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"Perfume" is often used as a generic, overarching term to refer to fragrances marketed to women, regardless of their exact concentration. The term "cologne" is applied to those sold to men. The actual product worn by a woman may be an eau de parfum rather than an extrait, or by a man an eau de toilette rather than an eau de cologne.
Here’s the deal: The difference between toilette and parfum has to do with the amount of fragrance concentration (which can be a combination of fragrance oils and alcohol) the formula has. ...
Eau d'Orange Verte: Hermès: Françoise Caron 1980 Jacomo de Jacomo pour Homme: Jacomo Paris: Christian Mathieu 1980 Ivoire: Balmain: Francis Camail 1980 Patou Pour Homme: Jean Patou: Jean Kerléo: 1980 Tete-a-Tete (eau de cologne variant for men) Novaya Zarya [28] 1981 Kouros: Yves Saint Laurent: Pierre Bourdon [10] 1981 Must de Cartier ...
The world's first recorded chemist is a woman named Tapputi, a perfume maker whose existence was recorded on a 1200 BCE Cuneiform tablet in Babylonian Mesopotamia. [2] She held a powerful role in the Mesopotamian government and religion, as the overseer of the Mesopotamian Royal Palace.
Bottles of eau de toilette. Eau de toilette (French: [o d(ə) twalɛt], meaning "grooming water") [n 1] is a lightly scented perfume. [2] It is also referred to as aromatic waters and has a high alcohol content. [3] It is usually applied directly to the skin after bathing or shaving. [4] It is traditionally composed of alcohol and various ...
Le Male is a men's fragrance created by Francis Kurkdjian for Jean Paul Gaultier in 1995. "Le Male" is very close in scent profile (Some would say it's a clone/homage) to Cuba Gold (Paris) which was introduced in 1979, It has been manufactured by Puig since 2016, and was previously manufactured by Shiseido subsidiary Beauté Prestige International from 1995 until 2015.
When free trade was established in Cologne by the French in 1797, the success of Eau de Cologne prompted countless other businessmen to sell their own fragrances under the name of Eau de Cologne. Giovanni Maria Farina's formula has been produced in Cologne since 1709 by Farina opposite the Jülichplatz [4] and to this day remains a secret. His ...
Glockengasse 4 in Cologne, the headquarters of 4711 Third address book of Cologne, 1797, page 179. On 3 October 1794, in view of the French troops standing just outside Cologne, the city council approved a plan proposed by the guard-committee to number all houses in the city without exception and to install what would be considered appropriate lighting for each location.