[Diameter: 1 13/16″.]
I bought this tiny tin of tiny candies years ago at a World Market. For the design, of course. The flavor of Cachou Lajaunie, as I discovered, is a combination of licorice and mint. Kinda ghastly — and I say that as a fan of that now-defunct old favorite Sen-Sen. But these cachous, created by Léon Lajaunie, a pharmacist, have a following. And a famously short television commercial.
Related reading
Cachou Lajaunie (Wikipedia, in French)
Cachou Lajaunie (In English, via Google Translate)
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Cachou Lajaunie
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