THE FRENCH CANCANSink your eyes into this mouth watering blend of zesty flavours featuring the myth of Parisian nights and the cabaret atmosphere. With its flamboyant petticoats, famous leg lifts.. In the mid 19th century, the term cancan referred to a quadrille, a kind of square dance. It drew its inspiration from the lives of laundry women, who had a mischievous habit of proudly flashing their clean petticoats, and gave rise to a popular dance, a way for working