Chanel No. 5 became the most famous perfume in history because of what was possibly a “mistake.” An overdose of aldehydes made it smell nothing like the safe floral perfumes of its time, and Coco Chanel loved it for exactly that reason. She didn’t sell ingredients, she sold mystery, modernity and the idea of a woman who couldn’t be boxed into one scent. What others would have thrown away, she turned into a century-long symbol of luxury and sensuality. Sometimes what feels too strong, too strange

N°5, the perfume of all perfumes, embodied by some of the biggest film stars. Discover the newest chapter in the Inside CHANEL series, dedicated to N°5 and 100 years of celebrity. Discover on chanel.com/-InsideCHANEL_N5 | CHANEL

N°5 is a revolution, a symbol, simultaneously the most well known and the most enigmatic of any fragrance. A timeless legend, the perfume of all perfumes, which this year celebrates 100 years of celebrity. Discover it in the latest chapter of the Inside CHANEL series. | CHANEL

A rendez-vous In the N°5 film, See You at 5, Luca Guadagnino's lens follows Margot Robbie along the roads of California. The story of two lovers' missed connections, where the road to get there is just as important as the rendezvous itself. Will there be a rendezvous waiting at the end of the journey? Or is the rendezvous itself the journey? N°5 IS THE ANSWER | CHANEL