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Flashback with a gem that saves lives in summer
Last spring, I was browsing through the drugstore again, lost in thought, and suddenly a flashback hit me like a bolt from the blue. It was triggered by this little bottle on the shelf. First thought: Unbelievable, this still exists ?
Rub my eyes, blink, look again... Really, there it is. This little ice-blue bottle that I knew from the 80s. Back then it was still "East", before reunification. My grandma had this ice pen and called it "Kölnisch Eis". I was allowed to use it once, but very sparingly. And I still remember exactly how it felt back then. Now this olfactory and tactile sensation jumped out at me with full force in the Müller drugstore and catapulted me 40 years into the past.
These ice cream sticks were very valuable back then, as they were only available "from the West". But that's what Aunt Christa did every time she visited my grandma, which was every few years. She used this "cologne" herself and was therefore happy to give it away as a gift.
When a pen was empty, I was given it to play with. You could (and still can) open it. I filled it with water and let it go through another round of use. The cushion still had enough scent that it gave off its icy beauty and soothing effect to the water.
At the time, however, it was made of a smooth woven fabric. That was - I have to say - better, because it didn't fluff but remained really beautiful over a very long period of use. The current cushion is made of a kind of fleece and starts to pilling after the first use, which makes it look kind of shabby. But it doesn't matter, that doesn't detract from my time travel.
Anyway, I now use the stick really regularly in summer and it is simply brilliantly cooling. Just dab a little in the crook of your arm, the back of your knee and the back of your neck and you'll feel refreshed for the next hour. It really works wonders!
Edith also wanted to say that the historical original is this one Ice Cologne
One of the versions is actually also called Kölnisch Eis. That's apparently where my grandma got it from, although she had the fluted glass bottle and not the white plastic stick.
Rub my eyes, blink, look again... Really, there it is. This little ice-blue bottle that I knew from the 80s. Back then it was still "East", before reunification. My grandma had this ice pen and called it "Kölnisch Eis". I was allowed to use it once, but very sparingly. And I still remember exactly how it felt back then. Now this olfactory and tactile sensation jumped out at me with full force in the Müller drugstore and catapulted me 40 years into the past.
These ice cream sticks were very valuable back then, as they were only available "from the West". But that's what Aunt Christa did every time she visited my grandma, which was every few years. She used this "cologne" herself and was therefore happy to give it away as a gift.
When a pen was empty, I was given it to play with. You could (and still can) open it. I filled it with water and let it go through another round of use. The cushion still had enough scent that it gave off its icy beauty and soothing effect to the water.
At the time, however, it was made of a smooth woven fabric. That was - I have to say - better, because it didn't fluff but remained really beautiful over a very long period of use. The current cushion is made of a kind of fleece and starts to pilling after the first use, which makes it look kind of shabby. But it doesn't matter, that doesn't detract from my time travel.
Anyway, I now use the stick really regularly in summer and it is simply brilliantly cooling. Just dab a little in the crook of your arm, the back of your knee and the back of your neck and you'll feel refreshed for the next hour. It really works wonders!
Edith also wanted to say that the historical original is this one Ice Cologne
One of the versions is actually also called Kölnisch Eis. That's apparently where my grandma got it from, although she had the fluted glass bottle and not the white plastic stick.
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Käse 1 year ago
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I've just put it up, it's just so good in midsummer!