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The scent of the empire, or how Le Bouquet de Catherine from 1913 led to Chanel No. 5 and the Soviet perfume Red Moscow after the Russian Revolution

Scentscapes. Proust's Madeleine and historiography

When 'the weakest link breaks in the imperialist chain' (Lenin). The world of scents and the olfactory revolution

Departure from the belle époque and clothes for the New Woman. Chanel's and Lamanova's double revolution

Chanel's Russian connection

French connection in Moscow? The 'fatherland of workers' and traces of Mikhail Bulgakov

Auguste Michel's incomplete project: a Palace of Soviets perfume

The seductive scent of power. Coco Chanel and Polina Zhemchuzhina Molotova. Two careers in the twentieth century

From another world. The smoke of the crematoria and the smell of Kolyma

After the war. Man cannot live on bread alone. The New Look and Stilyagi

Excursus: The grande dame of German film Olga Chekhova, cosmetics and the dream of eternal youth

How One World smells

Not only the Black Square: Malevich's perfume bottle.

Perfumes > Social aspects.

Perfumes > History > 20th century.

Perfumes industry > History > 20th century.

Manners and customs > History > 20th century.

Civilization, Modern > 20th century.

Perfumes > Social aspects.