This did not so much interfere with popular drinking habits as shifted them, and people began to drink rubbing alcohol, cheap eau-de-cologne, and a fluorescent green astringent aftershave that smelled like cucumber. ❋ Anna Badkhen (2010)
It is used to make eau-de-cologne and is very soothing used as an aftershave. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Rebecca said, putting her handkerchief to her eyes, and smelling the eau-de-cologne with which it was scented. ❋ Unknown (2006)
The governor had only just got out of bed, and was comfortably seated before his dressing-table in his night-shirt and silk dressing-gown, bathing his face and neck with eau-de-cologne after having removed a whole collection of charms and coins dangling from it, when he was informed of the arrival of ❋ Unknown (2003)
After a lunch of hard-boiled eggs, anchovies, and cold hash (the man handing them pepper in an old pomade pot and vinegar in an old eau-de-cologne bottle), Nejdanov took his seat in the same carriage in which he had come the night before. ❋ Unknown (2003)
It might have been the irritated state of my nerves, or it might have been the eau-de-cologne flying to my head, but the bare mention of the girl seemed to set me in a flame. ❋ Unknown (2003)
You remember how effectually I dissipated your pictures by the simple application of iced eau-de-cologne. ❋ Unknown (2003)
It stood on the small table that supported the waxlights, with a handsome cut bottle of eau-de-cologne, his gold and jewelled pencil-case, and his chased repeater, chain and seals, beside it. ❋ Unknown (2003)
The last afternoon, why, he had a headache or something, and she made him lie on the sofa, with a rug over him, so she could bathe his head with eau-de-cologne. ❋ Unknown (2003)
She gave a shriek of alarm and fainted away, and they had to pour two barrels of eau-de-cologne over her before she recovered. ❋ Unknown (2003)
And Uncle Silas poured some eau-de-cologne over the corner of his handkerchief and touched his temples with it. ❋ Unknown (2003)
What then revived her was pouring a bottle of eau-de-cologne over her arms. ❋ Unknown (2003)
With these words Uncle Silas leaned back exhausted, and languidly poured some of his favourite eau-de-cologne over the palms of his hands, nodded a farewell, and, in a whisper, wished me good-night. ❋ Unknown (2003)
Lord Chelford being an early man, was, notwithstanding the ball of the preceding night, dressing, when St. Ange, his Swiss servant, knocked at his door with a dozen pockethandkerchiefs, a bottle of eau-de-cologne, and some other properties of his métier. ❋ Unknown (2003)
He was back within minutes with a large bottle of eau-de-cologne and half a liter of milk, which he warmed for her, carefully setting the iron to “wool.” ❋ Shirley Conran (1982)
