Name/Title
"White Acacia" ("Белая акация") perfume bottleEntry/Object ID
2025.1.189Description
Small molded colorless-glass scent bottle, bell-/tombstone-shaped, with a flat front tapering inward at the shoulders and a short neck, fitted with a ribbed cream/ivory plastic screw cap. Roughly 40–50% full of amber liquid. A fragmentary circular gold foil label is on the front; additional label text is visible in mirror image through the glass, reading as "Белая акация."Use
Belonged to María A. Arús CaraballoContext
Purchased in the parallel market.Collection
The Cabrera Arús family collection, María A. Arús Caraballo collectionMade/Created
Manufacturer
Severnoye SiyaniyePlace
City
LeningradCountry
U.S.S.R.Region
Eastern EuropeContinent
EuropeEdition
White AcaciaNotes
Maker: "Белая акация" (Belaya Akatsiya, "White Acacia") — a Soviet perfume (per your identification). The producing factory is not legible on this bottle; surviving examples of this fragrance are most often attributed to the Leningrad factory "Северное сияние" (Severnoye Siyaniye, "Northern Lights"), though it was a widely issued Soviet line — factory attribution here is tentative pending a legible mark.
Date: Circa 1960s–1980s (tentative). The fragrance was produced from about the 1960s to the end of the 1980s; this specific bottle is not independently dated but falls within that production window.Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
LabelTranscription
белая акацияLanguage
RussianTranslation
White AcaciaRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
María A. Arús CaraballoNotes
ownerRelated Places
Place
City
HavanaCountry
CubaRegion
Caribbean, Central AmericaNotes
acquisition, ownershipPlace
City
LeningradCountry
U.S.S.R.Region
Eastern EuropeContinent
EuropeNotes
productionCreated By
María A. Cabrera ArúsCreate Date
March 31, 2022Updated By
María A. Cabrera ArúsUpdate Date
June 14, 2026