Chanel Allure Homme Sport Eau Extrême will officially begin to run in April, but Chanel dropped some sneak peeks today. On choosing to work with Kathryn Bigelow, Christine Dagousset, executive vice president of fragrance and beauté of Chanel stated:

Kathryn Bigelow has an amazing vision and ability to direct action-filled moments…In addition to ‘The Hurt Locker,’ she also directed the surf film ‘Point Break.’ She was the best person to direct this type of campaign, especially because of her affinity for the sport of surfing. Because Allure Homme Sport Eau Extrême is the extreme version of the classic Allure Homme, the new concentration was meant to be more edgy, avant-garde and take more risks. This campaign does, as well. (WWD).

Chanel nose Jacques Polge created the new scent which has notes of mint, clary sage, black pepper from Madagascar, tonka bean and sandalwood. Chanel Allure Homme Sport Eau Extrême is available in two sizes: 1.7 oz. for $62 and 3.4 oz. for $84.

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November 21, 2011

“Red Flag” Chanel Perfume Parody on SNL

I’m a relatively new mother and like all new mother’s I’m sleep deprived. That means that my old lifestyle of staying up late and going out or catching an episode of SNL is long-gone. So I will admit that I’m a few months late on this but it’s funny nonetheless. SNL did a parody of Chanel fragrance commercials with a perfume called “Red Flag”. It’s pretty funny – Chanel ads are lovely but you have to keep things in perspective and have a sense of humor about them, no?

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September 27, 2011

Les Exclusifs de Chanel JERSEY Out Now

Earlier this summer, Chanel announced that they would be introducing two new scents this fall: Chanel N°19 Poudré and Jersey, a new addition to Les Exlcusifs de Chanel. I love the Exclusifs de Chanel collection because the premise of the collection is highlighting rare fragrances created by the House of Chanel. Some of the fragrances are old fragrances that have been revived, while others are new creations. The new creations are named after places and things that had a large impact on Coco Chanel’s life or on her design such as Coromandel for her beloved laquered screens, Beige for one of her favorite colors and now Jersey.

Jersey is significant because it is the first fabric she worked with in her apparel designs. Though many of us live in jersey today, back when Chanel began designing apparel (early 20th century – WWI) jersey was only used for men’s undergarments. This was just one of the revolutionary changes that Chanel made to women’s fashion as jersey is comfortable, movable and doesn’t require corsets. Chanel’s use of Jersey was the second step toward freeing of women from the shackles of fashion (the first being freeing their heads from enormous overly embellished hats!).

Here is how Chanel describes the scent:

As light and liberating as the modern fabric for which it was named — daringly appropriated from menswear by Coco Chanel for women’s fashions — JERSEY is the new fragrance masterpiece from Chanel Master Perfumer Jacques Polge. An inspired composition, JERSEY is evocative of a meadow lush with lavender — an essence previously worn only by men. A tender trail of Vanilla and Musk brings femininity to the forefront, and a rare, sophisticated new scent is born.

Les Exclusifs de Chanel are available only in Chanel boutiques online at Chanel.com. I’m going to the San Francisco Chanel boutique this weekend to test out Jersey – I can’t wait to experience it. Right now I’m favoring Beige as my daily scent but I’ve been considering adding Gardenia to the mix – and now maybe Jersey.

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September 19, 2011

Dior Copies Chanel…Again.

About a month ago I posted about how Dior’s ad campaign was treading a bit too closely to Chanel territory. The quilted purse with chain strap and the tweed jacket – which are signatures of the Chanel brand – were the central focus of the Dior campaign. I also mentioned that the new Dior watch also closely resembles the Chanel J12. When I saw the following fragrance ad campaign for J’adore Dior my jaw dropped.

It’s common knowledge (at least amongst the fashion set) that Marilyn Monroe famously said when asked what she wore to bed: “What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel N°. 5, of course.” When I think of celebrities and fragrances, I always think of Marilyn Monroe and Chanel N°. 5. To recast Marilyn Monroe as a Dior perfume lover is tantamount to re-writing history. I wonder what Chanel thinks of all this?

There’s also a video of how to wear a Dior bag – beige, quilted (matelassé) and with chain strap – and the bag is paired with tweeds throughout the entire video. I feel this is all way too close to the Chanel branding. I understand that Dior is going through a bit of turmoil right now, but it’s DIOR! I expect better than that. They have a rich and storied tradition that they can pull from – they shouldn’t seek to try to be one of their competitors.

**UPDATE**Two readers, Isabel and Margaret, were kind enough to point out that the model in the Dior bag ad is in fact Jac Jagaciak, the face of Chanel Beauté! The more “coincidences” I find, the less it feels like “coincidence.”

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September 16, 2011

Chanel Links: Week of September 12, 2011

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Kirsten Dunst wore a long white Chanel skirt to the Melancholia premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. (Just Jared)

Read about Grasse, the region in France where many of the flowers used in Chanel fragrances come from. (New Zealand Herald)

Chin Chow sported a lovely manicure and when asked about it, all she could say was that it was for a shoot she did with Karl Lagerfeld – can’t wait to see! I love this manicure – I may have to replicate it! (Style)

Word on the Hollywood streets is that Lea Michelle and Dianna Agron, both of Glee fame, are sourcing rare vintage couture from the Chanel archives for the Emmy Awards. I hope this is true because I would love to see dresses from the archives – though I’d be afraid to wear it! (E!)

Another rumor, this on the financial end, but word is because of the weakend dollar in Asia, some Chanel boutiques in Asia are “limiting new customers to one bag before they get into a deeper relationship.” (Forbes)

Tory Burch debuted her first clothing collection at New York Fashion Week and Suzy Menkes called it “Coco Chanel Lite”. (New York Times)

Elizabeth Taylors clothing and jewels are up for auction this December including a dress designed by Karl Lagerfeld back when he was designing “for the Tiziani label in Rome.” (New York Times)

Chicks on Speed have created a “Voodoo Chanel” exhibit and one of the designers stated: “I actually wanted to offer them [Chanel] to do a youth line – that Voodoo Chanel becomes super hip, because we’re making Chanel cool by making Voodoo Chanel!” REALLY? YOU’re making Chanel cool? Ha! (WWD)