Layering aroma Yuzu fruit has an intriguing complexity—our local fruit is perfumed and fragrant with a hint of funk—and that can be hard to capture.…
alembicsAugust 4, 2022
The Beauty of Quince Quince is about to come into season, so what should we do with a harvest of this strange, ugly-beautiful fruit? At…
alembicsApril 17, 2020
Ode To Rose The scent of a beautiful rose is special, touching a place deep inside us, engaging a sensory apparatus older, more primordial…
alembicsDecember 19, 2019
Freesia, honeysuckle, jasmine, white ginger, gardenia, and orange blossom—all highly fragrant, creamy white flowers containing a magic chemical compound known as ‘indol.’ Indolic flowers are…
alembicsMay 28, 2019
The Green Pharmacy The inspiration for this rambling article issues from Barbara Griggs wonderful herbal go-to book The Green Pharmacy: The History and Evolution of…
alembicsDecember 9, 2018