Re: OT-CHAT: Iris fragrance
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] OT-CHAT: Iris fragrance
- From: C* M*
- Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 16:53:27 +1030
From: "Colleen Modra" <irises@senet.com.au>
Kathy
Iris root (oris) has been used for many years as a fixitive for poipourri
etc, it's supposed to have a perfume but I've never tried. the only really
nicely fragranced iris I've come across is the old appropriately named
"Aperge"
Colleen Modra
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From: Haggstroms <hagg@alaska.net>
To: Iris-talk <iris-talk@onelist.com>
Date: Saturday, 26 February 2000 2:31
Subject: [iris-talk] OT-CHAT: Iris fragrance
>From: Haggstroms <hagg@alaska.net>
>
>A sort of off-topic iris question, which I've been wanting to ask for
>a while:
>My favorite fragrance is "Tiffany" which is described as a luxurious
>floral bouquet of Damascena Rose, Indian Jasmine, Ylang Ylang, Fleur
>d'Orange and IRIS (caps mine).
>It is very floral and very luxurious as the description says, and is
>somewhat sweetish at first, but has a lot of depth, many floral notes,
>and
>a certain elegance in the end. I cannot detect any of the above scents
>separately - they blend and none seem to predominate. I've never smelled
>
>a fragrant iris, so don't know what note it adds to this perfume. I'm
>wondering if the predominate note, if there is one, might be the Iris,
>in which case I would say fate is not without its ironies.
>Would a woman on this list have ANY idea, (perhaps one who is familiar
>with 'Tiffany'). How about you, Anner? You have an excellent way with
>colors - does that extend to fragrances? And if a man knows the answer
>to this, you get extra brownie points for sure.
>This is slightly off-topic, so if someone would rather e-mail me
>privately, that's fine.
>Kathy Haggstrom
>hagg@alaska.net
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