In 1932, Pierre and Machiel van Melle took a train to Poland to get a promising recipe for soft fruit caramels. Mentor entered the French and English vocabularies as a common noun meaning wise counselor circa 1750. Mentos were first sold in rolls in 1960. They are synonymous with freshness. In current American usage, master connotes slavery, sadomasochism and a famous golf tournament.
Mentor connotes career guidance.
Mentos bring to mind a series of bizarre commercial advertisements in which Mentos aficionados display their perky, irreverent freshness in everyday circumstances such as crowded airports, streets with difficult parking and busy cafes. My disciples,' he urges them, 'dedicate your lives to accomplishing the Buddha's great vow. The path of oneness of mentor and disciple, which in practice means basing ourselves on the same wish as the Buddha, is the very essence of Buddhism. It doesn't matter what comes, fresh goes better in life, and Mentos is fresh and full of life. Nothing gets to you, staying fresh, staying cool, with Mentos , fresh and full of life.