White "BERIOZKA" under my window... no, not a tree, but in the USSR shop.Back.

", the Birch and a birch", someone will carelessly throw this phrase what other, except a gentle tree without meaning, and in vain the word "birch" caused genuine delight on the verge of fantastic ecstasy in the unsophisticated average citizen of the Soviet Union... "Birch" the shops scattered across all territory of the huge country attracted interest and awe, especially of ordinary people to whom it seemed that is there, behind a bright show-window there lives the present fairy tale which so there is a wish to touch a little... well though with half an eye to look as there live "firmach" and diplomats.
But, with shops from Vneshposyltorga not everything was so simple. It was possible to come into shop only in the presence of the tickets called "check" which changed for currency or it was possible to take with an overpayment from black marketeers that naturally was forbidden at the legislative level and for the curiosity, and thirst for magnificent life, it was possible to pay with freedom. But, anyway, people all the same visited these bright little shops and were even enough overseas beauty from show-windows, without paying attention to fleers of prudish shop assistants with a bright color on a face and sharp as knives nails with the obligatory sparkling manicure in bright tones, and then, with bated breath bore a package... no, not a package, but a desired standard of a true fetish with which then it is very proud went to work or study. By the way it should be noted that these bright bags were not killed and served long enough. Many managed even to perepaivat them the iron to prolong service life.
Example of the Soviet concept of luxury: a car of inhabitants of heaven with the romantic name "Chaika", strange vodka with taste of "new year" gin" Beefeater and cherry on cake... fur coat. Fur exported the Soviet Union to the western countries and to snip off a fur coat from a precious mink and furthermore the sable or a polar fox was almost impossible. Were content with mouton and astrakhan, very heavy coats. And, even they were very difficult to be bought.
Vintage advertizing of lankomovsky Sikkim... east fairy tale on the European harmony.
Guy Laroche is a name in the perfumery world is associated with magic of smells, it is the absolute truth. Gui Laroche was a conservative magician and practically carried away all recipes of the creations with himself.
But, there were memoirs in the form of bewitching the olfaktoriky jai OSE... the East business thin. The composition breathes vanilla musk in an interlacing of tiny nuances of a sambak, a bergamot and an iris.
How much "OPIUM" for the people.? Expensively, in a word expensively it was also almost impossible to get this viscous sweet in the bottle decorated with a brush. Really Opium from Eve Saint Lorana for many years became drug.
The dark kingdom of shipr, so perhaps it is possible to okharkterizovat spirits from the successor of the legendary artist Pablo Picasso, his daughter Paloma.
The girl created really real masterpiece, her Paloma the composition gloomy and in too time very womanly, sexual caused furor in the world of perfumery.
Jasmine, an oak moss, a coriander, and gentle petals of hyacinths in a frame of shaggy clusters of a mimosa and a thin crape of a black rose.
Paloma Picasso developed composition, and also became the face of own creation, it deserves respect.
Passions on an Ellipse...Jaques of Fath and created by its Ellipse brand to this day are caused by a shiver of the gushed desire in perfumery maniacs.
It is reference fresh shipr, equal to which till today, just does not exist. Composition in the delightful bitterness so beautiful that does not give in to the description.
These spirits are the true olfaktorny art, did not republish them, and it is possible we so when we do not see even flanker of Ellipse on modern counters. In due time, after L'Oreal, the Ellipse name, and not just a compounding was redeemed by the Syrian sheikh who told that he so has to smell, only it.
Legends and passions around these spirits do not cease.
The lovely bottle decorated with pigeons always drew attention to itself. To me as the child very much liked design of a bottle in a yellow box.
L'AIR du TEMPS the name is already associated with the sky, this composition easy as if the thin veil weaved from the most delicate flowers and is seasoned with thin aldehyde.
Just Magic, but... Black. Unusually cut out architectural bottle attracts and calls for itself to the realm of shadows. Very attractively the massive box with Magie noire looked, and the aroma forced down from legs a pressure from spices and attractive dampness.
Eh, the rustling miracle from the Birch which could be got separately from speculators for 5 Soviet, terribly earned rubles... also it is proud to go down with this signature package in the subway on envy of all passengers