For those who grew up in the Soviet Union, cologne is invariably associated with the words "Triple", the names of Sasha, Schipr, "Floral" and "Carnation" come to remember. And another line from the unpaired song, where "Alain Delon does not drink cologne." "Triple", as you know, used inside, experts also accounted for a very picky cocktail "Alexander III", mixing it with Sasha. Aesthetes squeezed this mixture through a piece of sugar. And still bridged in the hairdressers, once the cheeks of customers cologne. Delete the bristle men now prefer at home, completing the procedure with a moisturizing balsam after shaving. Here, in fact, these are limited to our knowledge of cologne. Meanwhile, facilitantly discredited in the era of the struggle for sobriety, today cologne returns themselves to their own popularity. And the interest in them shows not only strong, but also a weak floor. Women also like light and fresh, as the spring wind, the aroma of cologne, in which the characteristic chords of citrus are guessed.
The first cologne appeared on the light ... when would you think? More than three centuries ago! In 1709, a leaving from Italy Perfumer Giovanni Maria Farina, who lives in German Cologne, created a mixture of alcohol and lemon oils, bergamot, orange, cedar, rosemary and lavender. This creation and got the name - Eau de Cologne - "Cologne Water". In one letter, Brother Farina wrote that his aroma was like a spring morning after the rain in his beloved Italy. There is also a version that the invention belongs not to Giovanni himself, but his talented uncle, who conveyed the recipe nephew. Whatever it was, the cologne began his victorious procession from Cologne. At one time, the King of Prussia Friedrich II even presented him as a gift to Catherine II. Voltaire wrote that "Cologne Water" awakens inspiration, Goethe mentioned it in the famous Faust tragedy. French aristocrats generally poured out liters of cologne. First of all, to kill the "Ambre" body coming from the non-many years. Lisovka Louis XV Madame Lyudovka Lyudovka Louis of the Water Walked. From the French did not lag behind both the British - Giovanni Maria became the main supplier of cologne at the courtyard of Queen Victoria. By the way, Farina's dynasty and today continues the release of the famous Cologne water. Her recipe, of course, keeps in a strict mystery.
The current name Eau de Cologne denotes an aroma in which seventy percent is alcohol, and from two to five percent - aromatic substances. So the cologne has one only minus: he is unstable. What, however, does not detract from his merits.
Eau de Cologne Imperiale from Guerlain. .
1. One of the most famous colognes in the world is considered to be Eau de Cologne Imperiale from Guerlain. His author Pierre Francois Pascal Gerlene created a citrus bouquet, stented by a notch of neroli, for Evgenia's empress in 1853. It is enclosed in a luxurious vial in the form of a Vandom column, decorated with bees - a symbol of the French Empire.
Colonia Intensa OUD from Acqua di Parma. .
2. The Italian perfume house Acqua di Parma is a luxurious cologne, starting with classic Colonia with Mediterranean citrus notes, and ending with the eastern Colonia Intensa OUD with chords of a noble agar tree, Sandal and expensive incense.
Cologne from Thierry Mugler. .
3. The smell of just beveled herbs in combination with bergamot, neroli and orange cologne cologne from Thierry Mugler creates a feeling of amazing freshness.
Pomegranate Noir Cologne and Dark Amber & Ginger Lily Cologne Intense from Jo Malone. .
4. The cologne can sound very extraordinate. As, for example, Pomegranate Noir Cologne from Jo Malone with raspberry notes, grenades, plums, pink peppers and musk or Dark Amber & Ginger Lily Cologne Intense with chords of black cardamom, ginger, orchids and black amber.
ATELIER COLOGNE FROM ATELIER COLOGNE FAMILY. .
5. Brand Atelier Cologne saw the light thanks to the acquaintance of two talented people - Silvia Ganter and Christophe Cerval. They both experienced one for two love for the legendary classic perfume - Eau de Cologne. And when they created their own perfume house, they embodied their passionate desire to become the first people who fully dedicated themselves to working with cologne. After many years of creative flour and dream discoveries came true. They gave life to a new family of fragrances - Absolues.
Valentina Khabarova