First, the citrus collection of the Hanbury Botanical Gardens, near Ventimiglia, Italy. Below the jump, a Givaudan 360° (use your cursor!) video about the citrus collection at UC Riverside. Then, a recipe for “Hearty Salad with Radicchio, Fennel, Grapefruit and Hazelnuts” from Berkeley café Bartavelle (you can find the recipe online here).
Wednesday scent of the day 4/29
It’s International Dance Day and Duke Ellington’s birthday. RIP Irrfan Khan. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in Diptyque Eau des Sens.
Reminder: 5/1 is May Day…
Something you could live in forever
When my daughter was born, I would place tiny dots of sandalwood oil behind her perfect little ears and in the folds of her delicate neck. She was the best smelling baby around; the combination of the natural scent of infant and sandalwood was heady, divine, something you could live in forever. It’s an unusual thing, to perfume babies, something that runs counter to today’s heightened wariness of unnecessary exposure to chemicals (though the perfume oil I used was natural, with no additives or preservatives).
— Read more in Perfuming my daughter: The scent of sandalwood was a way to connect with my culture and home— I followed its roots to learn more at This.
Zadig & Voltaire Girls Can Be Crazy ~ new fragrance
French ready-to-wear line Zadig & Voltaire has launched Girls Can Be Crazy, a new fragrance. Girls Can Be Crazy is a followup to 2018’s Girls Can Do Anything. and 2019’s Girls Can Say Anything…
We will bring Keukenhof to you, part 2
We haven’t checked in with the Keukenhof garden in Lisse since March, so here are a few updates. First, an 8 minute 360° (use your cursor!) walk though the garden. Then, below the jump, Managing Director Bart Siemerink talks about the different types of tulips. Last, Gardener Daan shows you the Beach Garden, Mill forest and the fountain.