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- Use large bar glass
- Fill glass with shaved ice
- Two dashes absinthe
- Two dashes orange bitters
- Two dashes Parfait d’Amour
- One-half wine-glass Scotch whiskey
- One-half wine-glass Italian Vermouth
- Stir with spoon
- Strain in cocktail glass
- Put in cherries
- Squeeze lemon peel on top, and
- Serve