The origins of Fassionola are mostly shrouded in mystery, but the red, fruit-flavored syrup is most closely associated with the founding father of the tiki-drink movement, Donn Beach. Beach would open the OG tiki bar in Hollywood, aka Don’s Beachcomber, and he would use Fassionola in many of his recipes.
With our September 2024 pack of Month, Chad Michael Studio developed Paradisse, a Fassionola liqueur, for Travel Tree Spirits. Instead of getting bogged down in details regarding provenance, the one-person studio reveled in its unknown beginnings with a bespoke bottle design that resembles, you guessed it, a tiki torch.
We spoke with Chad Michael about obscured origins, eschewing tiki aesthetics, and all of those gorgeously executed embossed details on Paradisse’s exquisitely crafted bottle.
