Johann Maria Farina founds the first Eau…
1709 CE
Johann Maria Farina founds the first Eau de Cologne and perfume factory in Cologne, Germany.
The company's logo is a red tulip.
The French name "Jean Marie Farina vis à vis de la place Juliers" and the short form "Farina gegenüber" will also commonly be used over a long period of time.
The Farina company sells a wide range of various luxury items, such as lace, handkerchiefs, silk stockings, wigs, feathers, tobacco boxes, sealing wax, face powder, and other such articles that one would expect to find in a shop run by Italians.
The company, Johann Maria Farina gegenüber dem Jülichs-Platz, is still run today by the founder’s descendants, who are the eighth generation of family members.
The company has held Royal Warrants as purveyors of perfume to the German, French, Italian and British Royal Families.
The company headquarters and birthplace of Eau de Cologne are both to be found in Farina House in Cologne, Germany where the Farina Fragrance Museum is also located.