2. Chanel N°5 Eau de Parfum This may be the most iconic Chanel perfume. The scene was immortalized by Marilyn Monroe, who famously wore it to bed and nothing else.

Legend has it that of the 10 samples submitted by Ernest Beaux, a former nose to the Russian Tsars, Chanel selected the fifth as her favourite and, eschewing a florid name for her new scent ...