Dossier
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A transparent fruity floral.
- Composed by
- Jacques Polge
- Founder
- Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel
- Country
- France
The pyramid
- Top
- mandarinbergamotpeachpassion fruit
- Heart
- may rosejasminemagnoliahoneysucklewater lily
- Base
- sandalwoodvanillaambervetiver
The brief
Built as a transparent, unfussy modern feminine after the deliberately heavy 1980s Coco, leaning into the mid-1990s 'minimalist' aesthetic.
Name'Allure' — defined by Polge as 'the indefinable quality that captivates without revealing why'.
The flacon
Clean rectangular clear flacon with a square cap, the most stripped-down Chanel feminine flacon at launch.
The Curator's Note
Chanel's deliberate apology for the 1980s, packaged as a luxury.