Elena Vladimirovna Prokofieva is a writer, journalist and blogger. In any of these incarnations, it is characterized by a variety of genres, a variety of topics. The blog about perfumery is unique, in which there is a section on Soviet perfumes. For people living in the 21st century, it evokes memories of older relatives.
Biography
Elena Vladimirovna Prokofieva was born in Moscow. Graduated from school number 346, scriptwriting department of VGIK, philological faculty of Moscow city pedagogical university. She has always been interested in history and mysticism. She was attracted by ancient estates and cemeteries. Even the topic of her thesis was related to vampire legends.
Creative activity
The work of E. Prokofieva is distinguished by genre and thematic diversity: a historical and biographical novel, an ironic detective story, fantasy, mysticism, reviews and reviews for magazines. She writes about the tsar's nieces and about Paris, about fatal love stories during the formation of Soviet power and about Orthodox holidays. E. Prokofieva is a member of the Moscow Writers' Union.
… the wedding sang and danced …
The book "100 Great Weddings" introduces readers to the peculiarities of celebrity weddings that were held in ancient times. These festive events remain in history and are always interesting for their unique features or, conversely, surprise with their simplicity. The collection was written in collaboration with Marina Vadimovna Skuratova.
The wedding according to the customs of the captive
Alexander the Great married for love a fourteen-year-old Persian woman. Although she was a prisoner, he refused to take her by force. The wedding was celebrated according to a simple Persian custom. The young take a knife together and cut the bread, and then eat it in half. Roxanne was used to polygamy, but she was very jealous. She was with Alexander on his campaigns, while the other spouses lived in palaces.
Alexander died in the arms of Roxanne when he was not even thirty-three years old. After the death of Alexander, feuds began over the succession to the throne. Political intrigues led to the murder of Roxanne and young Alexander.
She likes to write about love
Probably there are no people who are not interested in reading about the personal life of a celebrity, in particular, about the mysterious feeling of love. Since ancient times, many prose and poetic lines have been devoted to this feeling. Elena Prokofieva writes about the unique love feelings in the biographies of famous personalities in the book "The Best Love Stories of the Twentieth Century", which resonates in the hearts of readers.
Mikhail Vrubel and Nadezhda Zabela
The turn of the XIX-XX centuries. He is 40 years old, she is 28. During their first meeting, the artist Mikhail Vrubel kissed the hand of the singer Nadezhda Zabela and admired her voice. Literally on the same day, he proposed to the girl. Their further family life was full of dramas. The son died, often the artist had no work. A serious illness began, the treatment of which was expensive. Nadezhda Zabela selflessly looked after her husband. It soon became clear that she would not be able to sing in the opera: due to the trials she suffered, her voice suffered. During this period, her husband often painted her portraits. When the artist went blind, his wife still took care of him.
Alexander Blok and Lyubov Mendeleeva
This is the story of the relationship between a husband, for whom the wife was “the holy place in his soul” and the wife, whose dying word was his name.
In 1898 A. A. Blok met Lyubov Mendeleeva. And although she did not like the young man's fantasies and his passion for mysticism, L. Mendeleeva married him. A. Blok believed that physical intimacy between husband and wife is not necessary for happiness. Full-fledged marital relations in this family did not develop. The poet was fond of actresses, fans. Lyubov Dmitrievna also met men on tour and once became pregnant. A. Bloka was very afraid of childbirth, as in childhood she heard how long and terribly her mother screamed during childbirth. Alexander agreed not to have children. He showed true nobility by accepting someone else's child, who, however, only lived for a few days. Whatever happened in their lives, A. Blok believed that Lyuba for him was "a holy place in the soul."
When A. Blok fell seriously ill, Lyubov Dmitrievna selflessly looked after him. Before his death, A. Blok called his mother and wife and tried to reconcile them, and afterwards they never parted.
On the day when L. D. Mendeleeva died, she wanted to give the old letters to the archive. A girl was supposed to arrive. When she came, Love suddenly suddenly fell. According to the testimony of this girl, the last word of Blok's wife was his name.
Perfume is her element
Elena Prokofieva's passion for perfumery is long-standing.
She runs a perfume blog. In one of the sections - about Soviet perfumery - E. Prokofieva writes about her grandmothers' favorite perfumes. Tamara Stepanovna has "Red Poppy", Lyudmila Nikolaevna has "Manon" and "The Queen of Spades". She loves these nostalgic grandmother scents.
In difficult times, perfume was considered an overkill. But a woman will always remain her. She wants to feel herself trapped in a different, non-military time. Therefore, in the memoirs of the war veterans, there were also memories of precious bottles, from which they irrigated handkerchiefs and put them in the pocket of their tunic. Military and post-war aromas - the aromas of "Red Moscow", "Red poppy", "White night", "Summer garden", "Silver lily of the valley". For the older generation, they have become a fascinating memory. The younger generation remembers these "perfume" memories of grandparents.
In addition to the section on Soviet perfumery, other sections are also open in the blog. There are reflections of E. Prokofieva about the favorite perfumes of famous people, about perfume from films, about natural perfumery.
Fans are waiting for her
E. Prokofieva's diverse creative career has developed successfully, thanks to her talent and the search for modern trends in the interests of readers. Her works about magic or about holidays, about the sights of cities or about people who lived before our era, attract readers.
