As with many things in Ireland the May Day festival of La Bealtaine has long been a blend of Catholic and pre-Christian traditions. The crowning of a local maiden as the May Queen has been replaced with The Crowning of Virgin Mary as the Queen of May. The perfumer Ms. McCurtin grew up in County Clare and remembers that as school children she and her friends went out to gather flowers from the meadows to make altars to The Virgin. Margaret Mangan’s mother has the same memories from her childhood. Those multi-generational memories were the starting point for the creation of Cloon Keen Atelier La Bealtaine. The beauty of Cloon Keen Atelier La Bealtaine is its floralcy. The well blended notes of neroli, jasmine, rose and tuberose are feminine and enveloping. Thanks to the generosity of Margaret Mangan of Cloon Keen Atelier we have one 100 ml bottle of Cloon Keen La Bealtaine for one registered reader in North America or the EU. The random winner of this draw is Keri. Please email michelyn at cafleurebon dawt com with La Bealtaine as your subject by 5/21/19 3PM EST. This is a deadline and no exceptions if you are late or misspell CaFleureBon. Please use your email from your comment so we know it is you. It would be wonderful and kind to write a thank you to in your email to Margaret Mangan as we do pass them on to the wonderful sponsors of these draws.
Please note that there may be a slight delay in getting this to you, so allow for 2-3 weeks. When you receive your perfume, please let us know!!!
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