eau de cologne

Hungary Water, Koelnische Wasser, 4711, the stuff that Napoleon Drenched Himself In By the Quart…

I did two standard recipes for this today.  Both of them have thyme as an herbaceous element.  Both of them have rosemary.  I really do not like the effect the rosemary has on the lemony elements; it turns them into a cough drop.

So far, I am preferring the formula with tinctured vetiver in the base, to the formula with tinctured benzoin in the base.  I might do another two versions, even after I’ve written up the two from today.  NO rosemary.  Just a breath of black pepper, to make the bergamot pop, and maybe some monarda to extend the lemon into the heart.