Moscow to St. Petersburg to Berlin  

In 1904 Albert Krigler started on his own, creating magnificent creations, also known as perfumes. He moved with his family to St. Petersburg, and opened a boudoir in which the high society came and had their own personal scents made. At that time it was very popular to have the “Haute Parfum” which was all the rage. The first fragrance he got there sold besides the individual concepts, Pleasure Gardenia 79, still lovingly called “the engagement perfume” in the family. Therefore after, the first men's fragrance and Albert’s tribute to the St. Petersburg Hermitage Museum. As he said: “If you smell the noble, woody spicy note, you can visualize it as you walk through the famed rooms of the museum”.

The use of the English names for the scents comes; because in Russia at that time everything was very British and everything British was trendy. No wonder; the Tsar himself was related to the English royal family. Another detail can be read from the name: the number denotes the year in which the fragrance was created and thus the testimony to its time . A code that should become and is a signature for Krigler fragrances.

The Russian Imperial Era has ended and St. Petersburg boudoir closed their doors forever. To escape the turmoil of the revolution, the family moved back to Berlin in 1905. Back to its roots where Albert was born.

The Berliner Bourgeoisie became familiar with Krigler’s House and wearing them was considered elitist and chic. Albert was offered an exceptional space in Hotel Viktoria, Unter den Linden to open his new boudoir, not realizing that he invented his concept for success for the future! Hotels are becoming the central location for the Krigler perfumery. The first perfume to be created in Berlin, Schöne Linden 05, named after the famous boulevard or rather avenue. The radiant linden notes still move us today, although somewhat modernized... Time for the elegant ladies strolling along any famous metropolitan avenue.