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This week, we continue our discussion of how drinking and perfume intersect with Brett Thomas! In this part, we take a turn into the darker side of perfume drinking, from swigging eau de violette in French theatres to downing cologne in Soviet states.
Cocktail Discussed:
Tears of a Drunken Whaleman
3 oz. Gray Whale Gin
1 oz. Breakwater Vodka
1/2 oz. Cocci Americano
1/4 oz. Armorik Whisky de Bretagne
Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass with ice, and stir for 35 - 40 seconds, until fully chilled. Strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish with an expressed lemon peel and a piece of kombu.
Further reading:
Poem: Ballad About Drinking by Yevgeny Yevtushenko Cologne and antiseptic: Russia's killer drinks | Russia | The Guardian ‘Sweet oblivious antidotes’? Lady Perfume drinkers of the late 19th century | Diseases of Modern Life brasher-absinthe-and-absinthe-drinking-in-england.pdf Perfume a prohibition-era mystery
History and Cultivation of Parma Violets (Viola, Violaceae) in the United Kingdom and France in the Nineteenth Century HPB_Volume18_Number2_V2.indd
