4711 Echt Kölnisch Wasser (1792)
by 4711

I bought a 400ml bottle of this to replace my extremely costly habit of spraying Guerlain's Eau de Cologne Imperiale all over myself and my bedsheets each night before bed.

While the opening is heavenly(and _very_ similar to Guerlain's EDCI), the rosemary in the drydown is just a bit off. I get a touch of baked turkey, and I'm not sure if that's what I want after working with food all day.

For the price, though, I can't complain! It may not be the best Eau de Cologne on the market, but at the very least, it is a real EDC that is widely available, something that can't be said about any of the others.

16th November, 2011.

Something to enjoy for what it is, refreshing, a joy to splash on

9th August, 2011.

Old classic, fresh, smells like a laundry soap. This would definitely not fit me at all. The only reason I'm not giving this one a thumb down is because I do not consider it to be all that bad and we have to take under consideration the time this cologne was created.

25th June, 2011.

Reading timeless is funny. On the same vein of some from Roger&Gallet, Dior and Guerlain  this fragrance is for sure a not bad balanced blend of woods, citrus, musk and rose (even if rose and woods are too evanescent under my nose) but is clearly out of current time and surprisingly a bit synthetic. Try to wear it in a NYC's club and they for sure will exchange you for the ghost of Winston Churchill. The neroli accord is pleasant but the lime is prominent and the rosemary and rose of middle phase too weak. The citrus presence masters on all the other elements and just endly the fragrance morphs in something a bit musky but onedimentional and flat. It fades in a while.

8th June, 2011.

A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Well, no, it was actually here on earth. It was a long time ago, though. A very young Theodora was travelling through Europe for the summer and while in Germany she - or rather I - was introduced to 4711 Echt Kolnisch Wasser.
It was and still is a very refreshing tonic. Perfect for summer travel.
Plus, whenever I smell it I'm transported to that lovely summer so long ago.

28th May, 2011.

You know, I really want to LOOOOVE this one but I don't. I like it. I like it a lot. But there's something off about it. It needs to be fresher, brisker, crisper, a little juicier. I think it wants to be. I think it needs more lemon. It gets too musky by the end. It tries to do the same thing as YSL pour homme but just can't pull it off. I'm always disappointed by it I guess is what I'm trying to say. Maybe I should stop trying to make it work in the summer and only use it on the coldest winter nights. That could be interesting.
I should add that, of course, the YSL came a couple of centuries after the 4711. And the more I think about, the more I realize how similar they are. However, the YSL took the template and improved it. Turned it into a masterpiece. I've never seen any of the other scents from this line anywhere in my travels. Just the original...which you can get in like a gallon bottle. A really inexpensive gallon at that...so if you like 4711 you can really bathe in it if you want! I just don't want to.

3rd May, 2011. (Last Edited: 4th November, 2011.)