Around what spirits revolves the life of perfumer-taster Juozas Budraitis from the film “Dangerous Age” with Alice Freundlich

I recently watched a Soviet movie with my wife. "Dangerous Age". It was removed before the restructuring, in 1981. Therefore, there is no hopelessness and despondency in the film. The film was directed by Alexander Prokoshin, and the music was written by the greatest composer of the USSR - Eduard Artemyev. In addition, the main roles were played by Alice Freundlich and Juozas Budraitis - one of the most famous actors of the Soviet era.



Budraitis plays perfumer Narkis Mikhailovich, and Freundlich got the role of his wife Lilia Ivanovna. They also have a son with an ordinary name – strangely enough, his name is Dima. Perhaps it would be more logical to call it Laurus or Hyacinth, but this is my fantasy. So decided the writers and director, so we will not go into details.



Narkis and Lilia divorce and exchange an apartment. They also do a lot of weird things that people do when they're in midlife crisis. That’s why the movie is called Dangerous Age. You can make a lot of mistakes at this age.



We didn’t choose this movie for the sake of drama. The main character works as a perfumer-taster, so it was interesting to see what perfume was used in Soviet times. Narkis revolves around different smells and smells. He analyzes smells everywhere: at home, at work, on the street.

By the way, there was one interesting moment in the film. During perfume planning, workers try to evaluate the color of the fragrance by smell. An interesting association - can there be red, blue, green scents? Perhaps it is quite powerful: to represent perfume in the form of flowers.



During the court scene, Narkis instantly determined who was using what perfume. From his mouth sounded the names “Red Moscow”, cologne “Rizhanka”, and “Chanel No 5”. The last perfume can rightly be called one of the most famous in the 80s - the eternal classic.

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Also mentioned in the film are "Magie Noire", cologne "Sasha" and Japanese perfume called "Medai". My wife and I have never heard about the last fragrance – it is believed that this is an invention of the authors of the film. However, on the Internet, we found information that such a company still exists and it produces vitamins and cosmetics. Who knows, maybe perfumes are released, but those that are not very popular.

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Sold Lancome Magie Noire, 100 ml of toilet water, second edition. A wonderful smell in perfect preservation. CENA 16,000 p. #perfume #parfum #vintage #vintageparfum #lancome #magienoire #perfume #edt #vintageperfume #scent #vintage #rarity #classic #maginoire

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And the most interesting thing is that nowhere in the film does it say what perfume Lilia Ivanovna uses. Maybe this way the directors wanted to emphasize how different the spouses are. After all, if your husband is a professional perfumer, he can pick up some good perfume for you. This moment in the film caused us confusion.



At the very end of the film, I was struck by a scene with a broken wardrobe and perfume. It crashed just like a family boat about domestic problems. However, all this does not matter for Narkis - from experiences and stress, he completely lost his sense of smell. In fact, the film is good, soulful - I recommend watching something at leisure. Actress Freundlich is not the best "lily" for a narcissist like Narcissus, but the actors played well and conveyed the atmosphere of ordinary life before perestroika.