5 Ways to Wear Chanel No. 5

About the Fragrance
"No5 is a perfect example of a fragrance that becomes more intriguing as time passes. Each year adds to its charm, its mystery, its depth." -Jacques Polge, the exclusive CHANEL master perfumer since 1978.


1917 Ernst Beaux set up shop at La Bocca near Grasse, the birthplace of French perfumery. It was at this laboratory that Mademoiselle Chanel met him amidst flasks of concoctions in the making. Gabrielle Chanel simply described her ideal fragrance in very few words "a woman's fragrance should smell like a woman." But we know our darling Coco, there were many other details to follow. The fragrance should resemble her, smell fabulous, be light yet memorable. "I want to give women an artificial fragrance. I say artificial because it will be fabricated. I want a fragrance that is composed." - Coco Chanel. Composed? What a visionary.

After four years the 5th sample presented to Gabrielle amongst several others by Ernest was the one she chose. In very large quantity dear Coco added to his composition, the world's most luxurious natural-perfume raw materials, Grasse Jasmine.


Today, No5 has evolved in 5 directions. At the heart still of each interpretation is the concentration of May Rose, Aldehydes and Grasse Jasmine. All 5 compositions are individual but still thread a very feminine classic fragrance to the core of a woman.

So darlings you've waited long enough, What are the 5 ways?

1921

CHANEL No5 Parfum

Abstract floral signature. At the heart Grasse Jasmine, May Rose heightened by aldehydes. Opens with citrus top note of Ylang Ylang and Neroli, warms down to sandalwood, bourbon vetiver and vanilla.

1924

No5 Eau de Toilette

Most precious interpretation of CHANEL No5 Parfum

1986

No5 Eau de Parfum

Exclusive CHANEL master perfumer Jacques Polge designed with pure concentrations of the PARFUM. Vanilla note at the base burst through the florals. Smooth and powdery with citrus notes at the top and base. Leaves a woman's scent on a lingering trail.

2004

No5 Elixir Sensuel

2007

No5 Eau Premiere

Glam MAKEUP Circa 1970 - 80

My, my, my, we've come so far. Big faux eyelashes, ruby red lip color, metallics, glitter, four eyeshadows on one eyelid. But cosmetic companies like MAC keep us returning to our retro oh so GLAM roots. GDL loves MAC for remembering our makeup muses. Our working Moms. We'd star-gazed at them preparing for work. Creams, foundations, lipsticks, the WORKS and it was all to our visual delight. So this post is for our MOMS who "work hard for the money, so hard for it HONEY. She works hard for the money so you better treat her right." Donna Summer

Bold lips, heavily lined smudged at corners eyes...it's all GDL approved.

Stay tuned...we're actually going to recreate some of these looks for you beauties...MUA lipstick kisses.

Glam deLuxious Product Reviews

Yes, we fit the sterotypical product junkie profile. We will buy the same exact shade of nude lipgloss from different cosmetic companys a million times if we think the packaging is adorable, or BETTER. We will convert a "lust for product" into a "justifable need to have product" and we buy makeup and cosmetics and anything beautiful as much as we can. That said...

Cooper Diamond Shimmer Brick http://www.bobbibrowncosmetics.com/holiday08/index.tmpl

Ok ok, we love all the shimmer bricks but this one doesn't have the white irridescent brick color. So no ash on your glow if your skin is warm. Go shimmer yourselves up, across shoulders, eyes, cheeks and GDL even likes to dash a little down the center of your cute little nose. The Cooper Diamond Shimmer Brick is...so Glam deLuxious!

HOW TO APPLY:

Beauties you know it's all about the tools right. Go get the Bobbi Brown Blender Brush on the site or try (MAC's 182 Buffer Brush GDL's personal favorite.) Now that you have the brush,
dust it across the shimmer brick. Layer one light dash of color on the apples of your cheeks then dust upward toward your hairline. Check the mirror...need more, add another layer. The look is for company, not you. When the moon, sun or candle hits your face they will melt and say in a soft breathy voice: "You're beautiful."

Wink...Bat...Blink (ALL ABOUT EYES)

Oh, you! It's not that hard...

SMOKEY GLAMOROUS EYES. Here's what we did on Heidi.

THE ARSENAL OF MAKEUP AND TOOLS (All Bobbi Brown)

COLOR

• Pink Ballet - Cream Shadow as a base and color


• Navy - Powder Shadow


• Cobalt - Gel liner


• Smoke - Lash Glamour mascara

TOOLS

• Cream Blending Brush


• Eyeshadow Brush


• Ultra Fine Liner Brush


• Blender Brush

Follow closely:
Eyeshadow base is essential to avoid creasing and fallage. So we started with Pink Ballet cream shadow. Using a cream blending brush. Go lightly across the entire lid.

Lightly apply Navy powder eyeshadow to the middle of the eyelid with a eyeshadow brush and graduate color to outter corner. Use blender brush to lightly tap in another layer of the Navy shadow to the outter corners. Tap off excess shadow then move the shadow across the crease.

Next use Cobalt gel liner and the ultra fine liner brush. We went from corner to corner with the gel liner with a slight extension pass the natural lashline.

Finished the look by curling her lashes and adding smoke lash glam mascara. Wink...Bat...Blink! It's gorgeous!

Extreme opposite: HOW TO GET THE NUDE EYE? STAY TUNED BEAUTIES...

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