The Canhamaiana, despite "her exquisite chalky white petals with the texture of velvet," is a "strong, vital" little devil, with "petals and lips of a good firm texture.
If I wanted to give an impressive and grown-up candy present to somebody I'd call up Amelia Rope for her exquisite candied flower petals which are so delicate it's a crime to eat them.
The characteristic decorative idiom of his exquisite court abounds in minutely lifelike petals and complex looping foliage.
It's exquisite: a tender crêpe, decorated with petals and sunflower seeds, draped over carrots and plump littleneck clams, swimming in butter and carrot juice.
Those not attracted by the romantic and sexual freedom on display in the series, which stars James Norton, Lydia Leonard, Jack Davenport, Eve Best and Rupert Penry-Jones, are likely to be lured instead by glimpses of the extravagant cottage-style garden, exquisite this wet weekend with daintily dripping petals.
It is also the most exquisite: an inspired vision of mirrored ceiling, paper lanterns, fluttering petals and sliding panels, inestimably abetted by Peter Mumford's splendid lighting.
The Moët red carpet glamour cocktail - sour mix, Hum botanical spirits and champagne, garnished with a single rose petal – is said to "capture the essence of Hollywood glamour with exquisite notes of heady cardamom and kaffir lime".
John Bennett's "Lilac Vase" from 1878-83 (pistured) is gorgeously decorative, its surface brought to a glassy finish and festooned with sprays of white petals against a deep cobalt ground.Turning the surface of the vessel into an exquisite canvas a neutral surface to showcase the painter's skill is one way to transform the humble household item into a work of art.
In the video, before Doug launches into his exquisite takedown of Kevin Spacey (a man who has been paid, in a previous life, to watch rose petals explode out of Mena Suvari's chest), a deep, concerned exhale from the congested sinuses of Rob Ford is can be heard off camera.
The heartbreak of the memory is captured in the distracted fluttering of her fingers as she "counts" the duplicitous flower petals, but the near-ethereal lightness of the gesture also acts as pointer to Giselle's own exquisite nature.
