Solstice Pomander Perfume
The perfume theme for the is month of December is Pomander. The subject of pomanders and their
perfumes more vast than I imagined when I
began this newsletter. Many of you may have made the classic orange-studded-with-cloves holiday pomander at different times of your lives.
My mom and
I used to make them for the winter holiday fairs in Nevada City where we would sell them along with botanical wreaths that we created from wild
harvested botanicals that grew in the mountains around us, as well as from many organically grown dried flowers we cultivated on our land near
Camptonville located by the north fork of the Yuba River. The traditional aromatic holiday orange covered with
cloves is but a later
day version of the pomanders of the Renaissance and Medieval Times. More...
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