Drinking Perfume (Part 2) - with Brett Thomas

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 YevtushenkoCologne and antiseptic: Russia's killer drinks | Russia | The Guardian‘Sweet oblivious antidotes’? Lady Perfume drinkers of the late 19th century | Diseases of Modern Lifebrasher-absinthe-and-absinthe-drinking-in-england.pdfPerfume 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