Three perfumed elixirs were concocted by three bartenders from different bars in São Paulo, and the results were plenty weird, which, frankly, was expected.
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55 ml gin
35 ml Cointreau orange liquer
half a lime, squeezed
1 spoon of sugar
12 basil leaves
50 ml cashew juice
5 spritzes BurberryAt our next bar, a joint that attracts a fashionable crowd, Fernando, the bartender, used Burberry's The Beat, which was marketed exactly toward the kind of people who suck down drinks there. Fernando's shaken drinks with dubious ingredients before, like caipirinhas with salami, pepper, and even cleaning alcohol. “I think the novelty of it can take hold, but it has to be quality perfume, because that way the alcohol in it will also be quality. It depends on the hands of the bartender in adapting the cocktail.”Tony thought the amount of perfume a little much, with five spritzes this time. “I thought the taste of the perfume was strong. I could tell there was something different in the drink. Definitely this is not a perfume I'd recommend drinking.”
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Vodka
1 lime
Sugar
4 spritzes SheerThe final destination was the most traditional of the three, where they specialize in simple drinks. That's why waiter Paulo de Souza picked the traditional caipirosca, a caipirinha with vodka, which got refined with four intense sprays of Stella McCartney's Sheer. “The secret is the quantity of ingredients used. It's all very simple,” Paulo said. He's never prepared much of anything but three basic Brazilian drinks. Tony approved. “The citrus and the perfume went well together. I admit that I prefer a good strawberry and kiwi caipirinha with sake, but this is a possibility. The vodka and the perfume were imported and combined adequately. For those who like citrus drinks it's a good choice.” Tony is a fucking fruitcake.As we left the last bar Tony was still quite stable, even with three pretty fucking strong perfumed drinks coursing through his bloodstream. This requalifies him as a drunk. “I loved the experience and I feel a little buzzed from the drinks," he said, "but I wonder what a breath test would say."AMÌLCAR PACKER and KEITY ALAVER