Nowadays eau de Colo} eased to be accounted a luxury, art soon spread its fame throughout ace andi over a considerable part Germany, From that period gradually extended over arope all parts of the world.
The Great Secret ig regarded more as a necessity. Not only has it " place on the toilet able, but it is requisite in the Hospital and the sick-room. Atl deitinmings sire Interesting and often romantic, and something like ro: mance is attached to the history of eau de Cologne, "About two and a half centuries ifo—in 1685, to be exnet—there was Koen in Dome dOssola, in Italy, one John Marin Farina, 'a common nable in that disiriet. As he grew up to manhood he carried on a trade in Ttalian wares, silk and perfumery, but, deciding to leap Italy, crossed into Germany, settling in Cologne in 1709, where he carried on his old trade,
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