The May Rose
Chanel’s “nose” Olivier Polge and actress Marion Cotillard were walking through the fields of May roses between the foothills of the French Alps and the Massif de l’Esterel mountain range. Cotillard, the face of the N°5 fragrance has come to pay a visit to the men and women who tend the House’s flowers all year round; and on this day, they were harvesting the roses that have given the signature essence of the classic N°5.
What struck me when I arrived in these fields was, of course, the fragrance, which was immediate, very powerful, “wraps you up” and envelops
