Farina. An Italian spring morning in a bottle

In 1708, Giovanni Maria Farina, who was now living in Cologne, reported: “I have found a fragrance that reminds me of an Italian spring morning, of mountain daffodils and orange blossoms just after the rain.” It was precisely this fragrance that would go on to make perfume history as Eau de Cologne. Not only because the olfactory genius from the Duchy of Milan used fragrances that were atypical for his time—namely, fresh and light ones—but also because he discovered the technical means to distill even purer alcohol and to blend the ingredients