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Cuir de Russie

Fragrance from Coco Chanel

Cuir de Russie is a fragrance from Parisian couturier Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel. (The term may also refer to other Russia leather perfumes, most notably Creed Cuir de Russie.)2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Cuir de Russie (pronounced [kɥiʁ də ʁysi]) is a fragrance from Parisian couturier Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel. (The term may also refer to other Russia leather perfumes, most notably Creed Cuir de Russie.)2

The story

Coco Chanel had worked with Ernest Beaux on her original perfume, Chanel No. 5, which debuted in 1921. In 1927, they released Cuir de Russie, which means "Russian leather" in French. In the 1920s, one of Chanel's lovers was Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, the cousin of Tsar Nicholas II, and, according to Chanel's biographer Justine Picardie, Cuir de Russie was the "bottled... essence of her romance with the Grand Duke."

From Wikipedia’s article on Cuir de Russie, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

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