In the memoirs of
Eugène François Vidocq, the character Belle-Rose disparages parfait d'amour: "... they poured out some parfait amour; 'This is drinkable,' said he, 'but still it is not even small
beer in comparison with the liqueurs of the celebrated madame Anfous. In her 1855 novel
Ruth Hall,
Fanny Fern describes it as a drink popular among society women: "the disgusting spectacle of scores of ladies devouring,
ad infinitum, brandy-drops, Roman punch, Charlotte Russe, pies, cakes, and ices; and sipping 'parfait amour. In
John Brunner's
The Squares of the City a minor character drinks Parfait Amour, which is described as a sweet purple liqueur that looked like methylated spirits.
Inside Story the late autobiography of
Martin Amis, tells how parfait amour was an alcoholic drink a past girlfriend, an otherwise non-drinker, might be persuaded to take. ==Cocktail with parfait d'amour==