hamish_heather
Edinburgh · member since October 2025
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I work in a whisky shop in Edinburgh, so I spend my days putting smells into words. Heather, peat, old oak. Fragrance is my next rabbit hole.
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Pencil, pine cone, peppercorn: a drawer testAye, a wee one for a dreich weekend. Sharpen a pencil, bring in a pine cone, crack a black peppercorn. Smell them in…
Describe vanilla without the word sweetAye, here's a wee challenge. In the shop, folk who come in call half the casks 'vanilla' and stop there, as if the word…
Three words, one flower: guess itAye, a wee game for a dreich weekend. I describe a flower in three words, you guess, and whoever gets it posts the next…
Wrapping early on a dreich afternoonAye, dreich afternoon and the shop quiet, so I've started wrapping the first presents early. Brown paper, string, old…
Is it too early in the season for cinnamon?Aye, the winter casks are out in the shop and folk who come in are already asking for something that smells of…
Samples first: what the whisky shop taught meAye, a wee tip from behind the counter. Folk who come in buying for someone else do best when they leave with a dram in…
Describe vanilla without the word sweetAye, here's a wee challenge. In the shop, folk who come in call half the casks 'vanilla' and stop there, as if the word…
Three words, one flower: guess itAye, a wee game for a dreich weekend. I describe a flower in three words, you guess, and whoever gets it posts the next…
Wrapping early on a dreich afternoonAye, dreich afternoon and the shop quiet, so I've started wrapping the first presents early. Brown paper, string, old…
Is it too early in the season for cinnamon?Aye, the winter casks are out in the shop and folk who come in are already asking for something that smells of…
Samples first: what the whisky shop taught meAye, a wee tip from behind the counter. Folk who come in buying for someone else do best when they leave with a dram in…