The flacon of No 5 as part of XXth century art iconographyTwo icons meet, not fortuitously : the Dali moustache and the Chanel No5 bottle But before that, Coco Chanel and Salvador DaliDali's nose disappeared given up in sacrifice to...
Here is a caricature of Coco Chanel by Sem (Georges Goursat) dating from 1923 which makes fun of the great couturière. He turns her first name into a dirge, in reference to the origins of her nickname: Coco stuck with...
Happy Mother's Day to our US-based readers!I Promise to be a Good Mother by Jamie Diamond, 2007Today, I found two images that I am posting about for slightly different reasons. I Promise to be a Good Mother by Jamie Diamond...
I was foraging You Tube for some retro Chanel No. 5 ads to add some historic perspective on the advertising of the most famous perfume in the world, when I came upon two that made me smile. What you see...
No more waiting. Despite the fact that the official date for the launch of the Chanel No5 film is tomorrow May the 5th, it's already available at the following link:http://www.chaneln5.com/en-us#/the-filmI just watched both the 2' 20" version and the 60"...
Leading up to the new Chanel No5 film, here is the making of. Commentary is in French. Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet explains that he proposed Tatou to Chanel due to her expressive acting and in particular her ability to convey...
The new ad campaign with Audrey Tautou for Chanel No5 is very impressive. I think it beats the preceding one with Nicole Kidman as if following a potlach logic: each time you have to best what took place the time...
A viral marketing ad campaign for Diesel's new cologne Only The Brave (see also launch party) features a creative split-screen commercial, based on 3 distinct videos, aiming to play mind games with the viewer "...bizarre scenes that will leave your...
It's kind of silly, but it happened. Halle Berry went on the Ellen de Generes' TV show to promote her new perfume Halle. What happens next is not your usual style of perfume advertising although Letterman came up with the...
The probing of Rochas's intentions regarding the development of their perfume business under the new aegis of in-house perfumer Jean-Michel Duriez sheds light on the philosophy of the fragrance brand. As the perfume brand is preparing to launch Eau Sensuelle...
Forbes is running three stories about luxury bespoke perfumers in recession times as part of their series "Thriving in the Downturn" and amongst those there is a video-reportage about Francis Kurkdjian's work......
The first stills from the new commercial by director Jean-Pierre Jeunet for Chanel No. 5 have been released featuring actress Audrey Tautou and model Travis Davenport. The story manages to allude to the universe and era of Gabrielle Chanel in...
This perfume commercial features the latest spokesperson for Angel by Thierry Mugler, actress Naomi Watts. I was reminded to post about it upon seeing the commercial story board for Black Star by Avril Lavigne (please see next post)....