In a 1952 Life magazine interview, Marilyn Monroe was asked what she wore to bed. Her answer became the most famous quote in fragrance history: "Chanel No. 5, because it's the truth."
No. 01Aliphatic aldehydes C-11 and C-12 overwrite nature's floral grammar — the first abstract fragrance, still unrepeated.
How the scent unfolds — from first spray to dry-down.
Stories, trivia, and cultural footnotes.
In a 1952 Life magazine interview, Marilyn Monroe was asked what she wore to bed. Her answer became the most famous quote in fragrance history: "Chanel No. 5, because it's the truth."
No. 01In 2024, Margot Robbie became the latest face of Chanel N°5, starring alongside Jacob Elordi in a campaign film titled See You at 5, directed by Luca Guadagnino.
No. 02In 1985, Andy Warhol created a series of silkscreen prints of the N°5 bottle — a direct tribute to its status as a cultural icon as much as a fragrance. The bottle itself has been in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York since 1959.
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