Smells of pine forest & seaweed

Is there a god of fragrances? Or is it - quite profanely - the desire for a drink that drives Claudio Zier to the Widder Bar that day? In any case, it is fateful. The perfume creator meets bar manager David Bandak at the bar. And it only takes a few moments for the two to discover their affinity and lose themselves completely in the world of fragrances, senses and aromas. The Widder Bar with its 650 different whiskies is the ideal place for such flights of fancy. And before Claudio has taken his first sip - the two of them quickly get on a first-name basis - he conjures up in his mind's eye and David's nose a Grisons Swiss stone pine forest in the fall: "The sun shines through a few wisps of mist. This is the moment when the fresh scents of the forest reawaken before winter. It is precisely this scent - married with grapefruit, ambergris or bergamot, for example - that is captured in Pinus perfume." David counters with wooden barrels, notes of sherry, smoke or seaweed. Claudio, on the other hand, argues with the Orient, the royal house of Venice, Florence and Paris. What his Swiss stone pine forest is to the perfume creator, his 50-year-old Glenmorangie Pride is to the whisky connoisseur, with mature notes of chestnut, toffee and cherries on the nose, baked fruit on the palate and a little milk chocolate and café au lait on the finish.