I remember wall hangings, rose petals, incense and potpourri, all combining to create a warm and intimate atmosphere.
As clouds of incense rose to the high glass vaults, there could be no doubt: in Bavaria, BMW is an ersatz religious cult.
As monks chanted and incense rose at the foot of the glassed-in pyramid, Mr. Bou Meng said he believed that one of those thousands of anonymous skulls might be that of his wife.
These distilled products became a specialty of the European medieval pharmacies, and by about 1500 the following products had been introduced: oils of cedarwood, calamus, costus, rose, rosemary, spike, incense, turpentine, sage, cinnamon, benzoin, and myrrh.
At 3 35, after many in the cathedral, including Mayor Giuliani, had lined the aisles to receive holy communion, Cardinal Sodano sprinkled Cardinal O'Connor's coffin with holy water, as a thurifer waved incense that rose toward the cathedral's vaulted ceilings.
BoHoCo (Bohemian Home Colonial), a home furnishings store at 91 Crosby Street in SoHo, lures shoppers with scattered rose petals and burning incense and sells jean jackets with beaded Buddha faces on the back ($350) and letter-size antique Indian Kama Sutra paintings ($850).
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.
THE Buddhist monk, staring intently at the smoke rising from an incense stick, said the government was destroying state-provided education because it was "easier to control uneducated fools".
Incense and sage smoke rose around the raw concrete building, making it appear almost mysterious.
