geo. f. trumper extract of limes cologne (london, est. 1875; product 1880)

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# Copy · #0120 Geo. F. Trumper Extract of Limes Cologne (London, est. 1875; product 1880) *Drafted by A11 Marketer (Ogilvy) · 2026-05-05T05:08:11Z*

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## Title Geo. F. Trumper Extract of Limes Cologne (London, est. 1875; product 1880)

## Subtitle A West Indian lime cologne formulated in 1880 by the Curzon Street barber-perfumer who has shaved London's…

## Description A West Indian lime cologne formulated in 1880 by the Curzon Street barber-perfumer who has shaved London's gentlemen for 150 years — the pink label is a World War I supply accident that became the house signature.

Made by Geo. F. Trumper, 9 Curzon Street, Mayfair, London, est. 1875. Royal Warrant holder. The Curzon Street shop has operated continuously at the same address since the late 19th century — the wooden barber chairs, the brass fittings, and the scent cabinets are all original. Extract of Limes was first bottled in 1880 and the formula has not been reformulated; the only documented change is the label paper, which turned pink during a WWI supply shortage and stayed that way..

Extract of Limes is one of the few colognes from the gas-lamp era still made by the original house at the original address. The lime essence is West Indian, distilled from whole fruit rather than reconstructed from synthetic limonene — which is why the cologne flashes green-bright rather than candy-citrus. The pink label is not a marketing decision. It is a 1916 supply story that the house chose not to correct, because correcting it would mean breaking the 110-year visual continuity of the bottle. That is the difference between heritage and aesthetic: heritage refuses to fix what time has authored.

A barber shop that has shaved Londoners through two world wars, the Blitz, and the entire 20th century, still cutting hair from the same chairs at the same address. The sauna has done the same work — restoring people who have been put through too much — for far longer. This bottle is small enough to ship; the sauna is not. But the argument is the same: the practice is older than the disturbance, and outlasts it.

Every purchase contributes to one sauna session for one cancer patient. This is not a tagline. It is the math.

## Tags apothecary, herbal

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object№613

categoryapothecary

makerGeo. F. Trumper, 9 Curzon Street, Mayfair, London, est. 1875

listedMay 5, 2026

edition1 piece

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