Chanel has launched L’Eau Rouge, a “Revitalizing Fragrance Mist” in the brand’s new No. 1 de Chanel “eco-responsible” skincare and makeup line…
It was the dustbag that really set people off
And so it went with the unboxing over eight more posts, in which Ms. Harmon revealed perfumes (good), key chains (not so much), lipstick and nail polish (mostly good, even if they were also mostly sample size), a mirror (not), a rope bracelet with a CC wax stamp (huh?), a plastic mini snow globe and … a Chanel dustbag, the bags used for shoes or other accessories. It was the dustbag that really set people off.
— In a shocking turn of events, not everybody who shelled out $825 for their Chanel Advent Calendar thinks they got their money's worth. Read more in Chanel, TikTok and the Beauty Advent Calendar Controversy at The New York Times. (And in case you were wondering whether your New York Times subscription was worth whatever you're paying for it, the Times does point out that "A dustbag with “Chanel” on it is worth more than a dustbag with nothing on it.")
Five Echoes
[Artist and stage designer Es] Devlin and Chanel will transform the plaza into a multisensory labyrinth entitled “Five Echoes,” starting with a lush forest with more than 20 plant species (a nod to Coco Chanel’s upbringing in Abbey of Aubazine surrounded by woods). A luminescent sculpture that interprets the legendary Chanel N° 5 fragrance through sound and sight emerges at the center of the forest, featuring a soundscape developed in collaboration with Chanel’s in-house perfumer Olivier Polge.
— After Rockefeller Center, Chanel heads to Miami for a gig at Art Basel, to run through December 21. Read more in Chanel Unveils “Five Echoes” Installation With Artist Es Devlin at Grazia, or see Six must-see public art installations of Art Basel 2021 at Timeout.
The daily lemming
You need a vat of Chanel No. 5? And of course you want the vat done up by Baccarat. 2021 ml of extrait in a lambskin coffret with a crystal wand, €28,000. 55 bottles were made, so hop to it.
Another perfect perfume
His desk is precisely as you’d expect – handwritten notes and branches of blotters jut out from short metal stands, surrounded by boxes brimming with collections of indecipherably labelled small glass bottles. In each, he explains, is an ongoing experiment; constantly evolving concoctions which, he hopes, will one day lead him to another perfect perfume.
— Perfumer Olivier Polge of Chanel talks to The Guardian. Read more in Smell of success: How Chanel No 5 gained a sprinkling of stardust.