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Wilhelm Mülhens (born 25 June 1762 in
In 1803 Carlo Farina, who was not part of the famous cologne-producing family, fraudulently sold William Mülhens that family's naming rights.
In 1805 Mühlens was first recorded as a 
In 1832 Wilhelm Mülhens was found guilty of abusing the name "Farina", and the 1803 contract was found to be void.22. Mai 1832 Urteil des königlichen Landgerichts, 1. Civilkammer zu Cöln.
To continue operating under the name "Farina" in 1832 Wilhelm Mühlens son, Peter Joseph Mülhens, took on a Farina from Mortara as a partner in the company for "office work and supervision of fabrication."
Troisdorf
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Geography
Troisdorf is located approximately 22 kilometers south of Cologne and 13 kilometers north east of Bonn.
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and died 6 March 1841 in Köln
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 million ...
) was a Cologne perfume designer and manufacturer, and the founder of the Mülhens company, famous for the fragrance " 4711".
Life and work
Wilhelm Mühlens was the sixth of eleven children of Jakob Mülhens and his wife Anna, née Volberg. His life prior to 1796 is not well known.
In 1803 Carlo Farina, who was not part of the famous cologne-producing family, fraudulently sold William Mülhens that family's naming rights.
In 1805 Mühlens was first recorded as a cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...
manufacturer, later sold under the product name '' 4711'' from 1881. After the Napoleonic wars
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his company also exported the cologne abroad, including Paris
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and Stralsund
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In 1832 Wilhelm Mülhens was found guilty of abusing the name "Farina", and the 1803 contract was found to be void.22. Mai 1832 Urteil des königlichen Landgerichts, 1. Civilkammer zu Cöln.
To continue operating under the name "Farina" in 1832 Wilhelm Mühlens son, Peter Joseph Mülhens, took on a Farina from Mortara as a partner in the company for "office work and supervision of fabrication."
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