Parfum Chanel no. 5
Vergleich: Siehe: Ätherische Öle
Kölnisches Wasser (4711/hergestellt aus Zitrone/Orange/Bergamotte/Mandarine/Limette/Zeder/Pampelmuse aphrodisisch).
[Sandra Benassini]
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This proving was a project of our 4th year at the Vancouver Homeopathic
Academy under the supervision of director Dr. Murray Feldman MCH, RSHom, CCH.
The proving started the 2nd week of January 2008 in
Vancouver, BC Canada. This was a Hahnemannian double-blind research.
The proving was conducted following Jeremy Sherr’s book: “The Dynamics
and Methodology of Homeopathic Proving” 2nd edition; and Richard
Pitt’s “Tobacco” proving.
Perfume has been around since immemorial times. It has accompanied man
in many rites, myths and beliefs. It piqued our curiosity why this had never
been proved before.
Perfume has had a major impact on civilization one way or another. It
has been present in different forms and has evolved as has the technology of
man.
WHY CHANEL No5
Ernest Beaux schuf 1921 das 1e Parfum, in dem Aldehyde die floralen Noten von Jasmin und Rose dominierten = Chanel No. 5
The reaction of people to perfume is an aspect that intrigued us; it is
almost like a love-or-hate reaction, as some can’t stop smelling it and it is a
big part of their daily routine
and life linked through perfume to memories, stories, special events,
culture. It is almost like comfort food, almost like a craving or urge to get
immersed in the sensation that
starts when we first open the beautiful crystal bottle that captures the
essence of a magical translucent liquid like a crystal potion full of beauty,
like a personal distinctive or
a little extra something to boosts our confidence and energy. We feel
pretty wearing perfume or some of us can’t go out without it, surrounding our aura
with hints of flowers,
woods and species masterly blended. But other people have a strong
adverse reaction to it, to the point of having an allergic reaction, and all
the symptoms arising from this
like headaches, irritability, nausea, sneezing. This polarity seems so
interesting that it captured our curiosity. What is behind perfume that affects
human beings in such diverse
ways? It is not only about a physical reaction but emotionally too it is
connected to memories from our past.
How can this substance benefit human health based on the law of
similars? What if perfume potentized could cure or help symptoms that in its
pure state, it can produce.
Then the journey began with the carefully choosen essence that
represents Perfume as such, and Chanel No. 5 became the choosen formula.
We choose CHANEL NO.5 because it is the best known perfume in the world.
It is an icon of the world of perfume and is associated with the images of
change in women
during a period where women broke with many stereotypes and
expectations.
The whole creative process of Chanel No 5 was as Coco Chanel, its
creator, says: “Something abstract and unique”. This was a major aspect about
choosing it. Today, people
identify Chanel No 5 as the first brand that pops in their minds when we
asked to mention a perfume. The great majority mentioned Chanel No 5
independently of their
preference. Many of them mentioned to be in one way or another linked to
a memory related to Chanel No 5.
WHAT IS PERFUME
The Merriam Webster dictionary gives us this definition:
1: the scent of something sweet-smelling
2: a substance that emits a pleasant odor; [a fluid preparation of
natural essences (from plants or animals) or synthetics and a fixative used for
scenting]. The word perfume comes from the Latin phrase, “per” meaning
“through” and “fumus” meaning smoke.”
Perfume is a mixture of fragrant essential oils, and aroma compounds,
fixatives and solvents to give the human body, objects, and living spaces a
pleasant smell. There are classifications to describe a perfume according to
its concentration level, the family it belongs to, and the notes of the scent,
which all affect the overall impression of a perfume from first application to
the last lingering hint of scent Perfume oil is necessarily diluted with a
solvent because undiluted oils (natural or synthetic) contain high
concentrations of volatile components that will likely result in allergic
reactions and possibly injury when applied directly to skin or clothing.
By far the most common solvent for perfume oil dilution is ethanol a
mixture of ethanol and water. Perfume oil can also be diluted by means of
neutral-smelling lipids
such as jojoba, fractionated coconut oil or wax. The concentration by
percent/volume of perfume oil is as follows:
Perfume extract: 20 - 40% aromatic compounds
Eau de Parfum: 10 - 30% aromatic
compounds
Eau de toilette: 5 - 20%
aromatic compounds
Eau de cologne: 2 - 5% aromatic compounds
As the percentage of aromatic compounds increases, the intensity and
longevity of the scent increases.
78% to 95% of specially denatured ethyl alcohol with a remainder of
essential oils makes the product we call perfume and is also loosely called
scent or fragrance.
Products with 22% of essential oils are the costliest form of fragrance and
are called perfumes.
ABOUT CHANEL No 5 PERFUME
Chanel No.5 is classified as Aldehydic, floral.
Top notes: Neroli from Grasse (flower of the bitter
orange tree), Ylang-Ylang from the Comoros, Aldehydes.
Middle notes: Grasse Jasmine, May Rose.
Base notes: Sandalwood
note, Vetiver
from Réunion, Vanilla from Réunion (Bourbon Vanilla).
Coco Chanel choose memorable scents from all over the world: jasmine and
lush pink May roses from Grasse, France, creamy yellow ylang-ylang blossoms
from the Comoro Islands, rum-scented Tonka beans from South America, vanilla and
sandalwood, and a rich mélange of other ingredients and blended them all into a
sensuous fragrance that represented Paris in it best.
THE PROVING
The remedy was made by Helios Pharmacy of Tunbridge Wells, England,
using drops of Chanel No.5 perfume. The substance was from a sample of the
perfume that was bought at a store in Vancouver B.C. There were 13 Provers, 11
were women and 2 men, from the age of 26 to 64. All live in Canada, in the West
Coast. The group was formed by different nationalities and cultures: Lebanese,
Mexican, French, Czech, South African, English and of course Canadian. There
was one placebo in the group.
METHOD OF PROVING AND ANALYSIS
The proving started the second week of January 2008 in Vancouver, BC
Canada. This was a Hahnemannian double-blind experiment where the Provers and
the supervisors did not know what the substance to be proved was. The only ones
that knew were the two Master Provers, the professor, and the pharmacist in
Helios that prepared the remedy. Double-bind refers to the two people who are
blinded in the process, (the patients or Provers, and secondly the observers or
supervisors)
There were 3 potencies: 12C, 15C and 30C, one placebo.
The proving was conducted following Jeremy Sherr’s book: “the Dynamics
and Methodology of Homeopathic Proving” 2nd edition; and Richard
Pitt’s “Tobacco” proving.
The potency code was held by Helios until the end of the collation and
analysis of data. The Master Provers were not aware who had the placebo. The
remedy was mailed to all of the Provers at the same time. Provers and
supervisors were contacted personally and invited to an initial meeting where
they were given instructions and further information and advice on what to do or
not, during the proving. (see appendix 1 and 2) . They each were assigned a
supervisor that lived close to them with whom they had to take an initial
baseline case and the Provers had to keep a journal for one week before taking
the remedy. They had the option of writing on paper or directly in a program
designed for the proving. Roughly half of the Provers had some relationship or
knowledge of homeopathy, the other half did not. The Provers promised not to
share with anyone their experiences.
We had two married couples in the proving and it was emphasized the
importance of not commenting on the symptoms arising. (It was also interesting
in the extraction meeting hearing what one said about the other in their own
experience). The Provers were given 6 doses in total, to take 3x daily for 2
days. They had to stop taking the remedy as soon as they felt some change
within them. They were encouraged to have contact daily for the first weeks
until the symptoms were less.
Before the final meeting they
were given the Extraction Process instructions to go over with their
supervisors and to be discussed during the final meeting. The final meeting was
set for May 4th where the majority of Provers and supervisor could share their
experiences. And see the pace of the remedy with the Provers. Many of the
Provers and supervisors continued having some kind of symptom after the
meeting. See chapter “Around the Proving”. The Provers and supervisors brought
along their journals with the extraction information to go over together.
During this meeting the rest of the Provers and supervisors met and they
were able to share the most striking symptoms and experiences during this
proving. Afterwards we went over each body part to see the totality of the
remedies action. After we told them what the remedy was we showed them a power
point presentation and advertisement containing some information on CHANEL NO.5
the perfume and life of Coco Chanel. And we continued with the informal
proving.
INFORMAL PROVING
After the discussion we proceeded to do an informal proving with the
group where we applied some drops of CHANEL NO.5 on the inside of their wrists,
we asked them
to sit quietly and just smell the perfume for some minutes and share
what they were feeling or the thoughts and emotions that came to them. The
journals were left with the master Provers for the extraction.
The criteria used to include a symptom were as follows:
If in serious doubt, leave it out
If the prover is seen to be under
the influence of the remedy (as can be seen by the general appearance of the
symptoms), then ALL other new symptoms belong to the proving
Any symptoms that are usual or
current for the prover should be excluded unless intensified
To a marked degree, in which case it should be noted as such.
Symptoms should not be included if they have occurred in recent history
(note such Symptoms RS), meaning that if the prover has experienced the same
symptom within a year or less, do not record the symptom. How recent depend on
the totality of the circumstances of the case. We should discard symptoms that
may have appeared naturally
or spontaneously during the proving. For example if a prover gets
running nose due to allergies from tree pollen every year, the running nose is
not to be considered a symptom of the proving as it occurred regularly in the
past.
A symptom that is current but that has been modified or altered should
be included while clearly describing the current and modified components and
marked with (AS Altered symptom). For example, in the annual symptom of running
nose due to allergies as above, if during the proving eyes were also streaming
and there was also sinus congestion, which were symptoms never experienced
before, then the symptom is accepted and noted as AS. Any symptom that has
occurred a long time previously (longer than 5 years) and that would seem to
have no reason to repeat itself naturally at the time of the proving should be
included. As Hahnemann writes in aphorism #181
.... All the suffering, accidents and changes, of health of the prover…
must be regarded and registered and belonging peculiarly to this medicine, as
symptoms of this medicine, even though the experimenter has obverse d, a
considerable time previously, the spontaneous occurrence of similar phenomena
in himself. The reappearance of these during
the proving of the medicine only shows that this individual is, by
virtue of his peculiar constitution, particularly disposed to have such
symptoms excited in him.
In this case, they are the effect of the medicine”.
This is the reason that old symptoms should be marked as OS. Accidents
that occurred during the proving are valid proving symptoms as Hahnemann
mentioned in aphorism 139 with the word “Zufall” meaning “to fall upon one”.
Therefore, accident or coincidences that arise during the proving should be
recorded. For example “I cut the third finger of my left hand with a knife” or
“I had a fender bender while driving” are to be included.
If a present symptom has disappeared during the proving, it should be
made clear that this is a Cured symptom, CS. The precise nature of the symptom
previous to the proving should be fully noted. This should include both
sensations and function. So, instead of “my sleeplessness was much improved
during the proving” should be more written in a more specific manner for
example “my sleeplessness which had been due to repetition of thoughts or
events of the day, has improved. I previously would lie awake for up to 2
hours, but have been falling off to sleep within 10 minutes of my head hitting
the pillow.”
Cured symptoms were not included in the Materia Medica, but are
presented in the Potential cured symptom section.
If you have a slight doubt to whether include a symptom or not, include
it in brackets, and it will become clear during collating, the symptom will
only be included if it is
also present in other prover(s). Intensity and frequency are also
important. If a symptom is particularly intense and it occurs daily, it is likely
to be a proving symptom, unless the intensity was present before the proving.
If the frequency of a symptom is strongly increased or greatly decreased, these
are notable symptoms. These symptoms belonging to the Altered symptoms category
and classified as AS.
The inner knowledge and
conviction of the prover that these symptoms do not belong to him/her and
therefore belong to the proving state, is a definite and reliable consideration
that the symptom should be included.
Finally, all the above factors may still never give us 100% certainty
until the final proof from clinical verification.
INFORMAL PROVING
This was done the same day the final meeting for the proving took place.
After talking with all the supervisors and provers about what their experience
had been and revealing the remedy, we proceeded to apply some drops of Chanel
No.5 on the inside of the wrists of each person, and asked them to sit quietly
and let the fragrance envelope them. These are some of the words and sensations
that the provers and supervisors experienced:
softness and comfort
vibrates as it goes, expands
really tired, calm, nice, it is ok to be on me, the connection, calming
grounded on me on, light ease, grounded with the ease. Dreamy about it.
Feel in Lalaland.
Strong heavy, feel I cannot breathe , angry, too strong, like a strong
personality, too heavy, something that I push away, not in tune with me, strong
heavy, controlling, gets into my nose and cannot get rid of it. A successful
woman can wear it. An active, strong woman. Seems that nobody can stop her for
whatever she wants to do. I hate that smell. It is aggressive, strong, heavy,
gives me a headache, can hardly smell it. dizzy, overpowering I don’t like
anything taking over me. I have to be above, I have to have the upper hand,
makes me uncomfortable. Uneasiness. Too strong, makes me feel like i don’t have
control, makes me nervous. I usually am in control. Anxious. Angry, someone who
need that to make herself strong and confident, someone who has that confidence
would not need to wear a perfume so strong. would not stand close to the person
who has the fragrance. I relate it to mu grandmother . She was very
controlling. It smells old to me. Uncomfortable.not repulsed at all, I like it
on me. Calming, tired, I like it. Calming, brushes your shoulders off
tranquility, it will be okay, it’s ok. It happened and it will be okay.
grounded, unconditional, everything that happens is ok. We can all
share, we are accepting about it. It gives me a headache.
comforting , it is okay and it will pass. Lightness ethereal quality,
not mind is escaping me, not at the mercy. Big perspective on this, ( aerial
perspective), when I went back there was all this sadness but it is okay, it is
going to be okay. No constriction in throat, sharing, important to share, not
stay in the bottle, meant to be shared, spreads.
Has to go out. Experience it in a different way. Has to spread and
vibrates, happy energy. Something needs to be covered up. Overwhelming
tiredness, - it is okay.
Relate it with mother and grandmother. Elegant melancholy, deep sadness,
not go back to that place. Let go and move forward, keep going.
Very romantic live now, she got rid of the corsets. No constriction.
Constriction and being bold. Perfume. Marilyn Monroe: needed to feel
that, felt lonely, and sadness.
Leave behind, it is okay.
This makes us stuck if we cannot go forward.
Repertory:
Mind: ABSENTMINDED
AIR > in open
ANCIENT- feeling,
ANGER-followed by tranquillity
ANXIETY- from constriction in chest/about money matter/from pressure on
chest
AVERSION to husband
CAREFREE
CARES, full of about others
CENSORIOUS - silent; disposition to be faultfinding
CHEERFUL
CLARITY of mind,
CLEANliNESS- desire for
cleaning
COMPANY- aversion to - -desire for solitude/aversion to o intimate
friends
CONCENTRATION - active/difficult (studying/talking)
CONFIDENCE - want of self-confidence/CONFIDENT
CONFUSION of mind - as to his of
identity/to time; as to space
DELUSIONS - is not appreciated/things look beautiful/body is
vibrating/everything is too clear/of internal emptiness/As if behind a
glass/one is under a powerful influence/
he is light (low weight)/desires to be a part of the ocean/someone is
behind him/being possessed/is pure (as a crystal)/he was pursued/restless with
anxiety/is separated from
the world/desires to rip out her skin/desire to spread skin beyond his
body/trapped inside it own skin/will turn to stone/swimming in an turquoise
blue ocean/is swimming/is timeless and in the present/trapped in a glass
bottle/trapped in her skin/veil between mind and reality/wants to belong to the
water/blue (turquoise) water/
DESPAIR, SADNESS, with despair
DETERMINATION
DISCOURAGED (business),
DISGUST - himself
DETACHED
DULLNESS (> drinking)
ENERGIZED feeling
EXHILIRATION EXCITEMENT
FEAR - of cancer/of punishment/of poverty/of terror/commit something
wrong
FEMINITY-increased sensation of
FIRMNESS
FORGETFUL
FORSAKEN “As if isolated”
GRATITUDE
HAIR - having hair cut - desires (short and bristly)
HEAVINESS- sensation of
HELPLESS feeling
IMPATIENCE - must rush about
INFLUENCE; one is under a powerful
IRRITABILITY from noise
INTERRUPTION - </aversion to/intolerance
LAZINESS
LOVE - for family/unconditional love (New Rubric)
MEMORY- weakness of memory for where objects
MISTAKES; makes in writing
MENTAL POWER- increased
MOONLIGHT <
NEGLECTING- important things
OFFENDED, easily
OLD, sensation of being
OPTIMISTIC
PATIENCE
PEACE - sensation of heavenly peace
PLAYFUL
POSITIVENESS
PROSTRATION of mind (with sleepiness)
PROTECTING-desire to protect
REMEDIES, homeopathic - aversion to/desires
REPROACHING - himself/others
SADNESS - in daytime/evening/aversion to company, desire for solitude/from
disappointment (love)/during menses/during menses
SECRETIVE
SENSITIVE - to all external impressions/to all emotions/to nature and
natural objects/to opinion of others/to people’s inner nature’s;
SENTIMENTAL - in moonlight,
SPIRITUALITY
SUSPICIOUS - while walking
SYMPATHETIC
THOUGHTS - negative/of the past
TIME - slowly, appears longer; passes too
TRANQUILITY - during conflict/not bothered by little problems/reconciled
to fate
THOUGHTS- rush
WRONG, everything seems (but optimistic) (New Rubric)
WEEPING - cannot weep, though sad/after slight emotion
YEARNING
Head: PULSATING in Temples
CONSTRICTION - in vertex/in forehead/in temples
HEAVINESS
PAIN - r. side/cutting l. side/in temples/> pressure on
forehead/itching/bending forward/bursting looking-up/constant, continued/dull
pain (in vertex)/pressure in forehead/
>: pressure/walking;
Eyes: DRYNESS in morning
PAIN
TIRED SENSATION
HEAVINESS
SLEEPY feeling of eyes
SPASM in l. lid
TWITCHING
Vision: ACUTE
MOVING-letters
BLURRED + lacrimation
Ears: ERUPTIONS - moist (l.),
Nose: OBSTRUCTION
DISCHARGE- clear
Face: DISCOLORATION - red
ERUPTIONS - nose [blotches/vesicles (l.)]/on l. cheek/pimples
ITCHING
PAIN- burning
Mouth: TASTE-metallic
ULCERS- canker sore
DRYNESS- morning
MUCUS MEMBRANE-excoriation
PAIN-burnt, sensation as if-Tongue
SALIVATION-accompanied by -nausea
TASTE (metallic)
ULCERS- canker sore
TEETH (EDGES feel sharp and hurt gums)
Throat: CONSTRICTION
IRRITATION
LUMP; sensation of a
PAIN - morning/burning/> warm drinks/swallowing
INFLAMMATION on waking
Stomach: APPETITE- increased
CONSTRICTION
PAIN- burning/walking in open air
THIRSTLESS
NAUSEA from odours
Abdomen:
PAIN - Cramping/in inguinal region (groin)
DISTENSION-constipation, during
FLATULENCE after eating
Rectum: CONSTIPATION - stool-remains long in the
rectum
PAIN-stool-before
Stool: SOFT/LARGE/LIGHT COLORED
Bladder: URGING to urinate - night - midnight
Urine: COPIOUS
Female Genitalia: METRORRHAGIA after coition
PAIN during menses
SEXUAL DESIRE increased
MENSES - bright red/too early/too late
Respiration: Difficult + throat problems
Cough: Morning
BREATHING
DRY
TALKING
TICKLING
Chest: ANXIETY
OPPRESSION
PAIN inspiration-during walking-while burning-Lungs
-burning-night
-cutting-Heart
-radiating-middle
-electric shocks
-Sides-left
TINGLING
Back: PAIN - in sacroiliac symphysis/>
lying/< bending-forward
Limbs: PAIN - morning on waking/in r. heel/in
ankle ascending stairs/> stretching
out/standing
TREMBLING in l. Hand
SWOllen Ankle in morning ( New Rubric)
WEAKNESS
COLDNESS (hands)
HEAT- lower limbs
TINGLING in Hand
CRAMPS (in leg on waking)
DRYNESS of hands
NUMBNESS in hand morning on waking
RAYNAUD’S DISEASE
VIBRATION; sensation of, Leg
WASHING < upper limbs
Sleep: INTERRUPTED after midnight
REFRESHING
SLEEPINESS - morning/on waking/daytime/tiredness (weariness)
DISTURBED
REFRESHING
UNREFRESHING-morning
SLEEP-RESTLESS
SLEEP waking with thoughts
Dreams: (<(<(< VIELE >)>)>)
Skin: DRY
ERUPTIONS - vesicles -
itching/painful
ITCHING from dryness
“As if thin”
Generals: PERIODICITY
MOON - < full moon periodical - alternating
NIGHT - after midnight- 1 h
VIBRATION, fluttering, etc.
ENERGY- excess of energy
FOOD and DRINKS: Desires: tea/farinaceous foods/sweets/cold drink cold
water;
HEAT-sensation of
TREMBLING - internally
< COLD
ENERGY- excess of energy
HEAT - lack of vital heat/”As if heat at night”
TOBACCO- aversion to-smell
VIBRATION, fluttering, etc.
WEAKNESS - daytime/morning/on waking/on exertion/from sleeplessness
WEARINESS
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