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Pays Dogon – vegetal and woody and earthy

Dogon cliff dwellings, Bandiagara escarpment, Mali

Mandarina Corsica – warm summer nights and the smell of candied mandarins and immortelle

Photo Courtesy of L'Artisan Parfumeur

I have a very dear friend who lives in London. We don’t see each other as often as we’d like, and travel plans to meet up this summer have fallen through, so we came up with the idea to take ‘Scented Vacation’ together.

Fleurs de Citronnier – delicate and floral and fresh

Lemon flower and fruit

Fathom V – green and greener and greenest

Spray breaking over The Cobb, at Lime Regis, England

Eau de Narcisse Bleu – green and floral and woody

Photo: perfumeniche.com

I was scouring my favourite food writers for inspiration for a Sunday dinner when I came across this preamble for recipes by food writer Nigel Slater in The Guardian:

Amara – warm and woody and uplifting

Image - Wikimedia - Angkor Wat at Sunrise by Jpatokal, Dec. 2, 2006

Marescialla – unique and evocative and enticing

Sales Hall, Farmacia di SMN in Florence by Sailko, 09/22/2009

Bruvuvu – woody and cozy and evocative

Santal 33 – woody and floral and leathery

 

 

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