Scent of a woman

Venice was a refuge for Coco Chanel when she lost the love of her life. Now the city has inspired her fashion house’s sensual new fragrance.

WE THINK of her as a rebel, a trailblazer. The designer who liberated women from corsets, daring to dress them in trousers for the first time. She made suntans fashionable, urged women to crop their hair.

And Coco Chanel was every bit as fearless in her private life. She turned her back on the social mores of the time, refusing to marry. Nothing would come in the way of her independence.