Ocimum basilicum
.
It is the botanical name of basil, sometimes also called royal herb - from the Greek
basilikos
which means royal.
It must be said that since Antiquity, herbs such as sage, rosemary but also basil therefore belong to the world of the divine,
"that of the dry, the warm and the healthy smell",
notes Elisabeth de Feydeau in her
Dictionary perfume lover
(Plon).
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Some also grant them therapeutic virtues.
Although there are many varieties of this herbaceous plant with tiny white flowers, sometimes pink, a few tender leaves of big green basil crumpled between the fingers are enough to exhale an instant breath of freshness that stimulates the nostrils and tickles the taste buds.
The director of creation and olfactory heritage at Hermès Parfums, Christine Nagel, dreamed of putting this simple, lively scent in a bottle with
“an assertive vegetal signature”.
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With, in mind, the memory of the stall of a…
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