Notes from the Perfumery — ingredients

The Cabinet of Scentsa showcase of strange perfume materials from past & present. PRESENTED BY LVNEA Parfumerie Naturelle & Apothicaire and MTL OLFACTIONWhere: LVNEA Parfumerie Naturelle & Apothicaire160 rue St. Viateur E. #108 (entrance located on the corner of Casgrain ave.,, ground floor) When: 11:00 am to 6:00 pm on Saturday, August 29th and Sunday,August 30th, with guided tours & talks from 4:00pm - 6:00 pm on Saturday. Come satisfy your curiosity at the LVNEA studio & storefront. August 29th and 30th only, a curated collection of fragrant curiosities are yours to discover. See, smell, and submerge yourself into the world of arcane...

Traders from southern Arabia would conjure fantastic stories of the hardships endured to procure these precious spices, claiming that the pepper groves were guarded by poisonous serpents that had to be burned away in order to be harvested (a claim ‘substantiated’ by the peppercorns’ signature dark, shrivelled appearance).