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Complete 3 page APA formatted essay: The Secret of Channel No. 5 by Tilar J. Mazzeo.

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This quintessence of French aroma was manufactured in Hoboken (Catton, n.d.). The creator of the perfume was thought to have believed that people brought the perfume home from Paris as a gift for their girlfriends and wives. (Catton, n.d.) The Secret of Chanel No.5 is a historical fiction which relates to today’s fashion trends. (Mazzeo, 2010 a) It is the 20th and 21st centuries’ obsession and is a desire of possession by each individual. (Jenkins, 2011)

It was years ago when the author was greatly attracted by a typical bottle of Rallet no. 1. This was a fragrance created by Ernest Beaux and was famous amongst the Russian majestic family (Catton, n.d.). It was after the 1917 revolution which led to the birth of the world’s most popular perfume, Chanel No. 5 (Catton, n.d.). Philip Kraft, a fragrant chemist proposed to scrutinize the perfume and this led to events which eventually ended up to the invention of the perfume. (Mazzeo, 2010 a)

A plenty of emails were exchanged and also historical documents were bartered. Samples of the prepared fragrance were mailed to one another (Mazzeo, 2010 a). This fascinated the author to pen down this fictional book and the book delves into the history of the perfume, Chanel no. 5 from its invention to its current status (Mazzeo, 2010 a). Her bibliography gives us a detailed account of the perfume as well as on artistic and nominal levels (Mazzeo, 2010 a). She acknowledges Paul Poiret for linking fashion with fragrance. The story is narrated in a detective story manner. (Mazzeo, 2010 a)

The book is segregated into three portions, namely, 1. “Coco before Chanel no. 5”, 2. “Love and war” and 3. “The life as an icon”. (“The Secret of Chanel No. 5”, 2010) The story begins with a melancholy note that Gabrielle Chanel is nurtured at the Aubazine orphanage. She was cast off by her father. “What she lived with always, however, were Aubaine’s smells.&nbsp.&nbsp.