Blog Birthday and First Scents

August 29, 2013 by Lavanya

I know it sounds clichéd, but I can’t believe it has been four years since my first post in this space ( For, yes, there have been other spaces). I felt awkward writing that post, unsure who or what I was writing to. I am usually uncomfortable writing in a public space, preferring to write for myself or at least pretending I’m writing for myself during the process of writing. Yet there is that unaccountable need to share. What I […]

Categories: Art, Food/Drink, Memories, Scent, writing • Tags: blog birthday, memories, perfume, writing

A Curtain

October 23, 2009 by Lavanya

There was a curtain dividing the corridor near the kitchen, and the dining room. Sometimes it was tied in the middle, and then anybody passing through the corridor could see anybody walking by the dining table. But, most of the time it just hung loose, like a lazy yawn. I loved to pass through the space covered by the curtain, letting the curtain sweep on and over me. Often there were bells tied to it, making it an effort to furtively pass by. I don’t […]

Categories: Uncategorized, writing • Tags: curtain, memories

Perfume Notes : Tuberose and Tuberose Absolute

October 18, 2009 by Lavanya

Tuberose, or Rajnigandha as it’s called in Hindi, is my mother’s favourite flower. In Delhi, one of my father’s friends, when invited for dinner, would bring a bouquet of fresh tuberoses for my mother as a thank you. And then for the next day or so, a cool elusive smell would float in the living room – sweet, dewy and incredibly beautiful.That is my first memory of smelling tuberoses and it has been my favourite flower too, since. I have […]

Categories: Perfume Notes, Scent • Tags: memories, natural perfume, perfume, Serge Lutens Tubereuse Criminelle, tuberose, tuberose absolute