No. 21 · November
Saffron
This month's Top Notes follows one smell, saffron, from the dried thread to a finished accord. Free in the letter: the raw material on its saucer, my first mixing notes and the version I nearly left in the bin.
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One letter a month on one smell, followed from the raw material to a finished accord.