Scents and Fragrances from Africa
Dabney Rose’s post about the potent scent of her Moonflowers on Facebook, jolted back to my mind my youthful memories of Moonflowers. My mother was wise in teaching me early which plants were edible and which ones were poisonous. When she introduced me to Moonflowers, I was enthralled. That it was also poisonous only added to its mystery to me. To me it was like a femme fatale; mysterious and seductive, with the deadly [Read more...]
Love, love, love … Valentine’s Day is upon us again with little red hearts and Cupids fluttering everywhere. Cupid is of course the Roman version of the Greek Eros, whose mother was Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty, love and sexuality. It was from Aphrodite that the word Aphrodisiac is derived from. Valentine’s Day is especially a time when all things Aphrodisiac related seems to surface. [Read more...]
Myrrh and Frankincense have had spiritual significance since ancient times and they also were adopted as medicines for physical ailments. When referring to this pair of herbs, many people might immediately think of their historic importance in religion. The herbs are best known through the story of the Three Wise Men (Magi) [Read more...]
With the wonderful reviews posted on the perfumes submitted for “The Mystery of Musk Project,” I noticed that quite a few of the perfumes contains Hyraceum. So I thought this would be a good opportunity to explore the “mysteries” of Hyraceum. [Read more...]
