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En plein air

Posted by Robin on 8 November 2019 6 Comments

It was during this trip, somewhere around Giverny, that I began to wonder if it would be possible to create an en plein air sniffing group — that is, an informal society of scent enthusiasts who would be happy and willing to sit outdoors, together, and inhale the air.

I was drawn to the simplicity of the project. Rather than lugging heavy and cumbersome easels, canvasses, paint boxes, and palettes, we would need nothing more than our own noses, a small notebook and pencil in which to jot down fragrance notes, warm clothing for cool days, straw hats for hot.

— Author Laurence Fearnley (aka Kanuka), in Sniff it: the novelist who wants to smell New Zealand at Newsroom.

Filed Under: perfume in the news
Tagged With: laurence fearnley

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  1. yasmina says:
    8 November 2019 at 1:14 pm

    Lovely article! But I am disappointed no one signed up for the sniff group. I would have!

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    • cazaubon says:
      9 November 2019 at 10:44 pm

      Me too! I love smelling interesting things outside.

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  2. Kathryn says:
    8 November 2019 at 2:26 pm

    How wonderful! It makes me want to hop on a plane to New Zealand to join the sniff group. Since I can’t do that I will just have to read all of her books instead.

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  3. sariah says:
    8 November 2019 at 7:53 pm

    Delightful

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  4. AngelaB says:
    8 November 2019 at 7:53 pm

    The pictures are lovely and evocative.
    I hope one day that I will be able to discern smells to that level of detail.

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  5. therabbitsflower says:
    11 November 2019 at 11:35 am

    Lovely read. Thanks for sharing it here.

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