Mäurer & Wirtz has launched a new line of unisex colognes under the 4711 brand name. The Acqua Colonia collection, “inspired by the beauty of nature”, includes:
Lemon & Ginger ~ “embodies the ease of summer and transports the senses to the ripe, lemon-tree covered hillsides of Sicily…”
The German company Mäurer & Wirtz launched the Tabac Original fragrance in soap form in 1938. In 1955, Tabac Original, developed by perfumer Arturo Jordi-Pey, made its debut as a cologne. For years, every time I went to Europe, I would see faded advertisements for Tabac Original at tobacconists or pharmacies, and often, the white bottles of cologne would be “baking” in sunshine in the shops’ front windows. I assumed Tabac Original was “the European Old Spice” and went about my business – I didn’t need to sniff it. (My opinions of “cheap” — inexpensive — scents and Old Spice have since changed.) Tabac Original has dull packaging and is treated sloppily by shopkeepers, but the fragrance deserves some respect…