Chanel No 19

The refreshing yet flowery scent of Chanel No 19 never fails to remind me of sunnier days, which is always nice with this cold gloomy weather. Chanel No 19 was launched in 1970 - 48 years after Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel planned the 1923 launch of the more famous Chanel No 5. It was created by Henri Robert, the second Chanel "nose" on 19th August 1970 and coincided with Coco's 86th birthday. Coco Chanel decide to launch No 19 as she felt that the women of the 1970's needed something different - more suited to an active and independent lifestyle. She wanted to create a feminine perfume but much ... more

I have been spraying myself liberally with Chanel 19's distinctive fragrance for over twenty years now. Despite my flirting with other scents from time to time, Chanel no 19 is the perfume my friends and family identify as being "me". I've even been known to spray a whiff on my daughters' pillows before I go off on my frequent business trips, at their request. The designer, Gabrielle Chanel, launched this brand on 19th August 1970 - her own birthday. Many of her colleagues believed that it would fail to become the success that was Chanel No 5. Gabrielle insisted that the 70's woman needed a ... more

Chanel no.19 Eau De Toilette Spray ****The woman and the company behind the products:**** Chanel was founded and run in the beginning by Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel. A Frenchwoman born on August 19, 1883 in a southern village called Saumur. At seventeen, she was sent to live in the Aubazine orphanage after her mother died and her father ran away. After she left, she held done many jobs including seamstress and cabaret dancer. Through the theatre, she met Etienne Balsan, a playboy who bankrolled her move to Paris where she opened her first hat shop in 1909. Her next amour was Balsan's friend Arthur ... more

I managed to save up enough Boots advantage card points to treat myself to a bottle of Chanel No.19 last month! I bought the 100ml bottle. It usually costs £92.00, but there was a 10% offer on all fragrances so I paid £82.80 (or spent 8280 advantage card points I should say - they took a long time to save up). The perfume is called No 19 after Coco Chanel's birthday (which was 19th August). The fragrance was first released in 1970, a year before she died at the age of 87. ~ Bottle ~ The bottle is not as pictured. It is a rectangular shape with a white square label on the front with "No 19 ... more

Chanel No 19 is my usual perfume but now and again I fancy a change – but I have rarely found one I like quite as much. However, I recently went to replenish my stock and re – discovered Fidji which I have also written an opinion on, which in turn reminded me of another favourite of long ago called Expression. I did a search on the internet for it but it seems to have been discontinued but while searching I found out quite a bit about perfume in general. I discovered that all the perfumes I have liked fall mainly in combinations of specific fragrance families, floral/chypre/green ... more