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May 4, 2014 · They say that women in the USSR used to smell the same because there was no variety. “That’s not quite true,” insists Andrei Yevdokimov. “Soviet women did have a choice.
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In 1920, Coco Chanel had a love affair with a Russian prince from the Romanov family, Dmitry Pavlovich, who survived the Bolshevik Revolution and left the country. He was an aesthete and hedonist (and at the same time participated in Rasputin’s murder). He introduced Coco to a Russian-born French perfumer Ernest Beaux. Having achieved much success ...
In Russia, Beaux worked for Alphonse Rallet & Co, which used to be the Russian court’s official perfume company. At the same time another talented perfumer, Auguste Michel, worked there. But in 1913 he left to work for Brocard, which was Rallet’s competitor and another official court perfume supplier. Michel created a perfume for Empress Maria Fedo...
The history of Red Moscow is not 100 percent clear, but some historians believe that the perfume is based on Michel's Bouquet de l'impératrice. Chanel No. 5, however, could have also sprung from Beaux’s Bouquet de Catherine. Fans in Russia have tried to connect both Frenchmen since they worked together in Rallet. They might have learned perfumery t...
“Chanel No. 5 and Red Moscow belong to different worlds, but they both represent a departure from the belle epoque and a revolution in the world of fragrance - even though they both owed their creation to the anniversary of a dynasty destined to fall,” Schlögel writes. “The Chanel No. 5 bottle has a place of honor in the Museum of Modern Art in New...
Krasnaya Moskva (Red Moscow) was the legendary fragrance of the Soviet Union – all women wanted to have it. It was produced from 1925 in Moscow’s Novaya Zarya (New Dawn) factory.
Jan 21, 2022 · Over the next 70 years in the Soviet Union (1922-1991), women found themselves with greater opportunities for autonomy and independence. Yet while Soviet doctrine promoted equality, this was not always the reality. So, what was life really like for women in the USSR? The Russian Revolution
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Dec 6, 2023 · One thing is undisputed: The recipe for Krasnaya Moskva is essentially the same as that of an equally famous western perfume, Chanel No. 5, which Beaux developed a few years before Krasnaya...
Nov 14, 2014 · Many Soviet-era cosmetics were of a high quality. Today, there are American fans of Krasnaya Moskva who bulk-order boxes of the perfume to sell at indie stories across the US. Reviewers on Amazon describe it as “well-constructed and beautiful” and “very elegant, sophisticated and retro”.
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While there were many fragrances made to celebrate the Soviet woman, including one to honor the Georgian chess champion Nona Gaprindisvilli (her perfume, Nona, came in a black bottle in the shape of a queen), none attained the cultural status of Red Moscow.
