This painting of Marc Chagall, Lovers in the Lilacs, has always striken me as the quintessential mark of an unanswered question which both love and flowers wear like a corona: how can the ephemeral be coaxed to last?
Lilacs especially live and die for …
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Patou Ma Collection: part 5
June 27th, 2008 — , book review, fragrance history, hyacinth, lilac, ma collection, patou, vacances from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
Mental Notes: Nuts on Matcha and Lilacs
May 6th, 2008 — , Matcha, Mental Notes, lilac from Ayala Sender @ SmellyBlog
Today (or is it already yesterday?) is an exotic nutty day - I was wearing Vetiver Tonka, which had that unique sesame seed note roasting in the background.Surprisingly, the traditional (unsweetened) matcha I had late this afternoon at Steeps Tea was n…
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April 27th, 2008 — , Ineke, Review, after my own heart, angelique lilas, en passant, lilac, niche, youtube from perfumeshrine @ Perfume Shrine
“April is the cruellest month, breeding
lilacs out of the dead land”says the famous line from the Waste Land.
Lilac has always stood for me as the very emblem of April, “stirring dull roots with spring rain”. So inextricably has the month been linked…
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