Cologne as we know it, was created in 1695 by Giovanni Paolo Feminis in Cologne, Germany. Since 1716, it was sold under the name Eau de Cologne and has become a family of perfume notes. Jean Marie Farina, a descendent of Femini, established Eau de Cologne as a brand name in 1816. Eau de Cologne, Eau de Toilette and Eau de Parfum are all alcoholic solutions of fragrance oils. They differ in the percentage of fragrance oil, and the grade of alcohol.
Fragrances are present in nearly every aspect of modern life.
They are present in household products such as dish detergents, laundry detergents, fabric softeners, hand soaps, and room sprays to name a few. Musk is a sexual secretion obtained from a sac beneath the abdominal skin of a male musk deer, usually found in the Central Asian uplands of Tibet. Totally natural musk has disappeared from Perfumery because of the cruelty toward the deer involved in obtaining this animal secretion. With the process of Synthetic Organic Chemistry and Chemical technology, the musk note can be recreated by materials created in the laboratory. Musk-type materials are used extensively in perfumery to give a warm, erotic, long lasting note, commonly perceived to have an almost aphrodisiac character.