Parfait Amour

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A purple coloured liqueur made with lemon or citron with or without vanilla, almond and rose. The name is french for "perfect love". It is often used for its colour.  
 
A purple coloured liqueur made with lemon or citron with or without vanilla, almond and rose. The name is french for "perfect love". It is often used for its colour.  
A common misconception is that it is made with violets as Creme de Violette (formerly Creme Yvette) is. It isn't and the two are not interchangeable.  
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Most brands, as tradition dictates are not made with violets (a different liquer, also purple coloured called Creme de Violette is. The most famous brand, Creme Yvette is now discontinued). Parfait Amour is made by bols and Cartron withoug violets. To add confusion, one company does sell a violet liquer as Parfait Amour when they should probably be calling it Creme de Violettes (see corporate links below).
  
 
See [[Creme de Violette]].
 
See [[Creme de Violette]].
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[http://www.cartron.fr]
 
[http://www.cartron.fr]
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[http://www.bols.com]
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[http://www.cassis.com]
 
See also diffordsguide to cocktails Vol6
 
See also diffordsguide to cocktails Vol6

Revision as of 16:15, 20 January 2007

A purple coloured liqueur made with lemon or citron with or without vanilla, almond and rose. The name is french for "perfect love". It is often used for its colour. Most brands, as tradition dictates are not made with violets (a different liquer, also purple coloured called Creme de Violette is. The most famous brand, Creme Yvette is now discontinued). Parfait Amour is made by bols and Cartron withoug violets. To add confusion, one company does sell a violet liquer as Parfait Amour when they should probably be calling it Creme de Violettes (see corporate links below).

See Creme de Violette.

[1] [2] [3] See also diffordsguide to cocktails Vol6

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