The Scent of Revolution: George Washington's Favorite Cologne

A History of Caswell-Massey's No. 6

It’s President’s Day in the United States, so let’s discuss one of the first scents ever to be in the room where it happens. Let’s journey back to 1775, the beginning of the Revolutionary War. In colonial America, the upper class imported their perfume from Europe, while ordinary people would have their own scented preparations mixed for them by local a…