Lavender of Provence

The night is fresh-washed and fair and there is a whiff of flowers in the air. Wrap me close, sheets of lavender.  Pour your blue and purple dreams into my ears. The breeze whispers at the shutters and mutters queer tales of old days, and cobbled streets, and youths leaping their horses down marble stairways. Pale blue lavender, you are the colour of the sky when it is fresh-washed and fair...I smell the stars...they are like tulips and narcissus...I smell them in the air. --from Men, Women and Ghosts by Amy Lowell

Before taking up the story of Lavender in Provence I would like to once again mention a few important things that are a recurrent theme in the different articles presented about aromatic plants and their essences. The story of each precious essences as it proceeds from field to distillery is a very ancient one, appearing in many forms in different times and cultures. It is my feeling that if we can learn to appreciate the totality of the story of how an essence comes into existence, it may help us to appreciate these liquid gems of nature even more. Read on...

Lavender Memories Perfume

The scent of Lavender is often associated with some of life's most simple and precious memories. Its sweet, clean, herbaceous bouquet penetrates straight to the heart and opens open lovely vistas on the past. This is what I have tried to capture in Lavender Memories perfume.

Essential oil and absolute of lavender blended together give a more complete olfactory profile of this gentle botanical treasure. Its ethereal nature is boosted with a touch of rose otto, and its depth is strengthened with the addition of fir balsam absolute. More...

August Updates

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