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HEAVEN SCENT: DOCTOR COOKS UP PAPAL PERFUME.(Living)

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 ...

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