Eight bottles and noses that still define Citrus.
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Bergamot, lemon, yuzu peel — the bright opening of cologne, watched by IFRA for phototoxicity.
Concentration is oil in alcohol, not a quality score. EDT (about 5–15%) shows more top; EDP (about 15–20%) shows more heart and base. Houses vary; this is not a lab assay.
One or two sprays on skin or cloth — sternum or hair, not a cloud in a lift. Let it turn an hour before you add more.
Hot weather, morning. The family is happier as cologne and EDT than as a heavy EDP.
Yes. Warm, moist skin amplifies sweet and spice; dry or cool skin can turn the same juice woody, soapy or short. Test on your skin, not only a blotter.
Some citrus oils are phototoxic. IFRA limits leave-on doses. Do not treat cologne as sunscreen, and do not use this page as a safety sheet.
Icons for Citrus are bottles and people — Nahéma, Chanel, Guerlain stay as names.
Scores below are editorial marks inside this atlas, not lab assays.
1709– · Germany
Giovanni Maria Farina’s Aqua Mirabilis; the cologne template.
Farina 1709 (1709–, Germany) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Farina 1709 as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Citrus is argued.
1792– · Germany
Number-address Kölnisch Wasser; Germany’s public citrus.
4711 (1792–, Germany) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read 4711 as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Citrus is argued.
1853– · France
Guerlain’s bees and bergamot for Empress Eugénie.
Eau de Cologne Impériale (1853–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Eau de Cologne Impériale as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Citrus is argued.
1916– · Italy
Italian colonia as tailoring and hotel citrus.
Acqua di Parma Colonia (1916–, Italy) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Acqua di Parma Colonia as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Citrus is argued.
1966– · France
Roudnitska’s hedione citrus; modern masculine freshness.
Eau Sauvage (1966–, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Eau Sauvage as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Citrus is argued.
2007– · United States
Resort neroli at boutique price; cologne as luxury object.
Neroli Portofino (2007–, United States) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Neroli Portofino as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Citrus is argued.
1685–1766 · Italy
The Italian in Cologne who named eau de Cologne.
Giovanni Maria Farina (1685–1766, Italy) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Giovanni Maria Farina as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Citrus is argued.
1905–1996 · France
Eau Sauvage’s author; citrus with a brain.
Edmond Roudnitska (1905–1996, France) is still the story a counter tells when this family needs a name.
Read Edmond Roudnitska as dose and geometry, not a mood board — that is how Citrus is argued.
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