Very thankful that I get to enjoy both flowers and perfume! The English Garden describes which flowers are featured in which legendary fragrances: Which florals feature in iconic perfumes.
Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate it!

Very thankful that I get to enjoy both flowers and perfume! The English Garden describes which flowers are featured in which legendary fragrances: Which florals feature in iconic perfumes.
Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate it!
In last Friday’s Perfume Chat Room, I posted this: Perfume Chat Room, March 11. Despite this weekend’s sudden freeze, the flowers that were already blooming have survived nicely, except (of course) the camellia blossoms. I rescued several of the pink “Debutante” blooms yesterday to bring indoors before the frost got them.
My garden is about to enter its most glorious season, when the Coral Bells azaleas burst forth, the hellebores are still in bloom, and the dogwoods begin to flower. It is also before the weeds get going, and I can still imagine myself as having some control over them!
– Guest post by Rose Strang. Firstly, thanks Neil for hosting this interview on your excellent blog! Let me introduce myself – I’m an artist by profession and an occasional perfume reviewer for L.L.M. Edinburgh. Last month I interviewed Imogen Russon Taylor, owner and founder of Scotland’s first perfume house, Kingdom Scotland. Since L.L.M. isn’t […]
Interview with Imogen Russon Taylor, founder and owner of Kingdom Scotland — The Black Narcissus
From one of my favorite blogs, The Black Narcissus! This fascinating interview unites many of my ongoing interests: plants, botany, history, fragrance, and even a favorite country, Scotland. Enjoy!
P.S. The interview was done by artist Rose Strang, whose gorgeous paintings you may see here: Rose Strang Artworks.