4711 is the Cologne house behind 4711 Original Eau de Cologne, one of the oldest fragrances still made today. The merchant Wilhelm Mülhens created it in his shop on Cologne's Glockengasse in 1792, and the brand takes its name from the house number 4711 that French troops gave the building when they numbered the city's houses. The Mülhens family sold the brand in 1994, and after Wella and Procter & Gamble it was bought in 2006 by the German fragrance company Mäurer & Wirtz, together with the historic Glockengasse house. Its light, refreshing citrus colognes are made to be splashed on freely.