4711 Eau de Cologne is the 'original' cologne, dating back over 200 years to that city. It is still widely available in Boots branches, where it can be found with the other inexpensive perfumes (such as L'Aimant, Charlie, and so forth). It has distinctive, ornate packaging with a turquoise and gold colour scheme, and it is suitable for both men and women. I treated myself to a bottle when it was on a half-price offer. I purchased the 50ml bottle, which is usually priced at £11.18. It is presented in a box, within which the glass bottle is packaged. I was disappointed to find that it was a 'splash' bottle, rather than a natural-spray, which is what I had ...  Read the complete review

I remember one day picking up my friend, Eileen, and commenting that I liked her really distinctive perfume. Eileen remembered and on Xmas morning I opened a pressie to find a bottle of 4711 Eau de Cologne and she said that was the perfume I liked. I was really unsure about this gift as I always thought that Eau de Cologne was after shaves and so a male fragrance. A little bit of research shows that 4711 is a unisex fragrance with an impressive history having first been formulated in 1792. The first impressions of the 50ml glass bottle are that it looks cheap with a simple round glass bottle with a gold plastic screw top. The label also looks fairly masculine ...  Read the complete review

Numbers are fun things. Did you know that a certain zip-code named TV show may be read as 9-0-2-1-0 in English but is 90-2-10 in German? Or that the old band 911 is only 9-1-1 in English, but 9-11 in some other places? Then there's this stuff. For years I've known it as 4-7-11 in English and 47-11 in German. Whatever you call it, though, it's the same stuff. A unisex scent best suited for crinkly old men or bony old women. Or me. 4711 is the original Eau de Cologne and comes from...Cologne (though ingredients-wise it's more 'alcool' than it is 'eau'. In fact, it originally came from a building at 4711 Glockengasse in the city, hence the name. The scent is ...  Read the complete review

I had not seen this for many years and then my mum bought me a bottle (as most people would think this is how 4711 is distributed!) of this for Christmas as it had appeared in Boots. I adore this and although many peopel may see this as extremely old fashioned it is superb as a refreshign pick me up when the wetaher is hot or also in winter when the central nheating dries you out. The smell is just like a lovely fresh citrus and pine scent and is fantastic to sniff when you have a headache or blocked nose as it is not as "brutal" as somebody like Olbas oil or Vicks. If you rub some on the pulse ppints of your wrist it soothes and cools you down. As the smell ...  Read the complete review

I remember when I was young my grandmother always loved 4711 eau de cologne which she used as an ordinary cologne but also as a cure for headaches - by putting it on her temples NOT by drinking it I must stress! Ever since then it is a fragrance that I have loved! Referring it back to my grandmother makes it sound an old ladies fragrance but in my opinion that isn't the case - I actually think that it is suitable for any age and indeed either sex for that matter. History --------- The company that makes 4711 - incidentally I always say it four seven eleven but I know some people go for forty seven eleven - is Maurer & Wirtz ...  Read the complete review