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In Yevgeny Zamyatin's novel We, the name S-4711 is a reference to the Eau de Cologne. [11] During World War II Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine (navy) issued vast amounts of 4711 perfume to the submariners of the U-boat fleet. As there were limited facilities and few opportunities for bathing, the scent was to be used in an attempt to improve the ...
3rd Cologne Address Book 1797, Page 179: Wilhelm Mülhens in Klöckergasse. In 1803 Carlo Farina, who was not part of the famous cologne-producing family, fraudulently sold William Mülhens that family's naming rights. [2] In 1805 Mülhens was first recorded as a cologne manufacturer, later sold under the product name 4711 from 1881.
Farina Eau de Cologne: Farina gegenüber: Johann Maria Farina (1685-1766) 1772 Number Six: Caswell-Massey: William Hunter (1730-1777) 1798 Eau de Lubin: Parfums Lubin Pierre François Lubin [3] 19th century Kolonya: Abdul Hamid II [4] 1803 4711 Eau de Cologne: Mäurer & Wirtz: Wilhelm Mülhens: 1806 Jean Marie Farina: Roger & Gallet: Jean Marie ...
Some 8,000 perfumes were profiled in the 2015 printed edition of Fragrances of the World, accompanied by brand name, date, fragrance family and gender.The online database, updated weekly, archives profiles of over 17,000 perfumes, listing brand name, corporate group, creative director, gender, perfumer, date, country of origin, bottle designer, fragrance family, an image, an olfactory pyramid ...
Atelier Cologne's "colognes absolues" took inspiration from that style, but made their fragrances more concentrated: an absolue in perfume terms. [4] Though the line expanded to include other styles, like florals, [ 6 ] Atelier remains best known for unisex citrus scents like Orange Sanguine, [ 8 ] Pomelo Paradis, [ 9 ] and Pacific Lime.
Ferdinand Mülhens. Ferdinand Mülhens (December 23, 1844 – January 15, 1928) was a land owner and entrepreneur in Königswinter, Germany.Mülhens was born in Cologne.. In the 19th century he managed the perfume factory founded by his grandfather Wilhelm Mülhens at Cologne's Glockengasse 4711, producing the original Eau de Cologne.
Florida Water is an American version of an Eau de Cologne.Like European eau de colognes it is a citric scent, but shifts the emphasis towards sweet orange (rather than the bergamote orange, lemon and neroli of 4711) and adds spicy notes like clove. [1]
The Guide received a starred review in Publishers Weekly, which said, “The book brings [the authors'] exquisite connoisseurship to life in a contagious manner.Their passion for a few scents and their outrage at the others' failings make for entry after entry of hilarious, catty comments interspersed with occasional erudite, eloquent disquisitions."