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Coco

1984OrientalEDPFrance

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Editorial notes

  1. 01

    A spicy oriental Polge composed as a tribute to Coco Chanel's lacquered Coromandel screens at rue Cambon, the dominant accord meant to recall their dark spiced lacquer.

  2. 02

    The first Chanel perfume to bear Gabrielle Chanel's actual nickname rather than a number, launched thirteen years after her death.

  3. 03

    Polge's second major feminine launch for Chanel after the No. 5 EDP reformulation. It coincided with the rise of the 1980s powerhouse oriental.

  4. 04

    Composed by Jacques Polge in 1984 around coriander, peach and rose over an amber-tonka-labdanum base.

Dossier

Edition · 000

Status · Active.

A spicy oriental.

Composed by
Jacques Polge
Founder
Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel
Country
France

The pyramid

Top
coriandermandarinpeachjasminemimosabulgarian rose
Heart
cloveroseorange blossomcloverindian frangipanijasmine
Base
ambertonkalabdanumcivetopoponaxsandalwood

The brief

Polge composed it as a tribute to Chanel's lacquered Coromandel screens from her rue Cambon apartment — the dominant accord was meant to recall their dark, spiced lacquer.

NameNamed directly after Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel, the maison's founder — the first Chanel perfume to bear her actual nickname.

Footnotes

  • Coco was Polge's second major feminine launch for Chanel after the No. 5 Eau de Parfum reformulation. It coincided with the rise of the 1980s 'powerhouse' oriental.

The Curator's Note

Chanel needed thirteen years after Coco's death before they dared use her actual name.

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