There’s nothing like smelling pungent, spicy, late-winter flowers in a cool and damp atmosphere. Right now, the inside of my poorly insulated house (here’s to fresh air, wool sweaters and good health!) smells of the sweet box blossoms growing outside, and my front porch has a fragrance powerhouse in bloom — Edgeworthia. Plum blossoms are starting to open along the lake road I take into work each day…talk about flower-power, visual and scent-ual. Though it’s officially still winter, I’m smelling “green” all around me.
My first experience with the BeauFort London Come Hell or High Water collection was not a success, but by chance, Fathom V (another member of the Come Hell or High Water quintet) found me, and I’m glad it did — it’s a perfect cologne for the chilled, wet and perfumed springs we enjoy in Seattle…