Wilhelm Mülhens was born June 25, 1762, in Troisdorf, Germany, and died March 6, 1841, in Cologne.
4711 Original Eau de CologneAccording to company legend, a Carthusian monk gave him the secret recipe for an 'aqua mirabilis' as a wedding gift in 1792, which he used to found a small Cologne factory, first recorded as a cologne manufacturer in 1805; the fragrance was later sold as 4711 from 1881, named for his distillery's address on Glockengasse.
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