‘In perfume, iris usually has that powdery, inside-a-nanna’s-poshest-handbag smell I so love’
It seems impossible to begin to make recommendations for Christmas scents (and I can’t claim to be bowled over by any), so I’m narrowing things right down to one ingredient with which I’m currently besotted: iris.
Ironically, the iris flower itself has no smell, but when the root is cleaned and dried for several years, it takes on the loveliest warm, earthy and soft quality. In perfume, it usually has that powdery, inside-a-nanna’s-poshest-handbag smell I so love, but please don’t dismiss it if that’s not your poison – iris is more versatile than you might think.
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