Quick Quiz: What is the Best-Selling Perfume in the World?

October 1, 2007

Have you been keeping up to speed on BellaSugar? The answer to this question is in a series from the last couple of weeks. Here's a hint: Fragrance sales dramatically increased when Marilyn Monroe was quoted saying, "All I wear to bed are two drops of ...." Can you guess which of these perfumes is the world's best-selling fragrance?

82 Comments

3 years

I like chanel n5 veryyyy much ! :)

rossy 4 years

God! When my parents' honeymooned in Paris in the '50's, he bought her 2 bottles of Chanel no. 5... They lived in Europe at the time, so it wasn't difficult for either of them to take so-called "day-trips" to Paris, Rome, Prague, etc. My dad decided that Chanel No. 5 would be just the thing to show her how much he loved her. She only had to use a little bit & everyone around her was captivated! When the bottles were empty & stoppered, she was still able to get scent from them by occasionally opening them, dipping a dampened cue tip in, & rubbing her pulse points. After she died a few years ago, she left 1 of the bottles to me & the other to my sister... 50 years on, we can still get the beautiful fragrance by lifting the stopper & inhaling! Of course, a damp cue tip brushed inside & rubbed on the pulse points works too. If I were rich... it would most likely be my ONLY luxury.

rossy 4 years

God! When my parents' honeymooned in Paris in the '50's, he bought her 2 bottles of Chanel no. 5... They lived in Europe at the time, so it wasn't difficult for either of them to take so-called "day-trips" to Paris, Rome, Prague, etc. My dad decided that Chanel No. 5 would be just the thing to show her how much he loved her.She only had to use a little bit & everyone around her was captivated! When the bottles were empty & stoppered, she was still able to get scent from them by occasionally opening them, dipping a dampened cue tip in, & rubbing her pulse points.After she died a few years ago, she left 1 of the bottles to me & the other to my sister... 50 years on, we can still get the beautiful fragrance by lifting the stopper & inhaling! Of course, a damp cue tip brushed inside & rubbed on the pulse points works too.If I were rich... it would most likely be my ONLY luxury.

dhini 5 years

Yay... I was right

dhini 5 years

Yay... I was right

amj1989 5 years

"STINKS"

amj1989 5 years

"STINKS"

halo0073 5 years

easy, but stinky

halo0073 5 years

easy, but stinky

pinkacid 5 years

i was right ^o^

pinkacid 5 years

i was right ^o^

the makeup blogette 5 years

i got it right, loooks like i got to try it myself!

creamytofu 5 years

its a classic!

creamytofu 5 years

its a classic!

evita 5 years

yea!! I got it right, but I prefer Coco Madamoiselle

luv2blazy 5 years

Being a HUGE MM fan, that was easy.

jen22 5 years

I can't believe I got it right.

kiwitwist 5 years

I dont' think I am a fan... I believe someone in my family had this when I was younger. But I am not 100%

Artemis 5 years

I guess it is the best selling perfume in the period 1921 - 2007, but I do not believe that it is still among the top ten best selling perfumes in the world right now. It sounds like a sales gimmick more tha anything else. Personally, I do not know anybody who still wears Chanel no 5, apart from old ladies. Coco and Mademoiselle are far more popular among all age groups.

Artemis 5 years

thehabra 5 years

I think everyone knows that.. Anyway, no 5 is one of those scents that smells awful on some people, and great on others. It's a chemistry thing I guess

thehabra 5 years

I think everyone knows that..Anyway, no 5 is one of those scents that smells awful on some people, and great on others. It's a chemistry thing I guess