Acqua Colonia Myrrh & Kumquat
Resin is the unusual element in 4711 Acqua Colonia Myrrh and Kumquat Eau de Cologne 50ml, and it is what lifts this out of the ordinary run of citrus colognes.
Myrrh is the material to judge it by. It is dry, slightly bitter and a little smoky, with a cool medicinal edge that most sweet materials cannot follow, and it is joined in the heart by elemi, which is brighter and more lemony in its own resinous way, by rosemary for a sharp herbal snap and by lavender for calm. The combination smells faintly ceremonial without being heavy. Above all that, the opening is a straightforward run of bergamot, lemon, mandarin orange and orange, with pink pepper adding a dry sparkle to stop it being merely juicy. It is pleasant and it is brief, and the resin underneath is the real subject.
The finish is warm. Benzoin brings a sweet balsamic smoothness, tonka bean a soft powdery roundness, amber a low glow and fir a cold coniferous edge, while neroli keeps a thread of bittersweet citrus running to the end. It is a nicely balanced close, sweet and dry at the same time.
As a cologne it is light by design, so apply it generously and allow a couple of hours of clarity before it becomes a soft resinous warmth on the skin. The small bottle makes sense for something you may reach for in particular moods rather than daily, and it is better in cold weather than in heat. The composition is Alexandra Kalle's, and it suits either sex. The house that makes it has traded under a number rather than a name since the eighteenth century, the figure 4711 having been assigned to its building by French troops in 1794 and registered as a trademark in 1875.
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