Wilhelm Mülhens

Wilhelm Mülhens (born 25 June 1762 in Troisdorf and died 6 March 1841 in Köln) was a Cologne perfume designer and manufacturer, and the founder of the Mülhens company, famous for the fragrance "4711".

Wilhelm Mühlens was the sixth of eleven children of Jakob Mülhens and his wife Anna, née Volberg.

[2] In 1805 Mülhens was first recorded as a cologne manufacturer, later sold under the product name 4711 from 1881.

After the Napoleonic wars his company also exported the cologne abroad, including Paris and Stralsund.

[3] 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."

3rd Cologne Address Book 1797, Page 179: Wilhelm Mülhens in Klöckergasse
5th Cologne Address Book 1822, Page 228: Wilhelm Mülhens (Mühlens) listed under the company Franz Maria Farina
Letter from Wilhelm Mülhens on 3 February 1826
Letter from Wilhelm Mülhens on 21 October 1826
7th Cologne Address Book 1831, Page 261: Wilhelm Mülhens Glockengasse No.12