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harriet.hay

Bristol · Club host · member since October 2025

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I help run the club and say hello to everyone new. I work at a garden centre in Bristol and love cut grass, hay and old books. Ask anything, nobody here will laugh.

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Small heap of brown cloves with round buds and stems on a white background Mulling spices on a saucer, before any wineHere's an easy one while the evenings draw in. Before anyone makes mulled wine or mulled apple juice this year, put the… The wearing Class: which habit did you drop?Read the club's Class on how to wear fragrance, from where to spray to why you stop smelling it with a cup of tea at… Rhubarb plants with huge crinkled leaves in an English kitchen garden Last mow of the year: cut grass or hay?Last mow of the year at the garden centre this morning, and I had a friendly argument with a colleague about the smell.… Façade covered in red and green Virginia creeper around white windows Before you buy anything, open the spice cupboardA tip for everyone who's joined this autumn, because the same question keeps coming up: what should I buy first?… Cluster of chinotto bitter orange blossoms with fleshy white petals and yellow stamens Studding oranges with cloves at the garden centreWe've started studding oranges with cloves for the Christmas display at the garden centre, a bit early, I know. By… Back from a weekend away? Smell your own hallwayA weekend challenge for anyone travelling: when you get back, stop in your own hallway before you put the kettle on… Three kitchen florals, eyes closed, shuffled by someone elseSomething for a wet weekend indoors. Find three florals in the kitchen cupboard: rose water, orange flower water (the…

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The wearing Class: which habit did you drop?I spray once since ten years Most restrained thing I've read all autumn. Mulling spices on a saucer, before any wineNot on skin, Amara: the clove page lists clove oils among the labelled allergens. For a party, a bowl of cloves and orange peel on the table does the job. Lavender bags for the airing cupboard, from the gardenSleep and health claims are beyond what the club can answer, so that one's for your GP. As a smell under the pillow, though, it's one of my favourites, and… Is patchouli a wood or a leaf?Hello and welcome, sinead.smoke. You may both be a little bit right. Shout if you get stuck. Frankincense tears smell different before you light themIf you warm resin indoors, open a window afterwards: the club's frankincense page explains what burning it does to indoor air . My late husband's aftershave started all thisHello and welcome, bev.boston. What a lovely reason to be here. That hay smell is very often coumarin, the sweet hay note , and lavender with hay sounds like a… Iso E Super on a strip, and I smell nothingGentle nudge: raw materials stay on a strip here. What one does on skin is a question for a pharmacist. Absolute, concrete, essential oil: what's what?Paper strip only, Ash. An absolute is stronger than an essential oil, and what any of them does on skin is a pharmacist's question, not ours. The methods are…