Re: Re: OT-CHAT: Iris fragrance

From: hipsource@aol.com


........And then there is this choice bit which may prove useful to know....

" In speaking of the Iris, Pliny said: 'If one will dig the root, let him 
scatter honey water about him for three months to appease the earth with 
flattery, mark a three fold circle about him with the point of his sword, 
pull out the root and raise it to the heaven'. This ritual which seems to 
have been considerably observed by the ancient herbalists and apothecaries no 
doubt owes its origin to the fact that phosphorescence is shown by the 
fractured rhizome of Iris florentina, when dug at night."

Helen E. Ricketts, "The Use of Iris in Medicine and Perfumery," in Les Iris 
Cultives, Paris, 1923.

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