Was: Introducing ; Now: Piesse's Cryptic Scents

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> Hi Andrine

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> Yes, our posts were almost at the same time.

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> I couldn't find for " arome " but in my opinion is a kind of

abbreviation

> for an aromatic herb.

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> Bella

> from Tel Aviv

Bella, you are correct! It's Southernwood. I just found this by

comparing the Piesse info on my Poucher to the info in my Piesse

(1855 copy that I don't open too often -- gotta get a reprint so's I

can thumb through it. <grin> That's what happens when you combine a

penchant for really old books with a penchant for an art/science like

NP). I saw where Poucher updated other ingredients, including

putting Sweet Pea in English.

And now I see that Magnolia is, indeed, on Piesse's list. I missed

it before. Strangely, Poucher lists the Pergularia (Roy Genders'

spelling) as Pergaloria. I'm now wondering if it really wasn't a

cryptic term for Stephanotis (which I speculated on earlier), but

actually was used back then, as Pergularia odoratissima. Roy Genders

states that the English introduced it to India from Java and Sumatra,

and that the English called it West Coast Creeper. But I'm also

surprised that we, as avid perfume students, are not aware of it --

when, in contrast, many of us have heard of Stephanotis.

Well, I'm thinking that we've managed to mostly answer the three

questions that Adam put out there... Adam -- are you there? Did we?

Andrine