The French fashion house is adding another women’s fragrance to its repertoire: “Coco Noir,” created in honor of Chanel’s founder, Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel. The new fragrance was developed by Jacques Polge, master perfumer at Chanel.
“For Coco Noir, I thought of Coco and of Coco Mademoiselle too, because it’s also part of the history. I wanted to continue exploring an entire aesthetic range of CHANEL perfumery—a range that distinguishes itself from the florals, one that is illustrated by Bois-des-Iles and Cuir de Russie. I took it up with Coco. It’s what I like to call the CHANEL Coromandel culture, what you see and feel in her apartment. The night vision of the ‘Orient that starts and ends in Venice’ imposed itself upon me, and that is where I wanted to go.” – Jacques Polge
The fragrance features notes of grapefruit and Calabrian bergamot; a heart of rose absolute, rose essence, jasmine absolute, narcissus, and rose geranium leaf; and a drydown of Brazilian tonka bean, Venezuelan tonka bean, Indonesian patchouli, New Caledonian sandalwood, bourbon vanilla, white musk, and frankincense.
Chanel Coco Noir will be available starting August 17, 2012, at select department and specialty stores and on CHANEL.com, with a wider release in September 2012. It will be priced at $98.00 for 1.7 oz. and $130.00 for 3.4 oz. Until then, here’s the first teaser.
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