Parfait d'amour
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Parfait d'amour (Script error: No such module "IPA".), or parfait amour,[1] is a liqueur. It is often used in cocktails primarily for its purple colour,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". and is generally created from a curaçao liqueur base.
There are several versions of parfait d'amour. The House of Lucas Bols in the Netherlands claims to have originated the liqueur. Theirs appears to be a curaçao base, flavoured with rose petals, vanilla and almonds.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Marie Brizard, a Bordeaux-based distiller, has a productTemplate:Which with a similar flavor profile.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Another form, produced by DeKuyper, uses a spirit as its base, and is flavoured with lemon, coriander and violets.[2]
Guardian writer John Wright describes it as "a potent compound... It tasted like the perfume counter at Boots."[1] He suggests a homemade version containing rose petals in a base of white rum or eau de vie, with the addition of syrups made from raspberry juice and rosehips.[1]
Availability
Parfait d'amour is primarily produced and sold in France and the Netherlands,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". although it is available in the United Kingdom, Spain, the United States, Canada, Australia, Greece, Sweden, Denmark, Finland,[3] Iceland, and Norway.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
References in literature
In the memoirs of Eugène François Vidocq, the character Belle-Rose disparages parfait d'amour: "... they poured out some parfait amour; 'This is drinkable,' said he, 'but still it is not even small beer in comparison with the liqueurs of the celebrated madame Anfous.Template:' "[4][5]
In her 1855 novel Ruth Hall, Fanny Fern describes it as a drink popular among society women: "the disgusting spectacle of scores of ladies devouring, ad infinitum, brandy-drops, Roman punch, Charlotte Russe, pies, cakes, and ices; and sipping 'parfait amour.Template:' "[6]
In John Brunner's The Squares of the City a minor character drinks Parfait Amour, which is described as a sweet purple liqueur that looked like methylated spirits.
Inside Story the late autobiography of Martin Amis, tells how parfait amour was an alcoholic drink a past girlfriend, an otherwise non-drinker, might be persuaded to take.
Cocktail with parfait d'amour
Takumi's Aviation is a modern classic cocktail made with gin, maraschino liqueur, parfait d'amour, and lemon juice.
Taylor-Burton Affair is made with Sipsmith gin infused with butterfly pea tea, lemon juice, gomme syrup, parfait amour liqueur.[7]
References
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- ↑ The name "Anfous" here is a misspelling of "Anfoux," referring to a widow from Martinique, later of the Rue Montmartre in Paris, renowned for her liqueurs.
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External links
- "The DeKuyper website"
- "Parfait Amour" in the Bols website.
- "The Joseph Cartron website"