Chanel Releases Short Film on N°5 Perfume With Margot Robbie and Perfumer Olivier Polge

Chanel released a short film featuring house ambassador Margot Robbie and Chanel perfumer Olivier Polge, timed to the jasmine harvest in Grasse, France, and revealing that up to 1,000 jasmine flowers go into every 30ml bottle of Chanel N°5. EIN Presswire published the report on October 16, 2026.

What the Chanel N°5 Film Shows

The film offers a look at the house's flower fields in Grasse, described as the perfume capital of the world, and shows Robbie and Polge discussing the craftsmanship, creativity and legacy of the perfume. The Mul family, fifth-generation flower growers, help cultivate the flowers used in Chanel N°5, the most important of which are rose and jasmine. Only the petals of the jasmine plant are used, and they must be hand-picked, a painstaking process.

Polge confirms in the film that over 1,000 flowers are used in a single 30ml bottle of Chanel N°5. Robbie describes the shared craft of perfumer and actress: "I think both a perfumer and an actress are doing a similar thing in different ways," she says. "It's emotional storytelling. It's a little bit of an invisible personal signature. I find it really helpful to pick a fragrance for every character I play. I find scent to be very transportive."

Chanel N°5 was created by perfumer Ernest Beaux in 1921 at the request of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel. One bottle is sold every 30 seconds, and the fragrance blends rose, jasmine and aldehydes. The Eau de Parfum features notes of rose, jasmine, aldehydes and bourbon vanilla, while the Eau de Toilette keeps the original's rose, jasmine, ylang-ylang and aldehyde signature and adds sandalwood and vetiver. A purse spray version is also sold.

Chanel's Fragrance and Beauty Investments

Chanel participated as an existing investor in P2 Science's $23 million oversubscribed funding round led by Sofinnova Partners, gaining exposure to renewable specialty ingredients for fragrance, beauty and personal care, according to akta.pro company records. The same records list a 2024-07 debt-funded round of $757.2 million and 2025 revenue of $19.3 billion, a 2% rise after a 4.3% decline in 2024, with operating profit of $4.7 billion, up 5%.

Chanel's Recent Cultural Programs

The Women's Prize Trust and Chanel launched Originators, a mentorship and development program for emerging U.S. women novelists, with submissions open through November 30, 2026, Forbes reported. The 2026 CHANEL X BIFF Asian Film Academy held its graduation ceremony and screening on October 14 at the Busan Cinema Center, Businesskorea reported. The BFI announced the 2026 winners of its Filmmaker Awards, hosted with Chanel, including Imran Perretta, with a £20,000 prize presented at a luncheon in London, Deadline reported.