First, two videos from the Botanic Gardens of South Australia. We start with gorgeous drone footage of fall colors at the Mount Lofty Botanic Garden, from May 2016. Then below the jump, sacred lotus flowers at Adelaide Botanic Garden in January 2017. Next up, “Spring Blossom Valley” at the Auckland Botanic Gardens, posted in January 2019 but I assume shot several months earlier. Then, 10 minutes of peaceful footage from Eastwoodhill, the national arboretum of New Zealand, from May 2017.
Friday scent of the day 4/17
Welcome to edition 5 of the Picture Challenge! Our community project for today: wear a perfume that matches the picture, which is Three Dancers, Mills College, 1930, by photographer Imogen Cunningham. (You can find more information here, or listen to a brief interview on Cunningham here.)
What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.
I thought about April Aromatics Ray of Light, but I ended up in Imaginary Authors Mosaic, for the energy + bright sunlight + concrete…
Cartier Les Epures de Parfum ~ new fragrances
Cartier has launched Les Épures de Parfum, a new trio of luxury fragrances celebrating “the original resonance and beauty of living nature”. Pur Magnolia, Pur Muguet and Pur Kinkan were developed by Cartier house perfumer Mathilde Laurent…
The daily lemming
Day 4 of cheap thrills from Target: Eos Shea Better Hand Creams. "Our Shea Better Hand Cream is all around awesome. Delivering 24-hour hydration, it brings together the super powers of lightweight shea oil and ultra-rich shea butter for both immediate moisture and lasting protection – that even lasts through hand-washing! Plus, our beautiful fragrances leave your hands smelling pretty great." $2.99 for 74 ml; Target has it in Pomegranate Raspberry, Eucalyptus, Coconut and Lavender; Eos also makes it in Pink Citrus.
Kauffman Memorial Garden x 3
Three videos from the Ewing and Muriel Kauffman Memorial Garden in Kansas City. All three were made over the last 3 weeks. First, an interview with Lori Arri, showing off her 2020 tulip display. Then below the jump, daffodils, with the William Wordsworth poem “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”. Last, Bryan Boccard talks about witch hazel.