
Mäurer & Wirtz has added a new unisex fragrance to the 4711 Acqua Colonia range: Juniper Berry & Marjoram.
This calming scent creates a feeling of unlimited freedom…

Mäurer & Wirtz has added a new unisex fragrance to the 4711 Acqua Colonia range: Juniper Berry & Marjoram.
This calming scent creates a feeling of unlimited freedom…
Mäurer & Wirtz will launch Tabac Man Silver next month. The new flanker to their Tabac Man fragrance (launched in 2000, and not to be confused with Tabac Original) is described as having a “cool freshness” and is aimed at modern men who are always in search of new challenges.
The fragrance notes for Tabac Man Silver include bergamot, grapefruit, mandarin, ginger, nutmeg…

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.
Tabac Original contains aldehydes (lots), black pepper, lemon, bergamot, neroli, petit grain, lavender, chamomile, geranium, oak wood absolute, carnation, sandalwood, vetiver, musk, and ambergris. Reading those ingredients, I expected a gutsy fragrance…