It feels old-fashioned to hold the bouquet up and marvel at the small flowers, touching them one by one.
Muguet in French. Maiglöckchen in German.
It is curious to find references online to a perfume, first developed by Coty in 1941, based on the scent of lily of the valley.
Another French colleague spoke with me today of a grandmother, now deceased, who used to send her a card from France every May 1. There would always be a crushed sprig of lily of the valley enclosed. No one sends her May 1 greetings anymore, she lamented.
4 comments:
I always think of the Billings shape-note anthem "Rose of Sharon" whenever I see these flowers. Beautiful scent! It's tough to grow them here - it gets so dry in the summers.
The Billings is so fresh, so clean. Something aggressively innocent in tone, it seems at times.
Thanks for the reminder.
I remember the first time I smelled lilly of the valley. It still brings back memories of cleansing bathing.
Hello. Yep, Lily of the valley smell is remarkable.
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