Cologne-based fragrance company Farina, known for their "Original Eau de Cologne", includes a a list of famous customers they've had in their over 300 years of business with their bottles of said original cologne, the fragrance of which has remained unchanged since 1709. Like any good Rhineland family, mine has a bottle of not only 4711 but also a bottle of Farina lying around somewhere, so I checked the list and found... quite a few people.
And, to my unending surprise, FW, who bought some in 1734.
So, uh... at least according to the records of Farina, both Fritz and FW smelled like "an Italian spring morning right after the rain, oranges, grapefruits, lemons, bergamot, cedrat, lime and the flowers and herbs of [Italy]" at some point. Somewhat bizarre, but an interesting tidbit. Wouldn't have connected either of them with the smell of oranges and bergamot tbh :'D
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Date: 2021-01-23 01:40 pm (UTC)Cologne-based fragrance company Farina, known for their "Original Eau de Cologne", includes a a list of famous customers they've had in their over 300 years of business with their bottles of said original cologne, the fragrance of which has remained unchanged since 1709. Like any good Rhineland family, mine has a bottle of not only 4711 but also a bottle of Farina lying around somewhere, so I checked the list and found... quite a few people.
Like Fritz (who got some in 1745), Voltaire (also 1745), Maria Theresia (1740), and Napoléon (1804).
And, to my unending surprise, FW, who bought some in 1734.
So, uh... at least according to the records of Farina, both Fritz and FW smelled like "an Italian spring morning right after the rain, oranges, grapefruits, lemons, bergamot, cedrat, lime and the flowers and herbs of [Italy]" at some point. Somewhat bizarre, but an interesting tidbit. Wouldn't have connected either of them with the smell of oranges and bergamot tbh :'D