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mo_from_leicester

Leicester · member since March 2025

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I run a corner shop in Leicester. Cardamom, rose and saffron are the smells of every family wedding I've been to. Here to learn the proper names.

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Bright red rose covered in dewdrops, with golden stamens at its centre Rose water, cardamom and every family weddingOur weddings all smell the same: rose water sprinkled at the door, cardamom in the tea, saffron in the rice, and the… Fuchsia pink rose wide open with ruffled petals, in a garden in Crete Rose and marigold garlands the morning after a weddingCleared up after my niece's wedding this morning. The garlands had been hanging all night, roses and marigolds on… My daughter is thirteen and wants a grown-up scentMy daughter is thirteen and has asked for 'a grown-up perfume' for Diwali. At weddings her older cousins wear something… Oak barrels stacked on racks in the half-light of a wine cave Diwali orders in, and the shop smells of gheeDiwali orders are in at the shop. Ghee, cardamom, a tin of saffron behind the till and marigold garlands by the door.… Saffron at weddings: spice or leather?Our weddings smell of saffron rice, rose water and cardamom. Now I'm learning the proper names, I see saffron filed…

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Describe a rose without using the word roseMo, a real garland, surely. A real one, marigolds and roses on a string. Good guess. My daughter is thirteen and wants a grown-up scentThree strips, then: rose with oud, rose with tea, and orange blossom on its own. I'll report back after Diwali. End-of-term presents that smelled of cinnamonWe had a teacher who kept a cardamom pod in her desk drawer. I can still smell that drawer. Rose water, cardamom and every family weddingRose with a little saffron, then. A step, not a leap. Saffron buns, and missing Lucia in BerlinThe club's page on saffron, where the smell only forms as the threads dry has the chemistry. We warm ours in milk before it goes in the rice. My girlfriend says she hates perfume, now whatMy wife is the same. She'd rather have a box of saffron than a bottle. Spices are a gift in our house. My daughter is thirteen and wants a grown-up scentThe paper test is a good idea. She'll feel grown-up choosing it herself. Sunday frankincense cone with the radiators onAt family weddings the frankincense and oud go round on a little burner, room to room. I'll admit nobody ever opened a window.