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Quiz: How much do you know about these iconic perfumes?

Do you know your Marc Jacobs from your Mugler?

IT WAS ANNOUNCED this week that Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake has died at the age of 84.

Throughout his career, Miyake built a global fashion brand and was also behind one of the most iconic fragrances of all time, L’eau D’Issey.

But how many other iconic perfumes do you know?

Test your knowledge – and comment your favourite famous fragrance if we’ve left it out!

To start us off, which 'number' perfume by Chanel is universally considered to be the most famous perfume of all time?
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Chanel No.1
Chanel No.5

Chanel No.22
Chanel No.99
Which designer created Eternity, one of the most popular fragrances of the 1990s?
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Paco Rabanne
Estée Lauder

Calvin Klein
Hugo Boss
Which flower is the name of a famous range of perfumes by Marc Jacobs?
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Rose
Orchid

Lily
Daisy
Dior has created many fragrances over the decades, but which of these is not a Dior fragrance?
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Light Blue
JOY

Poison
J'adore
The 2000s was the decade for celebrity fragrances, but which of these perfumes was released first and kicked off the trend?
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Fantasy by Britney Spears
Darling by Kylie Minogue

Glow by Jennifer Lopez
Heat by Beyoncé
DKNY Be Delicious was launched in 2004, but what fruit does the bottle resemble to reflect the scent?
Strawberry
Orange

Banana
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In 1957, L'Interdit was created exclusively for actress Audrey Hepburn before it was publicly released a year later - which designer created the iconic scent?
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Hubert de Givenchy
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Nina Ricci

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Yves Saint Laurent
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Pierre Balmain
True or false: When it first launched in 1937, Old Spice, one of the most famous men's fragrance brands in the world, was originally targeted towards women?
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True
False
Designer Thierry Mugler, who died earlier this year, released his first perfume in 1992. What was it called?
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Alien
Angel

Aura
Allure
Finally, which designer created these iconic perfume bottles for their Classique fragrance?
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Tom Ford
Prada

Jean Paul Gaultier
Valentino
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    Mute Louise Evans
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    Aug 13th 2022, 10:25 PM

    Ah go on and give me a freebie, this had to have been sponsored and I love perfume!;

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    Mute Mandy Seiler
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    Aug 13th 2022, 10:56 PM

    @Louise Evans: me too please. I’d be delighted with some J Lo Glow!

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    Mute Thomas McMillan
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    Aug 13th 2022, 11:25 PM

    5/10 for a heterosexual man,must be progressive at least.

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    Mute Gert McNulty
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    Aug 14th 2022, 12:30 AM

    @Thomas McMillan: ditto

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    Mute Alex Kemp
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    Aug 14th 2022, 1:03 AM

    @Gert McNulty: only got 4. Smelly quiz from the start.

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    Mute Rob Jones
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    Aug 14th 2022, 4:10 PM

    @Thomas McMillan: 7. Couple of guesses that went my way.

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    Mute Tricia G ☘️
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    Aug 13th 2022, 11:00 PM

    I’ll take 9/10

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    Mute Deirdre Moffat
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    Aug 13th 2022, 11:11 PM

    Jeez 4 out of 10 but I love perfume..obviously not enough!! Can we get a few freebies please??

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    Mute Jonathan Nolan
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    Aug 14th 2022, 12:20 AM

    10/10…. For my wife

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    Mute Colette Kearns
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    Aug 13th 2022, 11:36 PM

    All the one major corporation just under different names!! Big Big Money spinner.

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    Mute Sue❤
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    Aug 14th 2022, 8:23 AM

    10/10 love perfume

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    Mute Colm de Cleir
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    Aug 14th 2022, 10:36 AM

    Thierry Mugler also died this year? But where’s HIS quiz?

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    Mute Bee Nice
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    Aug 14th 2022, 9:55 AM

    ❤ L’eau D’Issey.

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    Aug 14th 2022, 8:11 AM

    2/10

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    Mute Paul
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    Aug 14th 2022, 10:11 AM

    Chanel no 5 probably the nicest of the lot

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    Mute Jenny Brandon
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    Aug 14th 2022, 10:31 AM

    “Intimate” in the 60’s

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