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The Language of Smell

  • Hyraceum

    by Abigail Hinsman
    Hyraceum . "Africa Stone." Petrified urine and fecal "rock" excreted by the Cape hyrax (Procavia capensis, "dassie," "rock hyrax"). Southern Afric...

  • Jasminum polyanthum

    by Abigail Hinsman
    Jasminum polyanthum. Many-flowered jasmine. Winter jasmine. Pink jasmine. Native to: Myanmar, China.   The scent of Jasminum polyanthum is so cream...

  • Paperwhite narcissus

    by Abigail Hinsman
    Paperwhite narcissus. Narcissus papyraceus Narcissus jonquilla Narcissus tazetta Related to jonquil and daffodil, Paperwhite narcissus carries a...

  • French Lilac 1: Lamb's Head

    by Abigail Hinsman
    The French lilac I use in my enfleurage are from my family's 35-40 year old heirloom trees. They have 4 varieties, but we no longer know the names ...

  • Lily of the Valley

    by Abigail Hinsman
    The sprightliest green flower aroma, with no vegetal collateral. The scent of freshly pressed wheatgrass juice before it hits your lips, sweet pea ...

  • French Lilac

    by Abigail Hinsman
    French Lilac . The scent is not shrill, frilly, or fussy. Cool, with the enthusiasm of a recently melted spring stream, lilac evokes the sensation...

  • Balsam poplar - Populus balsamifera

    by Abigail Hinsman
    On the North American continent, Populus balsamifera is the northernmost hardwood tree, growing transcontinentally across much of Canada and Alaska...

  • Honeysuckle - sweet invasion

    by Abigail Hinsman
    Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle) is considered an invasive species in the United States. I'm not going to get into the nativist politics of...

  • Tuberose "Omixochitl"

    by Abigail Hinsman
    "Omixochitl" ("bone flower" in Nahuatl: "omitl" "bone" and "xochitl" "flower"), was cultivated and prized by Nahua in pre-conquest Central Mexico. ...