New Chanel: No 19 Poudre and Jersey

 Jacques Polge, in-house perfumer for Chanel, gave a big interview for the Woman Wear Daily magazine. Along with his thoughts about today's perfumery, and his own experience at Chanel, Jacques announced launching of two new perfumes by Channel this fall (2011). One of them named Jersey, after Coco Chanel's favorite textile, will join Les Exclusifs collection. The other one is a powdery musky version of Chanel No 19, named No.19 Poudré.

 "We’ve found some new musks that are very interesting, and we are working a lot at the moment on iris, which is a very important ingredient in No.19 Poudré. We have our plantations in Grasse, with rose and jasmine, and we’re trying to find new qualities in those. But we’re also trying to reproduce what was done 40 years ago, that nobody does anymore". Jacques Polge for wwd.
Iris is the central ingredient of the fragrance, along with several "new interesting musks", found by the perfumer. Talking about iris, the perfumer pointed out it is a very demanding ingredient. First of all, it's hard to source, because anything can affect the final quality of the oil, including climate and soil. Secondly, processing of iris is very time and labor-consuming process, which lasts a couple of years. However, Chanel never made a single compromise about the quality of her (their) perfumes. The new No.19 Poudré unites the latest technology advances (musks) and the best that can be achieved in a good old artisanal way.