Eight bottles and noses that still define Citrus.
Icons for Citrus are bottles and people — Nahéma, Chanel, Guerlain stay as names.
Scores below are editorial marks inside this atlas, not lab assays.
1709– · Germany
Giovanni Maria Farina’s Aqua Mirabilis; the cologne template.
Farina 1709 (1709–, Germany) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Farina 1709 as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Citrus is argued.
1792– · Germany
Number-address Kölnisch Wasser; Germany’s public citrus.
4711 (1792–, Germany) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read 4711 as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Citrus is argued.
1853– · France
Guerlain’s bees and bergamot for Empress Eugénie.
Eau de Cologne Impériale (1853–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Eau de Cologne Impériale as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Citrus is argued.
1916– · Italy
Italian colonia as tailoring and hotel citrus.
Acqua di Parma Colonia (1916–, Italy) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Acqua di Parma Colonia as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Citrus is argued.
1966– · France
Roudnitska’s hedione citrus; modern masculine freshness.
Eau Sauvage (1966–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Eau Sauvage as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Citrus is argued.
2007– · United States
Resort neroli at boutique price; cologne as luxury object.
Neroli Portofino (2007–, United States) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Neroli Portofino as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Citrus is argued.
1685–1766 · Italy
The Italian in Cologne who named eau de Cologne.
Giovanni Maria Farina (1685–1766, Italy) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Giovanni Maria Farina as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Citrus is argued.
1905–1996 · France
Eau Sauvage’s author; citrus with a brain.
Edmond Roudnitska (1905–1996, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Edmond Roudnitska as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Citrus is argued.
An icon is a brief that other Citrus formulas still answer.
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