First up, the Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum by drone. Then (below the jump) a one minute video of a magnolia tree in bloom at Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania, followed by the Atlanta Botanical Garden again, with “favorite spring plantings”.
Thursday scent of the day 4/2
It’s Almost-Friday, International Children’s Book Day and World Autism Awareness Day. RIP Ellis Marsalis. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in Dries Van Noten par Frédéric Malle.
Reminder: April is Poetry Month…
The damage so far: first quarter 2020 buying poll
Tax day might be postponed and we might all be stuck inside, but Donatella, Our Lady of Creative Perfume Math,1 is not going to let April go by without hearing the confessions of her flock. Donatella wants to know what you bought in the 1st quarter (January, February and March) of 2020.
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My purchases…
The daily lemming
From Nomad Noé, the Poet in Hangzhou candle: "Poet in Hangzhou is named for Qiu Jin, an anarchist poet who rallied Chinese women against oppressive traditions. Poet in Hangzhou is a lush, graceful fragrance, a cup of flowering tea unfurling its petals." With bamboo, gardenia, jasmine and tuberose, $65 at Arielle Shoshana.
Imaginary Worlds: Alice’s Wonderland
A two minute video about the Imaginary Worlds: Alice's Wonderland exhibition, held last year at the Atlanta Botanical Garden.