{"id":73890,"date":"2018-09-29T12:26:10","date_gmt":"2018-09-29T10:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.napoleon-cologne.fr\/cologne-between-pharmacy-and-perfumery\/"},"modified":"2019-11-06T17:49:11","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T16:49:11","slug":"cologne-between-pharmacy-and-perfumery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.napoleon-cologne.fr\/en\/cologne-between-pharmacy-and-perfumery\/","title":{"rendered":"Cologne: Between Pharmacy and Perfumery"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”3″ top_padding=”2″ bottom_padding=”1″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=”yes” gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″ column_width_pixel=”900″][vc_custom_heading text_size=”h1″ text_weight=”300″ text_height=”fontheight-1-6″ text_color=”color-150243″ separator=”yes” sub_reduced=”yes”]Elaborated from the medieval recipe of a Florentine convent, Cologne is first presented by its creator as a remedy rather than a cosmetic fragrance. A perfectly natural consideration in the 18th and 19th century that echoes in our contemporary use of essential oils.[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h3″ text_size=”h4″ text_color=”color-150243″]Cologne: the Panacea of \u200b\u200bthe 19th Century[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text]The “Acqua Mirabilis<\/em>” as it was first named quickly met with success as it was understood that it was aptly named. When it was marketed in France under the term “Eau Admirable<\/em>” by Jean-Marie Farina (1685 – 1766), the latter was not stingy with details announcing in an 18th century prospectus that “if we wanted to do the detail of all the pains with which this water is suitable for, it should be necessary to do the detail of all the infirmities to which the human body is subject.<\/em>” This is a postulate that does not lack panache or temerity. And Farina went on to enumerate the various affections with which the Cologne overcome: apoplexy, migraine, eye pain, scurvy, gout, cuts and abrasions, paralysis, and that of man as well as animal! It also teaches the different ways in the 19th century to use this water: ingesting by pouring a few drops in wine or broth, apply it as a compress on damp cotton and especially rubbing the body regularly and especially when leaving the bath “in the time that the pores are open<\/em>“.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image media=”73769″ caption=”yes” media_lightbox=”yes” media_width_percent=”100″ lbox_title=”yes” lbox_caption=”yes” lbox_connected=”yes”][vc_column_text]The freshness it provided and the active principles that made it undoubtedly brought immediate relief to anyone who used it, but perhaps Farina was a little too confident in saying that his water, as delicious as it is, overcoming all the sickness. Moreover the Cologne was no longer in the category of drugs since the decree of 18th August 1810, which should not displease the Emperor who, according to Emmanuel de Las Cases (1766 – 1842), “does not believe in medicine or its remedies, of which he made no use […] He defends the thesis that it is better to allow nature to be done instead of encumbering it with remedies<\/em> “. However, Cologne is the result of a pharmacological and medical reflection.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image media=”73762″ caption=”yes” media_lightbox=”yes” media_width_percent=”60″ alignment=”center” border=”yes” lbox_title=”yes” lbox_caption=”yes” lbox_no_tmb=”yes” lbox_connected=”yes”][vc_column_text]