Phoenix fragrance
Phoenix fragrance is a traditional Calderan perfume produced by Phoenix Trade Union. Because it's been produced in Neu Maessen since 1710, it's commonly referred to as the first ever Calderan perfume. The Phoenix perfume brand has now expanded to include more smells and products besides the original Phoenix fragrance which has remained the same formula for over 300 years.
The original Phoenix Trade Union factory at 11 fabrikplatz is a popular tourist attraction.
History
In the early 18th century, Johann Fernelle (1685-1766), a Yonderian living in Neu Maessen, Austro-Caldera, created a fragrance based on citrus fruits with a hint of chestnut wood. Over the next year, the fragrance became increasingly popular, to the point where the growing company Phoenix Trade Union contacted Fernelle with the proposition of marketing his new fragrance to a wider market.
The new "Phoenix fragrance" was notably popular among religious Volins who believed that the smell would be able to ward off evil spirits.
Over time, the Phoenix fragrance was seen as the most Gothic and thus culturally superior fragrance to use. This led to it's massive popularity in Caldera, and it also saw popularity internationally for being an expensive high-end perfume to use.
Trivia and famous users
In the Sakartvelosian novel мы, the name Firebird Perfume and the company Firebird Trade Coalition is a reference to Phoenix fragrance and it's owner Phoenix Trade Union.
In the horror movie Treacherous peaks, a cartoon depiction of a bottle of Phoenix fragrance is tattooed on Franz's chest.
Electronic musician Vladimir Yurachovsky composed a work called Improvisation on the smell of Phoenix (1958).
During the Second Great War, the Calderan Armed Forces issued cases of Phoenix fragrance to soldiers who would not be able to shower out in the field, in an effort to raise morale among soldiers who were suffering due to a lack of personal hygiene in the losing battle against Daxia. Because of the high value, soldiers did not actually use the perfume, and instead would gift them to friends and family or sell them.
In the novella Breakfast by 9 by Truman Capish, the famed lead character uses Phoenix fragrance.
In Kane Barb's novel Edge of Tomorrow, Anglo Prince Andrew IV uses Phoenix fragrance.
In Louise Quarti's novel Hell has opened, the perfume plays a key part in identifying a killer.
In Disturbed Family by L.L. Simmons, the character Nate "Bluejay" Jay purchases a bottle of Phoenix fragrance.
On February 23rd, 2023, That really happened? comic strip claimed that Dictator Perpetuo Faustus Pertinax used Phoenix fragrance.