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Vogue Singapore
22-05-2025
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- Vogue Singapore
Chanel N°5 jewellery offers a whiff of elegant, insouciant glamour
For many, the first whiff of Chanel N°5 is an introduction—even before a sense of the fancy flights of jewellery or haute couture—to a world of beauty, sophistication and elegance. The fragrance has a famous story, of course. Gabrielle Chanel, a believer in numerological superstition, used to hold her haute couture presentations on the fifth day of the fifth month of the year; when she created her first handbag, it was in the year 1955. And when it came to selecting the first fragrance for her maison, created by Ernest Beaux, she picked the fifth bottle and named it thus. So it's no surprise that the number five has tremendous significance at the house of Chanel. Considered a pinnacle of the maison's codes, the number embodies the success and power of a modern woman as Gabrielle Chanel envisioned her, a woman who she once said must be 'a part of what is to come'. Whether as liquid or gold and diamonds, Chanel has bottled the essence of glamour and sensuality. Eternal N°5 Diamond Line necklace in yellow gold with diamonds, price upon request; Eternal N°5 bangle in beige gold with diamonds, $15,250; and Extrait de N°5 ring in yellow gold with diamonds, $6,000 Courtesy of Chanel That spirit is suffused, naturally, in Collection N°5, a line of fine jewellery dedicated to this enduring symbol. As jewellery, Chanel has transformed the number five and its associated scent into precious creations in gold and diamonds. N°5 the perfume was revolutionary in its time for an abstracted and unique scent profile. Beaux, the nose behind it, sought painstakingly and unrelentingly for the finest ingredients to compose the parfum: the lushness of Grasse rose tinged with raspberry notes, the indolic richness of jasmine and voluptuousness of ylang-ylang that is sweet yet bright, and through it all modernist aldehydes that sparkle and blend the notes into an abstracted bouquet. The result is that N°5 is a scent you recognise as much by how it smells as the number that symbolises it. Eternal N°5 Diamond Line bracelet in white gold with diamonds, price upon request Courtesy of Chanel Eternal N°5 Diamond Line necklace in white gold with diamonds, price upon request Courtesy of Chanel This combination of sensuality and structure is expressed in Collection N°5 fine jewellery through several details. The lucky number is shaped and curved like ribbons of gold, adorned or cradled in its curve with diamonds that recall the sparkling character of the scent. Diamond-set drop motifs evoke the rich amber liquid of the perfume, almost as if applied with a dab on the skin. And the famous rectangular bottle of the perfume, with its octagonal stopper that recalls Place Vendôme, is reflected in bevelled and mirror-polished edges on the numeral. This year, the house of Chanel is introducing a new style to the collection. Dubbed the Eternal N°5 Diamond Line, these designs are marked by a string of round diamonds and feature the signature diamond-set five and drop motifs. There is a necklace which can be worn either on a short length or as a choker, offered in beige, yellow and white gold, and which is set with a GIA-certified 0.30-carat diamond. There is also a version of the design as a bracelet, which features an invisible turning clasp on the number five motif that turns to unlock, as that other house icon, the 2.55 handbag, does. The May 2025 'Sonder' issue of Vogue Singapore is available online and on newsstands.
South China Morning Post
06-05-2025
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- South China Morning Post
Style Edit: Chanel N°5 celebrates more than a century of elegance, from the 1921 perfume through 1932's Bijoux de Diamants high jewellery, to 2021's Collection N°5 inspired by the iconic fragrance
Just over a century ago, the world's most iconic fragrance was born. The year was 1921, and Chanel N°5 was 'a woman's perfume, with the scent of a woman', according to Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel . It was also the first perfume the legendary French couturier released. Five was her lucky number. Born in 1921, Chanel N°5 was designed to be 'a woman's perfume, with the scent of a woman', according to Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel. Photo: Handout Just over a decade later, Coco Chanel launched her first and only high jewellery collection. The year was 1932, and Bijoux de Diamants was born out of the designer's desire to, as she put it, 'cover women in constellations'. Chanel's choice of gemstone could be considered radical in the midst of the Great Depression. 'If I have chosen diamonds, it is because they represent the greatest value in the smallest volume,' she explained, highlighting the emphasis she placed on considerations of practicality as well as aesthetics. Advertisement A 1937 advertisement for Chanel N°5, starring Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel herself. Photo: Handout In 2021, Chanel debuted Collection N°5, the first high jewellery collection inspired by a perfume. The highlight of the collection is the 55.55 necklace, showcasing a 55.55-carat diamond, its custom octagonal cut mirroring that of a N°5 bottle stopper. With its magnificent 55.55-carat diamond, the 55.55 necklace is the highlight of Chanel's 2021 Collection N°5, the first high jewellery collection inspired by a perfume. Photo: Handout Today, the necklace is part of Chanel's legendary Patrimoine archive – a collection of historical and contemporary watches and fine jewellery pieces housed at 18 Place Vendôme in Paris Bijoux de Diamants, the first and only high jewellery collection Coco Chanel launched during her lifetime, on display at the Chanel watches and fine jewellery Patrimoine, at 18 Place Vendôme in Paris. Photo: Handout Traditions continue to be preserved as well in the perfume bottles themselves. Each N°5 bottle is sealed with a baudruche: a delicate natural film secured with two strands of black pearl cotton thread and a wax stamp bearing the Chanel double-C logo . Besides being beautiful, the seal protects the fragrance by ensuring the bottle is watertight.
