COCO Chanel never became a mother, but she developed a perfume which is a favourite of women all around the world.
As a lover of perfumes, she was fond of repeating Paul Valery's famous line, ''a woman who doesn't wear perfume has no future''.
For her, that little drop of fragrance behind the ear, in the hollow of the shoulder, or on the wrist, was indispensable.
Her advice was to ''put perfume on all the places where you might be kissed''. For her, the wake of fragrance a woman leaves behind her is most important.
Thus, having transformed the world of women's fashion, Chanel set herself to the task of revolutionising the world of fragrance.
Chanel No 5 was launched in 1921.
It was the fruit of Coco Chanel's desire for independence, and the start of her association with the greatest name in perfumes of the time - Earnest Beaux.
