Flowers are used to be floated in bowls of water to scent the room, as a fragrant decoration for bridal beds, and for garlands. It is also the flower sacred to the Hindi god Vishnu, the consort to Lakshmi-the god and goddess of love!
Everytime I look for hidden meaning, I often discover (to quote Sigmund Freud) “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar”. Such is the case with the new release Oud Shamash for The Different Company. M. Duchaufour was so kind as to tell me about its origins in his own words.
Burqa burqa burqa. It’s hypnotizing to repeat as a mantra, as if in an indolent narcotized trance state, isn’t it?-Ida Meister
Charna Ethier of Providence Perfume Company has been a very busy lady lately.
Besides her own booming cottage industry, composing all-natural perfumes, body oils, and now, solid perfume balms -Charna was agonizing about releasing her new solid perfume
Would they be good enough? How was their longevity? Were the fragrances true? Worry worry worry. Charna needn’t have worried.
MoonDance was created to celebrate my birthday, and was released on that day, October 5. My adult life was graced with Van Morrison’s beautiful, soaring song Moondance, which called out for me to honor it with a perfume.-Anya McCoy
There is meaning behind the words “April showers bring May flowers”, its reminder that even the most unpleasant of things, in this case the heavy rains of April, can bring about very enjoyable things indeed – in this case, an abundance of flowers in May the sign of renewal.
