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Pschitt
Pschitt! is a French soft drink created by Perrier in 1954. The name originates in the transcription in French of the noise made by a Perrier bottle when it is opened. It comes in two flavors: lemon and orange. It is now a product of Roxane. Pschitt is a carbonated soft drink flavored with orange or lemon, created in 1954 by the Perrier Vittel SA group. In November 1998, the Pschitt brand was acquired by Neptune, a subsidiary of the Castel Group. The name of the soda originates from a slogan created by Jean Davray in 1946: "Perrier, the water that goes pschitt." Pschitt was launched in 1955 with a slogan by the same author: "For you, dear angel, Pschitt orange, for me, boy, Pschitt lemon." Renowned artists were commissioned for other advertising campaigns: Jean-Gabriel Domergue, who had already created the Perrier Girl in 1936; likewise, Salvador Dalí created an advertising drawing in 1969 that was later used to publish a booklet, which included a text by Charles Trenet about Pschitt, beginning with: "When I was a journalist (in a dream), I was once a special correspondent to Thirst." After the launch of the satellite Sputnik 1 by the USSR as part of the Space Race in October 1957, the United States, determined to erase the "Soviet affront," accelerated their Vanguard program, but two attempts to launch a satellite in November and December 1957 ended in failure.…
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Pschitt! is a French soft drink created by Perrier in 1954. The name originates in the transcription in French of the noise made by a Perrier bottle when it is opened. It comes in two flavors: lemon and orange. It is now a product of Roxane. Pschitt is a carbonated soft drink flavored with orange or lemon, created in 1954 by the Perrier Vittel SA group. In November 1998, the Pschitt brand was acquired by Neptune, a subsidiary of the Castel Group. The name of the soda originates from a slogan created by Jean Davray in 1946: "Perrier, the water that goes pschitt." Pschitt was launched in 1955 with a slogan by the same author: "For you, dear angel, Pschitt orange, for me, boy, Pschitt lemon." Renowned artists were commissioned for other advertising campaigns: Jean-Gabriel Domergue, who had already created the Perrier Girl in 1936; likewise, Salvador Dalí created an advertising drawing in 1969 that was later used to publish a booklet, which included a text by Charles Trenet about Pschitt, beginning with: "When I was a journalist (in a dream), I was once a special correspondent to Thirst." After the launch of the satellite Sputnik 1 by the USSR as part of the Space Race in October 1957, the United States, determined to erase the "Soviet affront," accelerated their Vanguard program, but two attempts to launch a satellite in November and December 1957 ended in failure.…
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