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2025
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Museum housed in an rococo house, with hundreds of objects illustrating 300 years of perfume-making.

This rococo house, belonging to the family of the great 18th-century perfumer Jean-Marie Farina (1685-1766), is the birthplace of eau de Cologne, and has been transformed into a fascinating perfume museum. From the cellars to the laboratories, from the oils themselves to their manufacturing tools and bottles, hundreds of objects testify to 300 years of perfume production. Patrick Süskind is said to have drawn inspiration for his novel Le Parfum from Farina, an obsessive lover of scents. A fascinating dive into what makes Cologne so famous.

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Visited in february 2020
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Une visite guidée en français, instructive et ludique, un produit merveilleux de par son histoire et l'envoutement de son parfum.
val.dek
Visited in april 2018
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Découverte d'un vrai atelier et aussi du savoir-faire de la vraie eau de Cologne ! Pas un attrape touriste !
clrumeau
Visited in october 2017
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La visite de la première vraie parfumerie du monde et le lieu de creation de l'authentique eau de cologne ! De nombreuses explication nous sont données sur l'histoire de ce produit et sur sa confection. La visite (en costume d’époque !) se fait uniquement sur réservation mais est disponible dans toutes les langues (dont le français). A recommander a tous ceux qui visitent la ville.
Visited in october 2016
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Musée très intéressant qui revient sur l'histoire du parfum et de l'eau de Cologne. Le guide est très chaleureux et les anecdotes très intéressantes. De plus, le fait de repartir avec un échantillon d'eau de Cologne est un vrai point positif.

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