In The USSR, Husbands Gave Their Wives These Things Only On Holidays

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7 things that husbands gave their wives in the USSR only on great holidays

At a time when the thing was not bought, but "got", women received thesets only on major holidays.

French perfume

In the USSR, the choice in perfumery shops was scarce. The assortment offered products of local production and not always of decent quality.

The ultimate dream of women was cosmetics from Lancome and Estee Lauder. And the "real" French perfume was associated with a luxurious life.

Opium by Yves Saint-Laurent was created in 1977. Its author was Yves Saint Laurent.

Today, many will find its smell cloying and intrusive. It had a pronounced oriental character, notes of spices and opium smoke were clearly felt.

J'ai Ose by Guy Laroche went on sale in 1978. Their scent belonged to the oriental floral group.

The base was created by notes of rose, cedar, jasmine, sandalwood. The trail smelled of peach, orange, coriander.

J'ai Ose from Guy Laroche was especially loved by Soviet women. They especially liked young girls.

L'Air du Temps by Nina Ricci were released in 1948, but appeared in the Soviet Union much later. They had a rich aroma, which was dominated by notes of jasmine, carnation, bergamot, iris, rose.

This perfume was presented to women of middle and elderly age. A bottle with the legendary lid in the form of two doves was valued in the USSR for its weight in gold.

Nude tights

The first tights appeared in the sixties of the last century. They were flesh-colored and expensive: from 10 to 25 rubles. The salary in those days was 100 rubles.

There was a joke in the USSR that only very rich women can afford to wear pantyhose for work, and not on holidays.

"Chaika" watch

In the eighties, the watch industry of the USSR reached its prime. The bulk of the production was exported. More attention was paid to its quality than watches intended for the domestic market.

For this reason, they tried to give women watches "Seagull" in export performance as at. In addition, experimental batches of watches were especially appreciated, it was practically impossible to acquire them on free sale without "acquaintance" and "hat".

Fur hat

There was no concept of designer fashion in the Soviet Union. The clothes were of a unified cut and monochromatic, dull colors.

The desire of Soviet women to change their appearance and make it more stylish is understandable. The "highlight" of winter clothes was a fur hat.

Hats made of polar fox, black-brown fox and mink fur were considered especially fashionable. Their price reached 400 rubles. And therefore, they were not only an element of warm clothing, but also emphasized the social status of the owner.

Fashionable leather coat

In the eighties, models of outerwear made of genuine leather came into fashion. Women preferred Italian and Finnish products.

They were very expensive, and men could make such at only on solemn evenings.

Genuine leather bag

In the USSR, the choice of leather goods was scarce. On sale were presented bags made of leather and leatherette, canvas fabric. They all had almost the same, boring design.

Soviet women could not even dream of bags from the Chanel or Dior collection. Czechoslovak models were the limit of desires. Young women “hunted” for colored Vietnamese leather bags.

French powder or lipstick

Every Soviet woman dreamed of having powder, mascara or lipstick from such French brands as Louis Philippé, Dior, Lancôme in her cosmetic bag. But it was difficult for men to buy such a beauty gift for their wife.

French cosmetics rarely appeared on the counters of perfumery departments of Moscow stores, and they were not supplied to the regions at all. And if a woman received as a gift the coveted powder box with the image of a golden rose or a tube of lipstick from Dior, then she could be sure that her husband loved her and did not spare her time or money.