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COLOGNE (Ger. Kolnisches Wasser, "Cologne See also:water ")  , a perfume, so named from the See also:city of See also:Cologne, where its manufacture was first established by a.n See also:Italian, Johann (or Giovanni) Maria See also:Farina (1685-1766), who settled at Cologne in 1709 . The perfume gained a high reputation by 1766, and Farina associated himself with his See also:nephew, to whose See also:grandson the See also:secret was ultimately imparted; the See also:original perfume is still manufactured by members of this See also:family under the name of the founder . The manufacture is, however, carried on at Cologne, and also in See also:Italy, by other firms bearing the name Farina, and the See also:scent has become See also:part of the See also:regular output of perfumers . The See also:discovery has also been ascribed to a See also:Paul de Feminis, who is supposed to have brought his See also:recipe from See also:Milan to Cologne, of which he became a See also:citizen in 169o, and sold the perfume under the name Eau admirable, leaving the secret at his See also:death to his nephew Johann Maria Farina . Certain of the Farinas claim to use his See also:process . It was originally prepared by making an alcoholic infusion of certain See also:flowers, pot-herbs, drugs and spices, distilling and then adding definite quantities of several See also:vegetable essences . The purity and thorough blending of the ingredients are of the greatest importance . The original perfume is simulated and even excelled by artificial preparations . The See also:oils of See also:lemon, See also:bergamot and See also:orange are employed, together with the oils of neroli and See also:rosemary in the better class . The See also:common practice consists in dissolving the oils, in certain definite proportions based on experience, in pure See also:alcohol and distilling, the distillate being diluted by See also:rose-See also:water . EAUX-BONNES, a watering-See also:place of See also:south-western See also:France, in the See also:department of Basses-See also:Pyrenees, 31 M . S.E. of the small See also:town of Laruns, the latter being 24 M .

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Pau by See also:rail . Pop . (1906) 61o . Eaux-Bonnes is situated at a height of 2460 ft. at the entrance of a See also:fine See also:gorge, overlooking the confluence of two torrents, the Valentin and the Sourde . The See also:village is well known for its sulphurous and saline See also:mineral See also:waters (first mentioned in the See also:middle of the 14th See also:century), which are beneficial in affections of the See also:throat and lungs . They vary between 5o° and 9o° F. in temperature, and are used for drinking and bathing . There are two thermal establishments, a See also:casino and fine promenades . The watering-place of See also:LES EAUX-CHAUDES is 5 M. by road south-See also:west of Eaux-Bonnes, in a See also:wild gorge on the Gave d'Ossau . The springs are sulphurous, varying in temperature from 52° to 97° F., and are used in cases of See also:rheumatism, certain maladies of See also:women, &c . The thermal See also:establishment is a handsome See also:marble See also:building . There is fine See also:mountain scenery in the neighbourhood of both places, the Pic de Ger near Eaux-Bonnes, commanding an extensive view . The valley of Ossau, one of the most beautiful in the Pyrenees, before the Revolution formed a community which, though dependent on Warn, had its own legal organization, See also:manners and costumes, the last of which are still to be seen on holidays .

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