Comments on: Soviet Brands: The Scent Of Communism. Part 1 of 2

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By: Eva Forever

Eva Forever — Mon, 24 May 2010 18:06:36 +0000

You know, I was born in 1982 in a relatively distant town from Moscow — and I remember by the time I went to school Natasha and other alike perfumes were not a rarity — I had my own little jar. Yet my Mother had no other perfume than that — it was just impossible to buy! I think it must have been 1990 or so when Dad got her a yellow bottle of Nina Ricci’s — but it came from Moscow.
So yes, those perfumes were frowned upon — yet there wasn’t much to choose from anyway.

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red moscow parfum — Sun, 23 May 2010 14:48:59 +0000

The box and the bottle of the Red Moscow parfum shown is of 1980s. By that time this brand (though still top rank) being too Soviet was now smiled upon by REAL conoiseuses. Since the beginning of that decade original french scences were no longer a rariry in Moscow and other major cities, Occasionally they were even on sale in major stores, but were too expensive for freuquent purchases (25–50 roubles a flask ) and it was usually Dior/Diorella/Diorissimo. The original flasks of Red Moscow were Kremlin-shaped

By: Soviet Brands: The Scent Of Communism. Part 2 of 2 | Real USSR

Soviet Brands: The Scent Of Communism. Part 2 of 2 | Real USSR — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:48:08 +0000

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