Product: Celebrate the world's most iconic fragrance with Chanel No. 5: Story of a Perfume by Pauline Dreyfus — a stunning two-volume hardcover book set presented in a deluxe slipcase box inspired by the original Chanel No. 5 perfume bottle.
Key Features
- Presented in two volumes — "Architecture of a Legend" (1921–1945) and "Anatomy of a Myth" (the postwar years to today)
- Traces the evolution of the perfume's packaging, composition, manufacture and marketing, with unprecedented access to the Chanel archives
- Features work by legendary photographers and directors including Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton, Ridley Scott and Baz Luhrmann
- Showcases the fragrance's iconic muses, from Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel herself to Marilyn Monroe, Catherine Deneuve, Nicole Kidman, Gisele Bündchen, Lily-Rose Depp and Marion Cotillard
- 426 pages across both volumes, published by Abrams (Harry N. Abrams)
- Housed in a deluxe white slipcase box with gold and black foil detailing, echoing the perfume's own packaging
Condition
- Brand New, sealed in original retail packaging.
- Includes both hardcover volumes and the outer slipcase box.
Specifications
- Title: Chanel No. 5: Story of a Perfume
- Author: Pauline Dreyfus
- Publisher: Abrams (Harry N. Abrams)
- Format: Two-volume hardcover set with slipcase
- ISBN-13: 978-1419750274
- Publication Date: 16 November 2021
- Pages: 426 (combined)
- Language: English
- Dimensions (slipcase): approx. 38.7 x 10.2 x 43.2cm
- Weight: approx. 6.3kg
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