Each year, perfumers offer women more and more new flavors. But not everyone is destined to go trendy spirits to the rank of classics and remain popular for many years, as it managed the most famous perfume Soviet era. Legendary spirits "Red Moscow" are known, perhaps, to everyone: their name has long been synonymous.

History of flavor

The history of the "Red Moscow" very romantic. His appearance this fragrance is obliged Frenchman Brocard, who founded in the mid-nineteenth century in Moscow perfume factory. In 1913 Brocard produced for the Empress Maria Feodorovna amazing gift - a bouquet of wax flowers, each of which has its own flavor, indistinguishable from natural. All these aromas merge into one - a wonderful, unexpected, fascinating ...

Brocard received the title of Supplier of the imperial court, and the spirits' favorite bouquet Empress "instantly became popular. Jar approved regal special flavor felt it my duty to buy every woman.

After the October revolution, the factory was nationalized, and now it was called "Zamoskvoretskiy perfume and soap plant №5». From the enterprise with a modest name could not wait perfume masterpieces, and in 1922 the factory was given the name in the spirit of the times - "New Dawn". Interestingly, the idea of ​​renaming belonged to former ally Henry Brocard Michel Augustus.

An experienced perfumer wanted to play the legendary fragrance, created in his time Brocard, but he knew that the spirits called "favorite bouquet Empress" with Soviet power can not be produced. It took a new name, and it was found - spirits was given the name "Red Moscow".

And yet the fragrance has become incredibly popular: Women of all ages were delighted to receive a gift of a bottle of "Red Moscow".

Another version

Beautiful history of the legendary fragrance seems somewhat implausible. According to historians of fashion and perfume like fragrance could not have been invented in 1913: at that time the technology was not yet sufficiently developed to produce the perfume. In addition, there is documentary evidence that the spirits were created in 1924-1925, respectively. Perhaps inspired by the creators of the fragrance 'Darling bouquet Empress "- now it is impossible to figure out, as is not known exactly which notes are used to create the pre-revolutionary legend, and the formulation of" Red Moscow "is kept secret.

According to another, more modern legend, oversaw the creation of the famous perfume Pauline Pearl - the wife of Vyacheslav Molotov and friend of Nadezhda Alliluyeva. Anyway, the scent of "Red Moscow" immediately became very fashionable - he favored such stars as Lyubov Orlova and Valentin Serov, as well as many ordinary Soviet women. This perfume has repeatedly won awards at international exhibitions: the brainchild of Soviet perfume industry gained worldwide popularity.

Someone thinks that the Soviet perfumers tried to play a French flavor. According to another version, by contrast, "Chanel №5» was created based on the famous "Darling bouquet of empress." Confirmation is not present at the one nor the other legends. Rather, the similarity of flavors is random: it is no secret that sometimes fashion trends "are in the air," and they can catch perfumers in different countries.

Bouquet "Red Moscow"

For the manufacture of perfumes and still used almost exclusively natural ingredients. Top notes of the fragrance - Bergamot and Neroli, supplemented by grapefruit and coriander - instantly attract attention. Then the sharpness of the notes is replaced by velvety tones of jasmine, rose, ylang-ylang with the light admixture of nutmeg. Finally, the trail of fragrance - luxurious mix of iris, vanilla Vanilla: sweet tenderness , Amber and tonka bean.

Sensual scents intricately intertwined, and the classic flavor of the "Red Moscow" amazing amazing combination of rigor and sexuality, tenderness and confidence. It was probably a combination of incongruous spirits provided such a long life.

Love and hate

The huge popularity of spirits "Red Moscow" among Soviet women led to a natural end: at some point over the perfume became annoying. Fashionistas began to defend the long queue for the Riga spirits, became popular works of Polish and perfumers. In place of stuffy and concentrated spirits came tender and fresh flavors with a high content of synthetic additives. "Red Moscow" lost relevance and began to be perceived as something outdated. Fidelity spirits kept women of the older generation, and for the majority born in the sixties and seventies flavor associated with aging grandparents or aunts.

Although young people strongly reject the "Red Moscow", the fragrance of many stored in memory and has been associated with the most beautiful memories of childhood, when life was bright and serene. It is not surprising that over time, spirits again coming into fashion: someone bought them under the influence of nostalgia, and someone was interesting to touch the legend. Anyway, the "Red Moscow" began to experience a rebirth: the company "New Dawn" began to produce a modern version of the fragrance.

On many online auction for a vintage fragrance bottles collectors are willing to pay solid money. Probably really changed components of perfume, but the smell remains the same - a complex, multifaceted, recognizable flavor, one droplet is enough to create an image interesting, sensual and self-confident woman.

Maria Bykov

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