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Remix Sparkling Island
Straightforward is not an insult, and 4711 Remix Sparkling Island Eau de Cologne 100ml is a straightforward piece of work: nine materials, three clear stages, nothing hidden.
Lime, lemon and orange open it together, which is as direct a citrus statement as it is possible to make. Lime is the sharpest of the three and the one that gives it the fizz the name is reaching for, lemon is sour and clean behind it, and orange rounds the edges so it does not simply taste like a rind. The effect in the first minute is cold and bright. Green apple takes over and keeps the sharpness going a little longer, crisp and slightly tart rather than sweet. Freesia sits beside it, peppery and watery, and then ylang ylang arrives and changes the temperature completely, rich and creamy and faintly banana like, which is the one thing in the composition you would not have guessed from the first spray.
The finish is deliberately quiet. Cedarwood is dry and pencil sharp, ambered wood adds a low mineral warmth, and musk keeps everything pressed close to the skin. There is no drama at all in the last hour, which is entirely appropriate for a cologne and no reason to think less of it. Low concentration means light wear. Two to three hours is the honest figure when it is applied freely, with reapplication expected rather than resented. Summer is plainly its season, it suits more or less anyone, and at 100ml it is the kind of bottle you leave near the door and use on your way out.
The business behind it took its name from a doorway. When French forces occupied Cologne in 1794 they numbered the houses, the Muelhens premises became 4711, and that number was registered as a trademark in 1875 after the firm was stopped from trading under a rival's name.
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