AntiqueMeds
Well-Known Member
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?).
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?).