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  • Peppermint alcohol to dilute in a glass of water or put on a sugar cube. Ricqlès peppermint alcohol was widely used by the soldiers during the Great War to treat all kinds of ailments.

  • Coty perfume containing rose tincture notes, marketed by Gath & Shave in Argentina.
    Legend has it that Coty, leaving a meeting with the director of Les Magasins du Louvre who had refused him the opportunity to market his new perfume La Rose Jacqueminot in their stores, threw a bottle right in the middle of the crowded shop, causing a near-riot as dozens of customers rushed to ask where they could buy it. Les Magasins du Louvre accepted the perfume, and over 500 bottles sold out in a few days. Other department stores followed. Within four months, Coty had earned his first million. (Excerpt from the Blog dedicated to the world of perfumes).

  • Royat is a spa town near Clermont-Ferrand. Its waters are highly mineralized.

  • Quinquina produced by the distillery P. Franc in Monistrol sur Loire (department of Haute-Loire)