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The other day, on a whim, I picked up a bottle of Parfait Amour. It’s a purple colored orange liquor, with some floral things added. I’m really not that sure what, maybe lilac.

It tastes like candy, in a fluffy sort of way, and it looks deeply unnatural.

So far we’ve tried three things.

The Jupiter Cocktail
1 1/2 oz Gin
1/2 oz Dry Vermouth
1/4 oz Orange Juice
1/4 oz Parfait Amour

This was interesting, but not amazing. The purple color was muted and somewhat muddy looking, because if you were adding enough Parfait Amour to make it really purple, it would taste like marshmallow. Dr. Cocktail’s book has this made with Creme Yvette (lilac flavored), which I get the impression is going to be more than a little different. The orange would be more muted of course, but unless lilac is a flavor that brings a lot to the table, I don’t see it popping the drink into the regular rotation.

Trilby Variation
3/4 oz Blended Scotch
3/4 oz Sweet Vermouth
3/4 oz Parfait Amour
1/4 oz Pastis
2 dashes Orange Bitters

Ok… I only made this one because I had all the ingredients. I didn’t expect much, and I was disappointed. The best way that I could describe this is: a complex root beer barrel. Super sweet and very strange. It wasn’t something I’d like to drink again, but I also didn’t feel that I should waste the booze by sending it down the drain, like I did that one time I mixed a Godfather. I don’t know what I was thinking that time.

The last one was a variation on the Delilah cocktail. I can’t find a recipe off hand, but it’s basically gin, lemon, and curacao. Mark subbed the Parfait Amour for the curacao. Not bad, but not amazing.

The two recepies given here were from Cocktail DB.

Oh, and here’s a non Parfait Amour cocktail that’s got me thinking I should pick up a bottle of Yellow Chartreuse next: The Champs Elysées Cocktail