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Coco Mademoiselle is a
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by French fashion house
Chanel Chanel ( , ) is a French high-end luxury fashion house founded in 1910 by Coco Chanel in Paris. Chanel specializes in women's ready-to-wear, luxury goods, and accessories and licenses its name and branding to Luxottica for eyewear. Chane ...
, introduced in 2001 for younger consumers. The fragrance was created by
Jacques Polge Jacques Polge (born 14 June 1943) is a French perfumer, best known for his role as Head Perfumer at Les Parfums Chanel from 1978 to 2015. Early life Jacques Polge grew up near Avignon, France, where he says he was inspired as a child by the s ...
, the nose of Chanel from 1978 to 2015.


Coco Mademoiselle le Film

In 2006, Chanel launched a new advertising film starring its current spokesmodel
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as
Coco Chanel Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel ( , ; 19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971) was a French fashion designer and businesswoman. The founder and namesake of the Chanel brand, she was credited in the post-World War I era with popularizing a sporty, c ...
. The film was directed by the upcoming
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BAFTA-winning director
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, who has also worked with Knightley in his award-winning films ''
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re-recorded
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's 1965 " L-O-V-E" for the short film.


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In 2014, an advertisement directed by Wright was shot in the Cité du Cinéma by
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with Knightley and
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in the lead roles.


Notes

*Top notes: orange, bergamot, mandarin,
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Spokesmodels

Famous spokesmodels for the fragrance have included
Kate Moss Katherine Ann Moss (born 16 January 1974) is a British model. Arriving at the end of the "supermodel era", Moss rose to fame in the early 1990s as part of the heroin chic fashion trend. Her collaborations with Calvin Klein brought her to fas ...
and Knightley (current).


See also

* Coco, the 1984 perfume created by Polge for Chanel


References

{{Chanel Perfumes Chanel perfumes