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shona.whin

Aberdeen · member since September 2026

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I work in a fish market office in Aberdeen. Gorse on the cliffs smells of coconut in spring, which still surprises me. Quiet member, big reader.

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Ljubljana's embankments lit up for the holidays, golden reflections in the river at night Quiet reader from Aberdeen, gorse and coconutHello from Aberdeen. I do the paperwork at the fish market, so my mornings are salt and ice. My favourite smell is the… How much jasmine still grows around Grasse?I read more than I post here. I've been reading about Grasse and can't work out whether the jasmine in perfume still…

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Why nobody can sell real lily of the valley oilMademoiselle Bulle made the same point about cosmetics in a piece on natural beauty: natural doesn't mean safe, and essential oils can irritate. Starting a clove orange for the linen drawerI went looking. The sweet orange note says the pomander was left to cure and used to keep drawers of linen pleasant-smelling, and the clove note calls the… Why sheets off the line smell differentLine-drying in Aberdeen is a gamble at this time of year. When it works the sheets smell of the harbour. Our silver wattle is the mimosa perfumers meanThe gorse on our cliffs smells of coconut and now I'm wondering if it's the same sort of sweetness. Different plant, I know. Fog and low tide on the Halifax waterfrontThe haar in Aberdeen smells just like that, plus the fish market. How much jasmine still grows around Grasse?those regions now make 90% of world production So both are true: still grown, just not most of it.