Mojito

However, by adding a touch of lime and rum, the mood suddenly becomes more festive! Moreover, many perfumers agree that there are no bad smells in perfumery. The idea is simply to know how to combine them correctly in order to enhance them and make them appreciated. This is precisely how the mojito accord was born!

What is mojito?

The mojito is a cocktail that is often enjoyed in summer, and that currently enjoys incredible popularity! There are even special days, or festivals, exclusively devoted to it! As for its recipe, the mojito is made as follows:
- About ten sprigs of spearmint, pressed rather than crushed
- 5 cl of Cuban rum or white rum
- ½ lime, cut into pieces
- 2 teaspoons of brown cane sugar (or the white sugar favored by Cubans) in powder form, or 2 cl of sugar syrup
- Sparkling water or champagne or lemonade
- A few drops of angostura
- Crushed ice

The history of the mojito

The mojito is quite recent in France. Yet its history takes us back to the early 16th century. It was at that time that the English explorer Francis Drake sipped a kind of mixture combining crushed mint leaves and tafia (an industrial rum), in the heart of Havana. The mojito recipe then evolved in the 20th century. It was at that point that tafia was replaced by rum, and that lime came to enhance this mixture. The mojito only became a symbol of Cuban culture in the 1920s. Indeed, it is still associated with it today. The writer Ernest Hemingway greatly contributed to its fame. He was a fervent admirer of it and helped export it first to the United States and then to Europe. In France, the mojito has been famous since the 1990s. Today, it is a cocktail found in almost every bar on the planet.

The mojito in perfumery

In perfumery, the mojito accord is also quite recent. On one hand, it was not a well-known scent at the beginning of the 20th century. On the other hand, its scent is entirely reproduced in the laboratory, which required a certain amount of technological advancement. To manage to reproduce its characteristic smell, perfumers blend several different olfactory accords, based on lemon, rum and mint. The mojito accord is very often used in summer fragrances. It preserves their freshness while giving off a festive atmosphere. This scented breeze evokes vacations and celebration. It is ideal for transporting us to the heart of Cuba and for bringing a touch of sunshine into your bathroom.