Chanel No. 5: Chanel, 1921

The Osmothèque classes it Floral, Aldéhydé. A review quotes its perfumer, Ernest Beaux, on the future of perfumery lying with chemistry.

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Date

1921 (year)

documented

N°5 CHANEL 1921 EXT Floral Aldéhydé Ernest Beaux

OSMO-1 · Osmothèque, Conservatoire international des parfums · read 2026-09-30
WD-1 · Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation), the items listed in the house’s records · read 2026-09-30

Wikidata gives the same year (a second witness)

confidence A

Label

documented (a source states it)

house label

the house’s own reading, labelled as such

one of the four labels of the Reconstruction Lab (A §6.4), chosen from what the cited source itself says

confidence B

Kind

launch

house classification

the house’s own reading, labelled as such

the house’s grouping of events for the timeline

confidence B

What happened

Chanel launches Chanel No. 5, by Ernest Beaux.

documented

N°5 CHANEL 1921 EXT Floral Aldéhydé Ernest Beaux

OSMO-1 · Osmothèque, Conservatoire international des parfums · read 2026-09-30

confidence A

Place

not on record

not on record

no place on record for this event

People

• Ernest Beaux (perfumer)
  documented

  N°5 CHANEL 1921 EXT Floral Aldéhydé Ernest Beaux

  OSMO-1 · Osmothèque, Conservatoire international des parfums · read 2026-09-30

  confidence A

Perfumers

• Ernest Beaux

Fragrances

• Chanel No. 5

Sources

1. OSMO-1 · Osmothèque, Conservatoire international des parfums. Collection Osmothèque, juin 2015 (PDF list: name, house, launch year, concentration, family, sub-family, perfumers). www.osmotheque.fr/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Col… · read 2026-09-30 · no reuse licence stated; quoted row by row, not filed
2. WD-1 · Wikidata (Wikimedia Foundation), the items listed in the house’s records; extracts filed in the house’s records, read 2026-09-30. www.wikidata.org · read 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0 (Wikidata structured data); the extracts are filed

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this record as data: /data/event/chanel-no-5-launch-1921.json · version 1 · updated 2026-09-30 · confidence A