Perfume From Old-World
p. 46 · Read in the full issue
Cologne
Where the Paris-Warsaw Express crosses Europe’s most romantic river, Cologne Cathedral lifts its twin spires above the noise of the crowded city streets below. Here is the ancient sits of Colonia Aggrippina, outpost of Imperial Rome at the height of her power; here, too, is the source of that delightful water: Eau de Cologne. From the old metropolis on the Rhine, the fame of this fragrant refresher spread to the four corners of the globe, until it has to-day become not merely a passing fashion, but a toilet necessity for the worldly wise.
Indeed, how better to refresh tired nerves and muscles after a strenuous day than by a dash of ■“4711” Eau de Cologne in the bath-water. Inhaled from the handkerchief or dabbed on forehead and temples, it banishes headache and brain fag; sprayed in the sick room, it sweetens the atmos phere and renders it fragrant and cool. Truly, life would be a great deal poorer to-day without the romantic charm of Eau de Cologne as a link with a colourful past. Cologne “4711”—they are two names indeed which it would be difficult to blot out from the brilliant galaxy of human history.-***