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G U I D E NCAN Y LOO D
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me vier P lg , Chanel’ in- use
ays been erso al. Raised in n se, an lavender fi el s, and
, h gr w p in a w rld whe e
sce h o r o l .
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ent stine . He was drawn to the
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note info ed how e t inks ab t
sce of t world a t i n e e trained in the
ra t. nc the language ab of raw ma rials
be rat ing ab of o year later, he suc s
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rei Ex Bleu de CHANEL E u e T ilette
— terp et tion o et e s n r s w fragra ce pus es the
f e th th gnature into a cher, mor e
co r d e concentrated form.
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cros of the g a e appeal wi h r fine ent. In
ne an sporty fl an ers, Bl u
offere p citru and arom tic freshn ss
gr so y became a loba best ll r,
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y e Ch lamet. W h L’Exc nt us es it new d pth a darker ,
sm lu e e h , hat, on e sk n, open with
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balanc or ol um o e u i o e u i er you aster y ur ool on t e
scie ur n express ours u c f a e
scie tistic tifi th lly ” h e
says. c a nywh e, but it mu t r sona e
wi the rar priv eg of cr ti g
in rar ong conv sa ions. A ragra ce
n n.”
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o u o e hat nobody can ea ily re “ n o r duce, ”
Pol aft o constan innovation .
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ap it’ a typi al formula, he says, h re o a e s ut nl 1 r t ul de fine the
sha nts shape of the fragrance.
ction lo g befor it became
ched No. 5, he w nted a
“con f o l h .
gle-flower sc nts tha wer e
po idea o an t e
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clot r
c e
po em, way ma y fabrics e m b b a b be knit
ed ard y m obe it hing. Po hi ge works e o a e k n that am e
spirit layeri g ather tha imitatin g
na ure.
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s in a v cuum Like m sic
or A d d e m n ar it und it th shifting defi nitio s
of t th he e hav always een associat ns
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s
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Th ’t for wo en’s perfume: pr d c ous,
n p m p en’s pe umes wer isc eet:
fr textu “That no l ger t ue,” he says ey m ke oug hroug f agr nce.”
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anyo s Polg ’s ltimate oal: al to
o at ion bu a a r a v h s alive i the prese t,
whil th some ne use to rec ork ng
in che e th en ath the r erv . He ad its
he . H ha er umes wn “ fee t o cl se
rr ea to n to
oy what thers have
rr ea mer, forg t I’d ha he e o d e e ’ a k
about t perf he e may b m asured, b t hi eyes
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ade.” t’s a fitti g thoug t or n b a .
h a e rance is ’t ust somethi g
yo the pote ial that has o stay be g
yo ind, in ha b memory, long after you’re gone.
labl a C H A EL
and C H A and chanel.com.
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