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Choose Citrus by the note, not by the bottle photo. “Super-citrus” in 2010s titles that note, and 4711 is strength or time. Shop lighting is not lasting power. Some citrus oils are phototoxic. IFRA limits leave-on doses. Do not treat cologne as sunscreen, and do not use this page as a safety sheet.
Hot weather, morning. The family is happier as cologne and EDT than as a heavy EDP. Yes. Warm, moist skin amplifies sweet and spice; dry or cool skin can turn the same juice woody, soapy or short. Test on your skin, not only a blotter. Any ethics or materials I should know? Read the materials chapter for the actual load. Niche and designer often share a family and disagree on dose.
No. This atlas is cultural and editorial. Fragrance can irritate; oakmoss, eugenol, citrus oils and musks are common triggers. See a clinician for reactions. Nothing here is a diagnosis, treatment or safety sheet. Citrus did not arrive as one bottle. The timeline below keeps Grasse, Guerlain, Chanel, Nahéma and IFRA as proper names, not metaphors.
Read the years as a map of trade and reformulation, not as a ranking of beauty. Giovanni Maria Farina sells Aqua Mirabilis — the eau de Cologne template. The Mülhens number-address cologne; still a German civic smell. Guerlain for Empress Eugénie; bees on the bottle, bergamot in the juice.
On the blotter, keep 2010s, “Super-citrus,” and 4711. Without them Citrus blurs.2010s
Figures to keep
- Year of the note
- 2010s
- Figure kept
- 4711
- Scent
- Citrus
- Trial line
- Super-citrus
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