Trade cards advertising Florida Water
Florida Water is an American version of an Eau de Cologne. Like European eau de colognes it is a citric scent, but shifts the emphasis towards sweet orange (rather than the bergamote orange, lemon and neroli of 4711) and adds spicy notes like clove.[1] The name refers to the fabled Fountain of Youth,[2] which is said to be located in Florida, as well as the "floral" nature of the scent.
Its most significant non-cosmetic usage is found in different spiritual and/or religious belief systems of Amerindian peoples and the descendants of formerly enslaved people of a Yoruba (or more generally Central West African) background in nearly all regions of the Americas.
- ^ American Druggist and Pharmaceutical Record - 1902, page 280
- ^ The History of Florida Water - floridawater.com, Lanman & Kemp-Barclay & Co.