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by Abigail Hinsman
When we in the US think of Gardenia jasminoides, what comes to mind is a ruffled white Southern belle found inhabiting gardens below the Mason-Dix...
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by Abigail Hinsman
Although we often think of tuberose as a bulb, like lily of the valley and bearded irises, they are actually rhizomatous perennials, putting out ne...
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by Abigail Hinsman
Today I welcomed 3 Gardenia nitida plants to my gardenia collection. My other 22 gardenias are all the more common Gardenia jasminoides cultivars....
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by Abigail Hinsman
Second tincture of the fresh fruit and seeds of cacahuatl (cacao, Theobroma cacao). In South America, where the plant was perhaps first cultivated ...
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baba de cacao,
cacahuatl,
cacao,
cacao fruit,
cacao pod,
chocolate,
cocoa,
fresh cacao,
fresh cacao fruit,
kagaw,
kakaw,
kakawa,
kakawatl
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by Abigail Hinsman
Native to Mesoamerica's deep tropics, the cacao is an ancient plant that fruits and flowers directly from the trunk in cauliflory. The seeds (cac...
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baba de cacao,
cacahuatl,
cacao,
cacao fruit,
cacao pod,
chocolate,
cocoa,
fresh cacao,
fresh cacao fruit,
kagaw,
kakaw,
kakawa,
kakawatl,
theobroma,
theobroma cacao
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by Abigail Hinsman
"Oakmoss." A staple note in perfumery, if not an ingredient. What is oakmoss? Well, it's not a moss for one, and it's not a single sp...
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by Abigail Hinsman
horbuncle - (noun) the coarse, pungent, and crusty fecal stench characteristic of a dead horseshoe crab (water arthropod).
I remember being...
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by Abigail Hinsman
Annona muricata
A wineskin shaped custard apple, green and covered in spikes. Cut in half, it is a white and black butterfly. A giant worthy of s...
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by Abigail Hinsman
Banana Champa
Banana Champak
Banana Champaca
Banana Champaka
Michelia figo
Magnolia figo
Literally, "in flower," enfleurage is a traditional meth...
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by Abigail Hinsman
The milky sacs of flesh around the seeds give off a fresh and soft passion fruit and plumeria aroma. A sweet flavor like green mango and starfruit....
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by Abigail Hinsman
Every day fresh blossoms are culled and laid on the pommade (plant based fats and waxes), and spent blossoms are removed. This ancient technique is...
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by Abigail Hinsman
Pelargonium graveolens "Attar of Roses"
Spicy play-doh, clay and rosewater, sandalwood, cinnamon, lavender musk rose, powdered pink lemonade. There...
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olfactory poetics,
pelargonium,
pelargonium absolute,
perfume poetics,
perfume writer,
perfume writing,
perfumery,
poetics of fragrance,
poetics of odor,
poetics of olfaction,
scent writing,
theory of olfaction
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