Chanel perfumes display by Hernando©
On Thursday November 16th, Brand Ambassador and Senior Contributor Hernando Courtright of CaFleureBon attended the grand reopening of The Chanel Boutique on 57th Street in New York City after a two year renovation. While the address is unchanged (5 East 57th Street), the boutique has expanded to five floors and doubled the space to nearly 14, 0000 square feet.
Photo by Hernando©
The piece de resistance in the new renovated boutique is a giant sixty foot sculpture of Mademoiselle Coco Chanel’s iconic pearl necklace that was “designed by French artist Jean-Michel Othoniel, and crafted from mirrored stainless steel and gilded glass beads”. Amidst the fashion, accessories of course there was fragrance. Chanel 1957 perfume (by in-house perfumer Olivier Polge) will be exclusive to the 57th Street boutique until early 2019, and then opened to wider distribution. Chanel 1957 perfume joins the Les Exclusifs collection (the last was Misia, 2015). The name Chanel 1957 is significant. It represents Mademoiselle Coco Chanel’s birthday (August 19th, 1883), and the number 57 signifies the store’s street address on 57th Street. 1957 was also the year that Gabrielle Chanel created the legendary two-tone sling back shoe and was awarded the Neiman Marcus Award for distinguished service in Fashion.
Chanel 1957 perfume is new to the Les Exclusifs collection of fragrance and signed by Olivier Polge©
Chanel 1957 perfume is classified as a white floral musk , the notes are given as Iris and Neroli, woody notes of Cedar, powdery accents and Honey.
Chanel 1957 perfume is priced at $350 for 200 ml.
All photos by Hernando© all info from Hernando and WWD, MarieClaire.com and my own synopsis and research
Michelyn Camen, Editor-in-Chief