In , Pierre Wertheimer introduced Soir de Paris, a fragrance aimed at the general public and marketed through the Bourjois company. Meanwhile, Coco Chanel operated a successful fashion studio near the Louvre museum in Paris. Under an agreement with the Wertheimers, she operated her design business as a separate company, but sold the clothes under the Chanel name. Although Parfums Chanel and Coco Chanel's design business flourished, the personal relationship between Coco Chanel and Pierre Wertheimer deteriorated.
The friction between Coco Chanel and the Wertheimer family stemmed from Coco Chanel's dissatisfaction with the terms of their original agreement. Coco Chanel resented what she viewed as an attempt by the Wertheimers to exploit her talents for their own gain. She felt she should have a larger than ten percent portion of the company, and she argued that she had unwittingly signed away the rights to her own name. The Wertheimers countered her grievances with an argument that reminded Coco Chanel that the Wertheimers had funded her venture in the first place, giving her the chance to take her creations to market, and had made her a relatively wealthy woman.
In Chanel hired a Parisian attorney, Rene de Chambrun, to renegotiate her agreement with the Wertheimers. But the Wertheimers successfully quashed those attempts. Furthermore, her fashion business sputtered during the late s and at years-of-age Coco Chanel closed it when the Nazis invaded France. In fact, the Wertheimers fled the country in , eventually landing in the United States.
With the powerful Wertheimer family gone, Coco Chanel went to work trying to use new occupation regulations to take control of the Parfums Chanel partnership. But the savvy Wertheimers stymied that move, too. In their absence, they found an Aryan proxy to run their businesses and keep Coco Chanel at bay. According to one of Coco Chanel's biographers, Edmonde Charles-Roux, she played a role in a secret peace mission near the end of the War.
Charles-Roux contends that German intelligence sent Coco Chanel to visit Winston Churchill as part of a secret peace mission. Coco Chanel was arrested immediately after the Liberation of France and charged with abetting the Germans, but Churchill intervened on her behalf and she was released. After her release, Coco Chanel immediately fled France for Switzerland. Meanwhile, Pierre Wertheimer returned to Paris to resume control of his family's holdings.
Despite her absence, Coco Chanel continued her assault on her former admirer and began manufacturing her own line of perfumes. He also gave her limited rights to sell her own perfumes from Switzerland. Coco Chanel never made any more perfume after the agreement. She gave up the rights to her name in exchange for a monthly stipend from the Wertheimers. The settlement paid all of her monthly bills and kept Coco Chanel and her former lover, von Dincklage, living in relatively high style. It appeared as though aging Coco Chanel would drop out of the Chanel company saga.
At 70 years of age in , Coco Chanel returned to Paris with the intent of restarting her fashion studio. She went to Pierre Wertheimer for advice and money, and he agreed to finance her plan.
In return for his help, Wertheimer secured the rights to the Chanel name for all products that bore it, not just perfumes. Nov 21, DreamerII Well-known member. Aug 29, Jul 27, I've only ever seen Made in France here but was never really paying a lot of attention. I guess I'll keep an eye open for Made in U. RoRo said:. Here you are. A bottle of No. I got it used, and it didn't come with a box, unfortunately. SilverJag Well-known member. Jan 16, ChuckW Well-known member. Aug 21, If it matters.
If it's any consolation -- not that anybody needs it, necessarily -- the much vaunted Egoiste Cologne Concentree was made in the US, as far as I know. Indoril Nerevar Well-known member. Oct 31, I just checked a few of my chanels Last edited: May 26, Scentologist Well-known member.
Apr 17, Made in France seemed to smell better to me. It's perfectly okay if everyone hasn't noticed this, but I did with the particular bottle I have. Aug 25, I don't think it makes the slightest difference. Chanel is a huge company that manages its distribution carefully and pays close attention to quality control. It is inconceivable that it or Jacques or Olivier Polge would allow the sale of perfumes that smelled different depending on where you bought them. Oct 17, I believe that the observation by thatmakesscents about the quality of the alcohol is on target.
Piping in since this has been a point of dismay for me for a number of years after replacing my swoonworthy Chanel no. If I were to find a tactile metaphor, it's like comparing nickel silver with sterling. The weight, the feel, the sheen, the patina Franco65 Well-known member.
May 13, Currently Wearing: Overture Man by Amouage. Francolino said:. Paul H Well-known member. Mar 28, FreshSmell Well-known member. Aug 22, This company ought to be a shamed of it self with all the money it brings to shamefully produce such a lousy Bleu de Chanel EDP. This stuff recks of chemicals after 25minutes. Paul H said:. Do you know what year it is from? I would guarantee that one could have 20 bottles of say Bleu de Chanel, 10 made in USA and 10 made in France, and no one would be able to correctly identify all the bottles origins.
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