Day 10 of cheap thrills from Target: Harry's Redwood Bar Soap. "....provides a balanced clean by removing what you don’t want (dirt, for example), while leaving your skin’s healthy, natural oils intact. Moisturizing ingredients including coconut oil and shea butter leave your skin feeling soft and smooth, and the sharp, clean scent of Redwood is the perfect way to kick-start (or wash off) your day. Redwood includes notes of evergreen leaves, sea salt, and sandalwood." $3.99 for 141g.
Burberry has launched Mr. Burberry Element, a new fragrance for men. Mr. Burberry Element is a flanker to 2016’s Mr. Burberry, and follows 2018’s Mr. Burberry Indigo…
The Chelsea Physic Garden, near London, was established in 1673 as the Apothecaries’ Garden. We start with an introduction, followed by (below the jump) the head of education, Michael Holland, introducing the wildlife living in the log pile and the wormery (6 minutes). Then 8 minutes on The Art and Healing Power of Plants, a 2019 exhibit in collaboration with Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust. Last, a quick introduction to 3 carnivorous plants.
It’s World Book Day, St George’s Day, UN English Language Day and Shakespeare Day. Also, Thursday, I guess. What fragrance are you wearing?
Me: partial credit in Starck Paris Peau de Pierre.
Reminder: on 4/24, wear a perfume by Santa Maria Novella, Sonoma Scent Studio, Smell Bent, S-Perfumes or Strange Invisible Perfumes if you have one…
One that’s [sic] stays with me [is] Laurie Lea’s As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning. In the first chapter, there’s the line ‘as I tramped through the dust towards the Wiltshire Downs a growing reluctance weighed me down. White elder-blossom and dog roses hung in the hedges, blank as unwritten paper, and the hot empty road – there were few motorcars then – reflected Sunday’s waste and indifference.' Even the blank white paper evokes a smell, this is all so beautifully filled with olfactory narrative for me.
— Lyn Harris of Perfumer H, quoted in Renowned perfumers share the books that inspire them at Wallpaper.