Martini No:5
After the success of the Old Spiced Old Fashioned I rested on my laurels and considered the other perfumed potion I have imbibed in the past, one literally sprung to mind, the Martini No:5 (named after the Pérez Prado tune).
How does one go about mixing up one of these? Spray Chanel No:5 perfume into the inside of a frozen glass, freshly plucked from your ice box. Add some iced gin (from the same location) and pour generously into the glass. Your colorless drink is ready.
Once one gets past the mouthful of pot pourri this is deliciously decadent. The strong feminine fragrance of the drink reminds me of the frolics of a misspent youth. First you get a bang of Chanel and then some gin and then a long lasting perfume, this libation will be with you for hours to come, a long finish indeed. (In fact, in the past this has caused me some issues, it's difficult to explain to a female companion why you taste of a ladies perfume.)
The Martini No:5 would be drunk by a ageing screen icon, past her best, maudlin and full of self pity. Watching her old film on flickering projector screen these cocktails are her last reminders of the self-indulgent glamour she used to enjoy. This lady is a shell of her former self.
I once gave one of these to a young up-and-coming starlet but they made her quite ill to her tummy, upon this I told her that she would never make it in films or theatre and that she better switched to the television.
The Martini No:5 was a step up from The Toast Water (what wouldn't be) and with it's "colorful flavor" is my personal alternative to mouthwash.
