Drink/Food Of The Day
11 years ago
Excuse me for opening another thread so soon and so similar to the Wine of the Day thread. The more I think about it the more I like the idea to relate drink or food to perfume. However, I do not want to drink alcohol/wine all the time so I thought we could have another, more general thread where we could explore the possible relations between food, drink and perfume.
It was a warm summer day today but not too hot. I took my bike and went out for a few hours. Biking in the summer sun gives you a lot of thirst, and in spite of the water supplies you carry with you, the first enjoyable things when you come home are: have a shower and then a big, very cold drink!
So I filled a big 0,5 l Weißbier glass with ice cubes and slowly poured Diet Pepsi on it!
It was delicious. However, when I nearly finished my drink, I got the strange feeling that something was missing. No matter if it is Pepsi or Coke, Diet or the full load of sugar - I am pretty sure that reformulation is also a matter with these sort of soft drinks - not only with perfumes.
Is it really just nostalgic memories that makes one think that in childhood days, Pepsi and Coke tasted more like - well - Pepsi and Coke? Even the alternatives tasted stronger some decades ago. In particular I am talking about Afri Cola, the famous German beverage from the 1970's. Very recommendable if you can find it!
The trashy ad video with the sexy nuns was a big show in 1968:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wokjKUxoWN8
So, what can we do if we are not satisfied with the diluted juices we get from these companies? As a parfumista, I can only recommend to enhance your Pepsi, Coke or Afri Cola experience with a fitting perfume - and there are two that come into view for this purpose:
The first one is Lubin's Le Vetiver - Bluff. It has a Kola nut accord. This is not exactly a Pepsi or Coke scent but rather something even more original. The presentation of the Lubin perfumes on their website is beautifully atmospheric and worth seeing. Listening to the Bobby McGee song, we are told that Buff has something to do with the conquest of the West, and the text relates it to the beverages and remedies that were developed by emigrant physicians. Well done, the fragrance itself does very well fit in with that image Lubin tries to create - and a few spritzes of it may even remind us that Coke allgedly contained a certain amount of cocaine in its early days. (It seems sometimes reformulation does make sense!)
The second one is so beautiful and original - its name is simply Cola, and it is one of the three fragrances from the Cedro Atlas - Alla Corte del Rei set by Nobile 1942. This set really is a little gem. I do not want to repeat myself, so please have a look at my reviews. I am still fascinated that someone succeeded to create a perfume with a more distinct Cola smell than the taste we get in today's cola beverages! Although the Alla Corte del Rei sets are still up on the Nobile 1942 website, they are really hard to get. If you see them somewhere, don't hesitate!
To cut a long story short, I finally took out Cola from the wardrobe an generously sprayed this cologne on my neck, breast and wrist - just for the Real Thing!
It was a warm summer day today but not too hot. I took my bike and went out for a few hours. Biking in the summer sun gives you a lot of thirst, and in spite of the water supplies you carry with you, the first enjoyable things when you come home are: have a shower and then a big, very cold drink!
So I filled a big 0,5 l Weißbier glass with ice cubes and slowly poured Diet Pepsi on it!
It was delicious. However, when I nearly finished my drink, I got the strange feeling that something was missing. No matter if it is Pepsi or Coke, Diet or the full load of sugar - I am pretty sure that reformulation is also a matter with these sort of soft drinks - not only with perfumes.
Is it really just nostalgic memories that makes one think that in childhood days, Pepsi and Coke tasted more like - well - Pepsi and Coke? Even the alternatives tasted stronger some decades ago. In particular I am talking about Afri Cola, the famous German beverage from the 1970's. Very recommendable if you can find it!
The trashy ad video with the sexy nuns was a big show in 1968:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wokjKUxoWN8
So, what can we do if we are not satisfied with the diluted juices we get from these companies? As a parfumista, I can only recommend to enhance your Pepsi, Coke or Afri Cola experience with a fitting perfume - and there are two that come into view for this purpose:
The first one is Lubin's Le Vetiver - Bluff. It has a Kola nut accord. This is not exactly a Pepsi or Coke scent but rather something even more original. The presentation of the Lubin perfumes on their website is beautifully atmospheric and worth seeing. Listening to the Bobby McGee song, we are told that Buff has something to do with the conquest of the West, and the text relates it to the beverages and remedies that were developed by emigrant physicians. Well done, the fragrance itself does very well fit in with that image Lubin tries to create - and a few spritzes of it may even remind us that Coke allgedly contained a certain amount of cocaine in its early days. (It seems sometimes reformulation does make sense!)
The second one is so beautiful and original - its name is simply Cola, and it is one of the three fragrances from the Cedro Atlas - Alla Corte del Rei set by Nobile 1942. This set really is a little gem. I do not want to repeat myself, so please have a look at my reviews. I am still fascinated that someone succeeded to create a perfume with a more distinct Cola smell than the taste we get in today's cola beverages! Although the Alla Corte del Rei sets are still up on the Nobile 1942 website, they are really hard to get. If you see them somewhere, don't hesitate!
To cut a long story short, I finally took out Cola from the wardrobe an generously sprayed this cologne on my neck, breast and wrist - just for the Real Thing!