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- Publication Date
- 2022-09-06
- Pages
- 224
- ISBN
- 9781509554928
- Book Title
- Scent of Empires : Chanel No. 5 and Red Moscow
- Item Length
- 8.5in
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Publication Year
- 2022
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Modern / 20th Century
- Item Width
- 5.4in
- Item Weight
- 12 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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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.
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Publisher
Polity Press
ISBN-10
1509554920
ISBN-13
9781509554928
eBay Product ID (ePID)
22057279844
Product Key Features
Book Title
Scent of Empires : Chanel No. 5 and Red Moscow
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Modern / 20th Century
Publication Year
2022
Genre
History
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.4in
Item Weight
12 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Gt2340.S3713 2022
Reviews
Best Summer Books of 2021, Financial Times "Tantalising" -- Financial Times "Engrossing" -- Morning Star "Superb... a splendidly pungent area for exploration" -- The Spectator "Schlögel is a master storyteller." -- Frankfurter Rundschau "A fascinating journey through scent." -- Neue Zürcher Zeitung am Sonntag "This book demonstrates once again Karl Schlögel's remarkable ability to make the whole of society visible in the most inconspicuous details." -- Süddeutsche Zeitung "Schlögel has captured the scent of the 'Age of Extremes' - too much may give you a headache but a short burst is stimulating and intoxicating." -- Deutschlandfunk Kultur "No historian I know combines creativity in conception and fastidiousness of research like Karl Schlögel. This book is a surprise and an education. It is also a great pleasure to read." -- Timothy Snyder, Yale University "'A drop of perfume can hold the entire history of the twentieth century', writes Karl Schlögel - and so it does. In this elegant, enticing, slim book, Schlögel, one of the great historians of the Soviet experiment, shifts his gaze to the world of luxury scents. With grace and intent, he moves the reader between a convent orphanage in France and an impoverished shtetl in the Pale of Settlement, between Parisian salons and Politburo meetings at the Kremlin. Bolshevism, Nazism and Stalinism emerge as olfactory experiences, in which the fragrant and the putrid are not easily uncoupled." -- Marci Shore, author of The Taste of Ashes: The Afterlife of Totalitarianism in Eastern Europe "... a tale of revolution, war and spies...." -- The Sydney Morning Herald "... a compelling story full of twists and tragedies... fascinating." -- Bois De Jasmin "A captivating historical account of the personal lives and political intrigue surrounding two perfumery legends." -- Beauty Matter "There is much to praise about The Scent of Empires , but above all Schlögel's ability to breathe new life into well-trodden avenues of historical study is particularly commendable." -- The Russian Review "Karl Schlögel is a true public intellectual." -- Society, Best Summer Books of 2021, Financial Times "Tantalising" Financial Times "Engrossing" Morning Star "Superb... a splendidly pungent area for exploration" The Spectator "Schlögel is a master storyteller." Frankfurter Rundschau "A fascinating journey through scent." Neue Zürcher Zeitung am Sonntag "This book demonstrates once again Karl Schlögel's remarkable ability to make the whole of society visible in the most inconspicuous details." Süddeutsche Zeitung "Schlögel has captured the scent of the 'Age of Extremes'' - too much may give you a headache but a short burst is stimulating and intoxicating." Deutschlandfunk Kultur "No historian I know combines creativity in conception and fastidiousness of research like Karl Schlögel. This book is a surprise and an education. It is also a great pleasure to read." Timothy Snyder, Yale University "'A drop of perfume can hold the entire history of the twentieth century', writes Karl Schlögel - and so it does. In this elegant, enticing, slim book, Schlögel, one of the great historians of the Soviet experiment, shifts his gaze to the world of luxury scents. With grace and intent, he moves the reader between a convent orphanage in France and an impoverished shtetl in the Pale of Settlement, between Parisian salons and Politburo meetings at the Kremlin. Bolshevism, Nazism and Stalinism emerge as olfactory experiences, in which the fragrant and the putrid are not easily uncoupled." Marci Shore, author of The Taste of Ashes: The Afterlife of Totalitarianism in Eastern Europe "a tale of revolution, war and spies" The Sydney Morning Herald "a compelling story full of twists and tragedies... fascinating." Bois De Jasmin "A captivating historical account of the personal lives and political intrigue surrounding two perfumery legends." Beauty Matter "There is much to praise about The Scent of Empires , but above all Schlögel's ability to breathe new life into well-trodden avenues of historical study is particularly commendable." The Russian Review, Best Summer Books of 2021, Financial Times "Tantalising" -- Financial Times "Engrossing" -- Morning Star "Superb... a splendidly pungent area for exploration" -- The Spectator "Schlögel is a master storyteller." -- Frankfurter Rundschau "A fascinating journey through scent." -- Neue Zürcher Zeitung am Sonntag "This book demonstrates once again Karl Schlögel's remarkable ability to make the whole of society visible in the most inconspicuous details." -- Süddeutsche Zeitung "Schlögel has captured the scent of the 'Age of Extremes' - too much may give you a headache but a short burst is stimulating and intoxicating." -- Deutschlandfunk Kultur "No historian I know combines creativity in conception and fastidiousness of research like Karl Schlögel. This book is a surprise and an education. It is also a great pleasure to read." -- Timothy Snyder, Yale University "'A drop of perfume can hold the entire history of the twentieth century', writes Karl Schlögel - and so it does. In this elegant, enticing, slim book, Schlögel, one of the great historians of the Soviet experiment, shifts his gaze to the world of luxury scents. With grace and intent, he moves the reader between a convent orphanage in France and an impoverished shtetl in the Pale of Settlement, between Parisian salons and Politburo meetings at the Kremlin. Bolshevism, Nazism and Stalinism emerge as olfactory experiences, in which the fragrant and the putrid are not easily uncoupled." -- Marci Shore, author of The Taste of Ashes: The Afterlife of Totalitarianism in Eastern Europe "... a tale of revolution, war and spies...." -- The Sydney Morning Herald "... a compelling story full of twists and tragedies... fascinating." -- Bois De Jasmin "A captivating historical account of the personal lives and political intrigue surrounding two perfumery legends." -- Beauty Matter "There is much to praise about The Scent of Empires , but above all Schlögel's ability to breathe new life into well-trodden avenues of historical study is particularly commendable." -- The Russian Review "Karl Schlögel is a true public intellectual." -- Society "Amidst the multitude of histories of East and West that privilege verbal, visual and occasionally acoustic forms of experience and record, Karl Schlögel's The Scent of Empires uniqely focuses on the neglected olfactory sense as the bearer of powerful memories." -- Europe-Asia Studies, Best Summer Books of 2021, Financial Times "Tantalising" Financial Times "Engrossing" Morning Star "Superb... a splendidly pungent area for exploration" The Spectator "Schlögel is a master storyteller." Frankfurter Rundschau "A fascinating journey through scent." Neue Zürcher Zeitung am Sonntag "This book demonstrates once again Karl Schlögel's remarkable ability to make the whole of society visible in the most inconspicuous details." Süddeutsche Zeitung "Schlögel has captured the scent of the 'Age of Extremes'' - too much may give you a headache but a short burst is stimulating and intoxicating." Deutschlandfunk Kultur "No historian I know combines creativity in conception and fastidiousness of research like Karl Schlögel. This book is a surprise and an education. It is also a great pleasure to read." Timothy Snyder, Yale University "'A drop of perfume can hold the entire history of the twentieth century', writes Karl Schlögel - and so it does. In this elegant, enticing, slim book, Schlögel, one of the great historians of the Soviet experiment, shifts his gaze to the world of luxury scents. With grace and intent, he moves the reader between a convent orphanage in France and an impoverished shtetl in the Pale of Settlement, between Parisian salons and Politburo meetings at the Kremlin. Bolshevism, Nazism and Stalinism emerge as olfactory experiences, in which the fragrant and the putrid are not easily uncoupled." Marci Shore, author of The Taste of Ashes: The Afterlife of Totalitarianism in Eastern Europe "a tale of revolution, war and spies" The Sydney Morning Herald "a compelling story full of twists and tragedies... fascinating." Bois De Jasmin "A captivating historical account of the personal lives and political intrigue surrounding two perfumery legends." Beauty Matter "There is much to praise about The Scent of Empires , but above all Schlögel's ability to breathe new life into well-trodden avenues of historical study is particularly commendable." The Russian Review "Karl Schlögel is a true public intellectual" Society
Table of Content
List of illustrations 1. Extracurricular activity 2. 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 3. Scentscapes. Proust's madeleine and historiography 4. When 'the weakest link breaks in the imperialist chain' (Lenin). The world of scents and the olfactory revolution 5. Departure from the belle époque and clothes for the New Woman. Chanel's and Lamanova's double revolution 6. Chanel's Russian connection 7. French connection in Moscow? The 'fatherland of workers' and traces of Mikhail Bulgakov 8. Auguste Michel's incomplete project: a Palace of Soviets perfume 9. The seductive scent of power. Coco Chanel and Polina Zhemchuzhina Molotova. Two careers in the twentieth century 10. From another world. The smoke of the crematoria and the smell of Kolyma 11. After the war. Man cannot live on bread alone. The New Look and Stilyagi 12. Excursus: The grande dame of German film Olga Chekhova, cosmetics and the dream of eternal youth 13. How One World smells 14. Not only the Black Square: Malevich's perfume bottle Notes Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2022
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
391.63
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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