Farina Duftmuseum

The Fragrance Museum in the Farina House is located in Cologne, right near City Hall and across from the Wallraf-Richartz Museum. It is housed in the original 18th-century production rooms, the historic home of the perfume factory founded by Johann Maria Farina in 1709. Over several floors, you can follow the history of eau de Cologne, from the first manufacturing methods to modern marketing. On display are original distilling apparatus, historic documents, and images tracing the development of perfume making and early attempts at imitation. The museum also documents the evolution of glass bottles and the significance of the house as the oldest perfumery in the world still in existence.