This is an interesting question!

On the personal front, Col. Conk's Bay Rum Shaving Soap is quite nice and has a tropical vibe. The lime scent is pretty good as well.



For room scents, we had a party this weekend and there was a ton of leftover citrus. So, I have a big bowl of unpeeled lemons and limes sitting on my table that smell great though it doesn't exactly fill the room.

Lastly, if you have ever stayed in a really fancy hotel, a lot of them have signature scents that fill the lobby. Typically they are light, refreshing, and custom made for the hotel and therefore hard to track down otherwise. I stayed in the La Meridian, Bangkok that had a wonderful smell and I fell like it would be amazing for a tiki bar.

I just learned it apparently was created to smell like old books!

• Waikiki Tiki - I'll be honest in saying that I haven't read it. I'll also say that I know the author somewhat and unless you want a lot of boring history about Waikiki, I wouldn't bother. It's not really about the Tiki movement as we mainlanders know it.
  
  
• Tiki Pop: Yes! Get this! It is everything that Waikiki Tiki isn't.
  
  
• Mai-Kai - I know the author of this one very well and know he has spent many many years doing the research and talking to the people who lived the history of the Mai Kai. It is a great book. However, it is very specific to the Mai kai.
  
  
• Tiki Style - This book isn't on your list, but should be. The bible of tiki is Sven Kirsten's Book of Tiki but that's out of print and impossible to find at a decent price now. Tiki Style is the pared version of it and has most of the same information. Mostly they just took out the pictures of topless natives to make it family friendly. This should be the book where you start to get the real history of the mainland tiki culture.
  
  
• Potions of the Caribbean - is a really great book about Caribbean drinks, but you'll find more recipes in the other Beachbum Berry books.
  
  
• Rums of the Eastern Caribbean - is 20 years old and it's likely that a large percentage of the rums listed in it no longer exist. Everyone wants Ed Hamilton to write a new book, but he's a little busy making amazing rum right now. You might try Dave Broom's Rum: The Manual if you want tasting notes on currently available rums. He has a really cool flavor map in the book and it was just released a couple months ago, so everything in it is available. It's worth it just to read his tasting notes of Ron de Jeremy rum.

I didn't skimp out but didn't ball out either and I want to say I got all of it around $220.

• 1. Mezan xo: $36
     
• 2. Cartavio 5 Yr: $20
     
• 3. Plantation 5 Yr: $22
     
• 4. Don Q: $17
     
• 5. Goslings: $15
     
• 6. Lemon Hart: $26
     
• 7. Rhum Clemente Premiere Canne: $27
     
• 8. Rhum Clemente Vieux: $34
     
     I bought these as well, they are the perfect size for many of these oversized cocktails.
     https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001K45UN2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
     
     Good Luck!

I had some friends over yesterday and got to break out my volcano bowl. I made a Top Notch Volcano and a Rumbustion Punch, both from the Smugglers's Cove book and both very good. Tip to myself for next time: Don't try to squeeze lemon extract into the volcano after the drink is in the bowl. You're going to spill and give all the drinks some lemon flavor. Do the extract first, and then wipe out any spillage

OK, the music portion: I played the first 4 discs in the Vintage Hawaiian Treasures series and Hawaiian Memories. Really nice old island music compilations.

Here are the only books you need:

1. Smuggler's Cove: Exotic Cocktails, Rum, and the Cult of Tiki
   
   
2. Beachbum Berry's Potions of the Caribbean
   
   
3. Beachbum Berry Remixed
   
   
4. Beachbum Berry's Sippin' Safari
   
   They're all fantastic. But if you only buy one, start with Smuggler's Cove. It's just an incredible wealth of information and it's a lot more current than the others. It's also very useful if you're looking to expand your tiki repertoire since it has a lot of information on bar equipment, rums, syrups, etc. that the other books lack.

This is the one for me. Cheap, works well, easy to clean!

I had a similar set of restricted circumstances a while ago, and I settled on a Dark 'n' Stormy. Two ingredients: black rum and ginger beer. Doesn't require a garnish, although a lime wedge is nice. If you can keep the ginger beer cold, you don't necessarily need ice.

They're pretty easy to make. I got this measuring glass, drew a dark black line in marker at the 2 oz line. It's 2 oz of rum, and then 5 oz (one full glass) of ginger beer. Done!

I keep it simple and go with a classic bay rum scent. This stuff from amazon is great and cheap!
Bay Rum

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Here is something a litte different than the other suggestions, but it might be a fun read. The Parrot Talks in Chocolate: The Life and Times of a Hawaiian TIKI Bar, Book 1 it's not long, 162 page paperback. and there are 4 in the series.

Sure thing! Here's the recipe:

2 oz. white rum (I used Tailwinds silver. A local distillery which is no longer in business unfortunately. Other white rums will do the trick though)

1/2 oz. hibiscus syrup (I used Floral Elixir Co. Hibiscus Elixir)

1 oz. lime juice

1 oz. simple syrup

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Shake with ice in a shaker and strain in a coupe. Garnish with a lime wheel and an edible [dried] hibiscus flower. These lovely coupes are from Libbey. (Found on amazon. Looks like they're temporarily sold out? They're super fun. I was, however, disappointed that one of mine broke after 1 use, and one arrived with a strange bubble/ripple in it).

You're referring to the flowers on the drinks themselves? That purple flower in Smugglers cove is an edible orchid, you can buy them on the Sams Club site. If you live in the San Diego area (they grow them here), Restaurant Depot sells a box of 50 for $13 - but you'll need a business license to shop there. Any flower you use in your drink should be edible just to make sure you're not throwing anything poisonous in there. Non-flower garnish often includes mint and pineapple fronds.

Not exactly traditional but I like Tiki Creeps Invaders from Beyond the Sound of Surf

And of course you have to have Martin Denny's Quiet Village for the traditionalist.

I fully subscribe to James Teitelbaum's (author of Tiki Road Trip) idea of rating tiki bars on their "TiPSY" factor. That is, "Tikis Per Square Yard". The more tikis the better, and those who call themselves tiki without any actual tikis in sight don't get my money.

Looks familiar: Tiki Mugs Party Pack https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0002NY7HM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_9wVcBb0A5EKJD