COLOGNE, Germany — The first sweet whiff of 4711 Eau de Cologne wafts by us as we leave the Café Reichard terrace overlooking the city’s Gothic cathedral and stroll down Hohe Strasse. At the next ...

COLOGNE, Germany — Fragrance brand 4711 is going eau naturale with a new selective line of eaux de cologne called Acqua Colonia. The five-item, unisex Acqua Colonia range uses natural ingredients and ...

COLOGNE, Germany — It’s a numbers game for 4711. The more than 200-year-old iconic German eau de cologne brand, owned by Mäurer & Wirtz, is making a date to move into the future. July 4, 2011, written ...

Cologne brand 4711 has become a cult fragrance, but one of their best kept secrets is that their formula dates back to the 17th century. The 'wonder water' has got quite a history too. It was first ...

But they weren’t carried as protection from showers of the traditional kind – the lack of flushing toilets meant commodes were simply emptied out of windows onto the street. By the end of the 1700s, ...