As the song by Mikroutsikos and Nikolakopoulou, sung by Alexiou, says, (some colognes last for years).

One of them is MYRTO, the legendary lemon fragrance that was at its height during the decade (1975–1985).

The cologne rubbed on the chests and wrists of the elderly and sick to cool them down; on young girls before they leave for school; the cologne that fills the air with fragrance as elegantly dressed ladies attend evening church services; the MYRTO cologne that cleans the icon of the saint being celebrated.

Myrto lemon cologne for everyone, for every moment.

MADE IN GREECE

The fragrance was produced by the pharmaceutical company FA.MAR (1949) from 1959 onward, and later at its factory in Avlonas (48 km along the Athens–Lamia National Road).

FA.MAR was a Greek multinational pharmaceutical company, with 3,000 employees and 12 factories producing pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.

The original bottle is round and plastic, with thirteen vertical grooves for an easy grip and a label featuring a hot-air balloon in the background, with the product information printed on it.

White cap

Advertisement (1981): Wear MYRTO and feel the coolness

                                  Wear MYRTO and feel the freshness

                                  Wear MYRTO and feel better

                                  Wear MYRTO – MYRTO – MYRTO

PERFUMER: The fragrance was created by the Marinopoulos Pharmacy (1908), at the intersection of Panepistimiou and Patission Streets (Havtea).

AROMATIC RAW MATERIALS: (PLANT-BASED – MINERAL – ANIMAL) AND SYNTHETIC (CHEMICAL):

Teinture d’ essence de citron composée

Eau de Cologne

Essential oil of bergamot (Citrus aurantium – Bergamot)

Essential oil of lemon peel (Citrus limon – Lemon tree)

Essential oil of sweet orange peel (Citrus sinensis – Orange tree)

Essential oil of orange blossoms (Citrus sinensis – Orange tree)

Essential oil of thyme

90% alcohol

A clean, natural, fresh fragrance

The fresh scent of citrus is truly invigorating.

Myrto lemon cologne for everyone, for every moment.

THE PRODUCT IS UNTOUCHED

THE PRODUCT HAS NOT BEEN USED

For the product’s inner seal, we have used the pharmaceutical product PARAFILM, an extensible paraffin film, to seal the top notes.

GENUINE AND RARE

MADE  IN  GREECE    

ÁÁÁ      EDITION

CERTIFICATE NUMBER (AB) OF THE KEEL FILE (State Laboratory for the Control of Medicines/1973): A6G/14781/K – 4040/80

This product has absolutely nothing to do with products of the same name; we are talking about products completely different from Marinopoulos’s MYRTO.

PRODUCTION    1981   →  (1/81)