Genuine Farina perfume and counterfeits

[AntiqueMeds]

Looking through the early New York newspapers I see a LOT of differenet people claiming to be importing GENUINE Farina cologne.
It was very popular and that always meant a lot of cheap copycats. So I'd say conterfeits were very likely.
There was even a joke article about a British gent who went to Cologne to buy a bunch of Farina perfume and he found half the people in town were distilling it and selling it. He got ripped of of course.[]


Nice bottle Charlie. Seems like I have also seen that form with olive oil labels (or some type of food oil?).

 

[RIBottleguy]

I just acquired one of the large green phials with the original label that reads "Johann Maria Farina/ Julichs Platz No. 4"
It doesn't have a pontil but looks to be 1870s. I'll post a picture soon.
Oh, and it's for sale.

 

[RIBottleguy]

Here are some pics:

 

[ri2u]

I have a real one with a label. Anyone have a sense of what it's worth?