What is the most recognizable fragrance in the world?  CHANEL N°5 !  For those of us who live in New York City or plan on visiting mark your calendars. Today opens an eleven-day public exhibit entitled “N°5 in a New Light,” which will celebrate the iconic N°5 fragrance every day from 12pm to 8pm through Sunday, May 17.  Located on the corner of Tenth Avenue and 14th Street in the epicenter of Manhattan art gallery culture, the “N°5 in a New Light” exhibit will encourage visitors to let their senses guide them through the creation, cultivation, composition, abstraction, and revelation of the world’s first modern fragrance during their journey of the space

Coco Chanel and Ernest Beaux: Source CHANEL

 When Chanel created N°5 with Ernest  Beaux in 1921, she launched a revolution in a bottle. For the first time in perfume, aldehydes were used. These synthetically produced compounds give the composition a new dimension and enhance the heady floral notes. Ernest Beaux said that he found the olfactory inspiration for N°5 on a summer expedition to the North Pole: “With the midnight sun, the lakes and rivers give off an extraordinarily fresh fragrance.”  Legend has it that it was a happy accident and the overdose of aldehydes was a mistake that made history.

Packaged with characteristically daring simplicity in a bottle Gabrielle created herself, its modernity was shocking. More than 90 years later, the fragrance still holds the power to astonish and seduce.

Reserve your tickets. Location 461 West 14th Street at Tenth Avenue

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-Michelyn Camen, Editor in Chief