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Fermi #61 · Question 1

How many sprays does it take to empty a bottle of Chanel No. 5?

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Answer & explanation

100 ml (3.4 fl oz) bottle

The official answer, with Fermi’s reasoning step by step.

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Answer & explanation

Official answer

1,000

sprays

How to estimate it

Fermi’s official “Napkin math”

Start with the bottle, 100 ml. How much comes out in one spray? Just a fine mist, maybe a couple of drops. A drop is tiny, call it 20 to a milliliter.

Bottle
100 ml
Drops per ml
× 20
Drops per spray
÷ 2
100 × 20 ÷ 2
≈ 1,000 sprays

Rounded assumptions may give a slightly different estimate. The official answer above is the game’s reference value.

Source calculation & reference
Bottle
100 ml
Fine fragrance pump dose (Aptar makes 70, 100 or 130 µl)
≈ 0.1 ml per spray
100 ÷ 0.1
≈ 1,000 sprays

Reference cited by Fermi: Aptar Beauty fragrance pump specs (70, 100 or 130 µl per spray) and the Basenotes rule of thumb of about 10 sprays per ml

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