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Article: HEAVEN SCENT: DOCTOR COOKS UP PAPAL PERFUME.(Living)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- December 29, 2006
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Byline: Carolyn Jones San Francisco Chronicle
The Vatican meets Chanel No. 5.
In a San Rafael, Calif., kitchen, a 69-year-old doctor says he has recreated the custom cologne worn in the 19th century by Pope Pius IX, the longest-reigning pope aside from possibly St. Peter.
So what did this famous pontiff -- the one who established the Immaculate Conception and papal infallibility as church dogma -- smell like?
"Surprisingly fresh, with notes of citrus and violet," said Dr. Fred Hass, a general practitioner who works in Terra Linda, Calif. "Very nice, actually."
Hass found the purported recipe about seven years ago in a limited-edition 1963 cookbook ...