The Scent of Empires: Chanel No. 5 and Red Moscow by Spengler, Jessica
The Scent of Empires: Chanel No. 5 and Red Moscow by Spengler, Jessica

The Scent of Empires: Chanel No. 5 and Red Moscow

Can a drop of perfume tell the story of the twentieth century? Can a smell bear the...
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Author: Jessica Spengler
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The Scent of Empires: Chanel No. 5 and Red Moscow by Spengler, Jessica

The Scent of Empires: Chanel No. 5 and Red Moscow

$345.50
The Scent of Empires: Chanel No. 5 and Red Moscow by Spengler, Jessica

The Scent of Empires: Chanel No. 5 and Red Moscow

$345.50
Author: Jessica Spengler
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description

Can a drop of perfume tell the story of the twentieth century? Can a smell bear the traces of history? What can we learn about the history of the twentieth century by examining the fate of perfumes?

In this remarkable book, Karl Schlögel unravels the interconnected histories of two of the world's most celebrated perfumes. In tsarist Russia, two French perfumers - Ernest Beaux and Auguste Michel - developed related fragrances honouring Catherine the Great for the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty. During the Russian Revolution and Civil War, Beaux fled Russia and took the formula for his perfume with him to France, where he sought to adapt it to his new French circumstances. He presented Coco Chanel with a series of ten fragrance samples in his laboratory and, after smelling each, she chose number five - the scent that would later go by the name Chanel No. 5. Meanwhile, as the perfume industry was being revived in Soviet Russia, Auguste Michel used his original fragrance to create Red Moscow for the tenth anniversary of the Revolution. Piecing together the intertwined histories of these two famous perfumes, which shared a common origin, Schlögel tells a surprising story of power, intrigue and betrayal that offers an altogether unique perspective on the turbulent events and high politics of the twentieth century.

This brilliant account of perfume and politics in twentieth-century Europe will be of interest to a wide general readership.



Author: Jessica Spengler, Karl Schlögel
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: 06/01/2021
Pages: 220
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 8.58h x 5.51w x 0.94d
ISBN: 9781509546596

About the Author
Karl Schlögel is Professor of Eastern European History at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt. His book Moscow 1937 was awarded the Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding in 2009.
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