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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 4 MAY 2014
MOTHER'S DAY
Between CHANEL and Keira Knightley, it's a family affair
that goes back to the actress's early childhood thanks to an
olfactory memory that has never left her over the years. "My
grandmother wore CHANEL N°5," she reminisces, amused.
And, as if an invisible thread linked them over the decades,
Keira Knightley decided to wear COCO MADEMOISELLE, well
before becoming its muse. "A friend gave it to me a couple
years before I received this wonderful offer.
Until then, I had never worn women's fragrances, because
I found them too sweet or floral. Suddenly, people were
stopping me in the street to ask what perfume I was wearing.
I was really proud!" she recounts, with a burst of laughter so
characteristic of her vibrant and joyful humor. So it was only
natural for her to enter the CHANEL family with this precious
magic key. "Once again, I was really proud when I got the
offer. I immediately thought of the amazing commercial that
Jean-Paul Goude made with Vanessa Paradis in a birdcage.
Also, I have a real admiration for Coco Chanel. For the woman
she was, a free woman in the strongest sense of the word. And
for the designer able to create clothing that everyone could
wear. Coco Chanel is timeless and her creations precisely
express her free spirit."
