Have you ever heard of "La Bénédictine?" It's a really smooth liqueur distilled from 27 different herbs/spices/plants and it's made in Fécamp! It gets its name from the Benedictine monks who lived in the abbey (do monks live in an abbey?), L'Abbeye de la Trinité, in town. You can actually visit the distillery and museum, in the Palais de la Bénédictine, the gorgeous building below.
The Benedictine monks invented this elixir in several centuries ago, and it was well-known in the area. Later, in 1863, Alexandre le Grand learned the secrets (I don't think under bad pretenses) and decided to market it, naming it "La Bénédictine" after the monks who first invented it. Its success was immediate. It's sold all around the world, and there are about a dozen cocktails that use Benedictine in them, though I've only ever tasted it on ice.
D.O.M. (Deo Optimo Maximo, latin for "To God, the greatest and the best"
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