5.5………5

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Do you have MSN.com set as your home page?  If you do, you were treated to this clever ad campaign by Chanel for their new No. 5 commercial starring Audrey Tautou.  Love how the train ran across the top banner and the schedule billboard dropped down across the screen.  Love how the whole page was redesigned.  I spent some time this morning clicking around HERE where you can see the long and short version of the 'film', and even behind-the-scenes.  Then it dawned on me…..today is 5/5.  LOVE that kind of CLEVER.

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Everything about Chanel is classy don't you think?  Karl Lagerfeld puts on tremendous runway shows for House of Chanel.  Did you see the one with all the paper flowers?  Imagine the work that went into this!

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My own connection to Chanel:  the first gift I ever got from Graham was Chanel perfume, before we were married.  No. 5 is a fave.  And not more than a mile from our home is a huge Chanel coumpound.  It's two buildings and there is an over-the-street walkway connection between them.  I often wonder what goes on in there – kinda like the Wonka factory.  When the packaging used to say "Paris London New York" I thought it should include Piscataway.  What if the same water I drink is used to make No. 5?

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I adored the Baz Luhrmann/Nicole Kidman commercial from a few years back.  I never knew you could see the "making of" clips until I went HERE, also found on youtube.  And for the newest one, visit HERE.  Did anyone see the Coco Avant Chanel?  It hasn't been here yet.  Hope I didn't miss it.

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12 responses to “5.5………5”

  1. Kelsey Avatar

    Another thing we have in common!!! #5 is my absolute favourite perfume and it’s chemistry must work well with my own as I always get comments on how nice my perfume smells when I wear it! Actually, I’m just about out and it’s Mother’s Day this Sunday here in Australia so I might just have to leave a note laying around suggesting this as a gift for me for “someone” to find!!! lol

  2. Megan Warren Avatar

    I’m a Chanel fan too! Coco is my perfume of choice.

  3. Annemieke Avatar

    Think I really love your blog!!! Not to much time to see it all, but maybe later on. You are under my favorites allready!!!!:-)

  4. Sam Marshall Avatar

    Mmm…love the Chanel perfumes!

  5. Jennifer White Avatar

    You always suprise me… in a good way of course. I, too, was fascinated by the Nicole Kidman campaign from a few years ago. Chanel takes advertising to an entirely different level. I hadn’t seen the 5/5 ad so anxious to watch that when I need a break from work today! (uh, like right now). Maybe a trip out your way to NJ and we could stalk the Chanel compound…how cool would that BE!!!

  6. forcryeye Avatar

    Love it. You know how much I love Chanel. My husbands cousin is a dist mgr for Chanel in chicago…she is always head to toe chanel. I lost 2 Chanel bags, make-up, jewelry, and all my perfume in the fire, damnit. They were some of the first items on my inventory list.

  7. Emily Avatar

    Funny, I never liked no. 5…I always thought it was wayyy to sweet smelling. I’ve always been partial to no. 9, but I haven’t had any since high school…I don’t even know if they make no. 9 anymore.
    The ads were clever, though. Very cool.

  8. Dawn Binyon Avatar

    You know Marilyn Monroe had a famous line when they asked her what she wore to bed…she simply replied “Chanel #5”
    J’adore all things Chanel as well. Someday I will own a real Chanel purse not the faux one I got on Canal St in NYC!
    ~Dawn

  9. Chris Avatar

    Chanel No. 5 is the only fragrance I wear.

  10. LIsa Hoffman Avatar

    Big…White…Flowers.
    I used to take the train back to D.C. from Colorado when I first moved here. I even got a sleeper car. The Amtrack cars don’t look like that. Not even a teeny, tiny bit. Let’s hear it for European railways and romance.
    My Mom always wore #5. I wear Coco when I need to dress like a grown-up.
    Great post!

  11. Jenny Doh Avatar

    Chanel No 5 has been my fragrance for decades. I want to visit the Chanel facility near your home.

  12. Terri G. Avatar

    Love No. 5 as well

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