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You could say the Chance perfume line has always been Chanel's most free-spirited: breezy, bright and a little unpredictable.

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Chance Eau Splendide - the fifth and latest addition to the family and created by the maison's in-house nose Olivier Polge — takes a soft, deliciously fruity turn centred around raspberries, but that's not the only way it surprises. It's also Chanel's first fruit-led fragrance — quite the milestone, considering the maison's over-100 years of history in perfume-making. Keng Yang Shuen travels to Tokyo to find out more about this whimsical new creation.

Ah, Tokyo — the always-bustling Japanese capital is the perfect example of the past blending with the future. And much like the city itself, Chance Eau Splendide - Chanel's latest addition to its Chance line of fragrances — can be said to balance the new with the nostalgic.

For starters, here's a quick refresher on Chance: Introduced in 2003 by Chanel's then-long-time in-house perfumer Jacques Polge (he held the role from 1978 to 2014), Chance - the French word for “luck” — has always stood out among Chanel's stable of perfumes as the youthful rebel. Often described as the flirty, free-spirited outlier among the brand's more elegant classics (think N°5 and Coco Mademoiselle), it's the one that doesn't always follow the rules — and it's not meant to.

Now, with Chance Eau Splendide, Chanel's present-day in-house nose Olivier Polge (yep, he's Jacques's son) builds on this unpredictable streak both in composition and mood. Launched in stores this April, the pretty lilac-hued scent opens with a bright hit of raspberry before mellowing into notes of rose geranium, some of which is cultivated in Chanel's own fields in Grasse.