The newest perfume from the independent natural line Providence Perfume Co is Love-In-A-Mist, a feminine floral fragrance named after a wildflower of the same name. Its composition includes notes of love-in-a-mist, mimosa, pink peppercorn, sandalwood and sweet clover.

The flower Love-In-A-Mist (Nigella damascena) is an annual plant with pale blue blossoms surrounded by delicate, ferny leaves. I’ve never seen it in “real life,” but it sounds like something that would have been mentioned in Elizabethan and Victorian verse, doesn’t it? And apparently it has inspired artists and artisans to create textiles and jewelry as well as some beautiful illustrations…

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