L'Essence de Gabrielle CHANEL Gabrielle Chanel had a difficult childhood. Yet, as if these hardships had pushed her to go beyond herself to reach her dreams, she ended up becoming one of the most illustrious female figures of France.
Chanel reuses the shape of the Gabrielle bottle for L'Essence Gabrielle is a fragrance from the house of Chanel that appeared in 2017 and pays tribute, as its name indicates, to the fascinating founder of the house. Today, in a register that is even more noble and refined than before, this fragrance becomes Gabrielle Essence. On the scent side, it is a highly floral and luminous juice, refreshed with mandarin, grapefruit and blackcurrant, wrapped in a heady base of musk and sandalwood. Its tuberose flower, meanwhile, gives it a distinctive scent. On screen, Gabrielle Essence is now embodied by Margot Robbie, the new face of the Chanel campaign. From there, all that remains is to discover its bottle in more detail to immerse ourselves in the prestigious world of this new fragrance
Sylvie Legastelois, creator of the Gabrielle Essence bottle
To design this bottle, the house of Chanel called on Sylvie Legastelois. Chanel's official designer, she has overseen all of the house's bottle designs since 1984. While Chanel's bottles are all fairly understated and sleek, in reality, they leave no room for any superfluous detail. With Sylvie Legastelois, everything is scrutinized, whether in the proportions or in the choice of materials. A true artist, the designer creates each of her bottles with the help of the latest technologies, such as 3D printing: I need to hold a shape in my hand, she says. I have to feel and touch things. It is essential to give volume to an idea in order to grasp its result: to know whether the cap is as we imagined it, to determine the weight of the glass… I have a craftsman's approach, and 3D printers serve my creativity and my ideas. The Gabrielle Essence bottle therefore carries the full weight of Chanel's luxurious heritage combined with the avant-garde technologies of tomorrow.
The absolute refinement of the Gabrielle Essence bottle
Above all, when one observes the Gabrielle Essence bottle, one element immediately catches the eye: its golden color. The transparent walls of this bottle reveal the full splendor of a juice resembling molten gold. Moreover, this element is further accentuated by the presence of a golden label and cap. The rest of this visual is nothing but harmony and perfection. In heavy, imposing glass, the Gabrielle Essence bottle asserts its understated and sleek style. Its silhouette resembles a glass cube. Yet, when looking at this bottle from the side, all its faces seem to converge toward its center, and more particularly toward its label. The latter is exactly the same size as the top of its cap. Behind its apparent simplicity, the Gabrielle Essence bottle leaves absolutely nothing to chance. It is therefore from this extraordinary attention to detail that this exquisite feeling of harmony comes.