Côte d’Azur / 7 p.m., outside, at night
Absinthe is enjoyed at a specific time... like a rendezvous with a woman. You have to be punctual for this meeting so as not to miss the last train of the night. First you take the glass, then the small spoon, from which you drop the sugar. Into the mixture of water and ice, it's a precise ritual. It looks simple, but it's complicated... drop by drop. The fading notes of aniseed, wormwood and liquorice.
Intoxication takes over, reason fades, art triumphs...