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No. 5 Eau de Cologne(1921)
Chanel · Ernest Beaux · Floral
At a glance
A cologne-strength companion to Chanel No. 5, released the same year as the original parfum, sharing its aldehydic-jasmine-rose structure over a lighter sandalwood-musk base. It offered a more diffusive, frequently-reapplied alternative to the flagship parfum's richer concentration, part of Chanel's early strategy for building out the fragrance's product range.
Did you know?
This scent's musk note is almost certainly synthetic — discovered by accident in 1888 while researching explosives.
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