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  • Shadow of scents
  • Crossed paths
  • Along the way

03.31.2017 Floral hoax

Jan van Huysum (1682-1749) - Bouquet de fleurs dans un vase
Along the way

For sure these painted bouquets are authentic, bloom by bloom.

03.13.2017 Gardens…

Jan Brueghel l'Ancien dit "de Velours",  (1568-1625) - Le Jardin d'Eden, Musée Thyssen - Bornemisza, Madrid
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The original model of the garden is mythological.

09.05.2016 The rose and her wherefore

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Shadow of scents

The active agents in the rose moisturise, soften, tint, refresh and tone the skin.

08.19.2016 Flower power

Flower Power - photographie de Bernie Boston (©Bernie Boston) nominée au Prix  Pulitzer en 1967
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Flowers were used as a light-hearted way to disarm enemy guns.

07.22.2016 Bulb bubble

Le triomphe de Flore dans le char de la Fortune, vers 1640, par Hendrik Gerritsz. Pot (vers 1580–1657)
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The speculative bubble caused by tulips in 1637 has the experts split in two camps.

07.11.2016 the tuberose

gravures botanique Rousseau - 137 polyanthes tuberosa - polyanthe tubereuse
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The fragrant scent of tuberose spreads its renown.

07.09.2015 Way of flowers

meiji-uchiwa-e-courtisane-pratiquant-likebana
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Unlike a Western bunch of flowers where beauty is the underlying key, Ikebana’s purpose isn’t decorative but of harmony created by a rigorous balance…

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