Above hang stars, low in the night sky, so close Philida can smell them, "clean, like new washing", fragrant like nutmeg and bruised grass.
A few nights later, I attended a preview party hosted by Riverhead Books and Food52 for Mandy Aftel's wonderful new book, Fragrant: The Secret Life of Scent, which comes out this October.
Aftel sells her fragrances with names such as Palimpsest and Lumiere at aftelier.com, and now in her new book, "Fragrant: The Secret Life of Scent," she shares her passion and scholarly expertise with readers, describing her meticulous research into ancient resins and Renaissance recipes and her world travels to source ambergris, incense and rose oil.
Her new song booms through air fragrant with the fresh-paint smell of things going right.
From the April 16, 2016 New York Times article, "Persian Cuisine, Fragrant and Rich With Symbolism" it is written, "The repertoire of dishes is fragrant, diverse and highly refined, based on complex culinary techniques.
Yeasayer, an acclaimed Brooklyn-based band, has already hit the indie big time with their two previous albums, 2007's All Hour Cymbals and 2010's Odd Blood, and now they're planning to release tracks off Fragrant World, their newest album, through the magic of an internet scavenger hunt.
To distinguish Velchi from other non-fragrant indica accessions, a new marker (velbadh2-p-UTR) has been designed to identify this 5 bp difference, which could distinguish 'Velchi' from non-fragrant rice accessions and can be useful in breeding for development of fragrant rice varieties via marker-assisted selection.
Do they smell rich, fragrant and fresh?
Yo Ho Ho Malin + Goetz Rum Body Wash A rum tonic comes to mind when using this foaming, fragrant body wash from the New York-based apothecary.
In winter, you're looking at hearty lamb shanks, fillets of beef and magret de canard; in summer, expect Dutch asparagus with new potatoes, young peas in salads, and fragrant strawberries in sweet "soup".
