Cypress, Piñon, Eucalyptus, Jasmine | A canopy of branches, a zen forest off the highway, a warm wind. You’re traveling north to return to a place you haven’t yet been.
SCENT: Tobacco, Vervaine.
Mono No Aware is a Japanese phrase translating most simply as a sensitivity to ephemera, bittersweetness, or the happiness that something has happened mixed with the sadness that it’s no longer happening.
SCENT: Coconut, Vanilla, Lime, Lychee.
A hot afternoon spent at Sarakiniko, a volcanic rock beach on the Island of Milos. Cold wine, a picnic of bread and honey, and a layer of sunscreen over salty skin.