Perfume by numbers: $33,000,000

May 31, 2013

Deborah Fulsang

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Perfume by numbers: $33,000,000

This is the production cost (in US dollars) for a 4-minute commercial for Chanel No. 5 that was created in 2004. The multi-million dollar short film, produced by Australian director Baz Luhrmann, featured Nicole Kidman being chased by paparazzi, while wearing couture outfits from Karl Lagerfeld, accompanied by a soundtrack by the classical powerhouse Claude Debussy. According to reports, Kidman was awarded $3.7 million for her feature role in the fragrance flick.—Erin Richardson
Watch the commercial.

SOURCE: GUINESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS

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Deborah Fulsang

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Deborah Fulsang has spent the last two decades as a journalist covering news and trends in the worlds of style—in fashion and beauty, design and décor, food and entertaining. Her long-held love of fragrance led her to launch The Whale & The Rose, a destination for all things perfume-related. Now, when she indulges in a crazy-expensive bottle of fragrance, she can do so guilt-free. Well almost. It’s all in the name of research after all.