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Wilhelm Mülhens (25 June 1762 – 6 March 1841) was a German
In 1803 Carlo Farina, who was not part of the famous cologne-producing family, fraudulently sold Mülhens that family's naming rights.
In 1805 Mülhens was first recorded as a 
In 1832 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 Mühlens's son, Peter Joseph Mülhens, took on a Farina from Mortara as a partner in the company for "office work and supervision of fabrication."
Mülhens died in
perfumer
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and businessman who was the founder of the Mülhens company, known for the fragrance 4711.
Life and work
Mühlens was born inTroisdorf
Troisdorf () is a city in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (district), in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Troisdorf is located approximately 22 kilometers south of Cologne and 13 kilometers north east of Bonn.
Division of the city
Troisdorf consi ...
, 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 Mülhens that family's naming rights.
In 1805 Mülhens was first recorded as a cologne
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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 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 Mühlens's son, Peter Joseph Mülhens, took on a Farina from Mortara as a partner in the company for "office work and supervision of fabrication."
Mülhens died in Köln
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