Lacrimae Rerum Perfume

An exquisite poignancy of salt and skin, crushed nicotania flowers, purple irises, Oregon Grape leaves, bitter orange, silver needle tea, guiacwood, weeping cypress, Isatis bark, and a sweet immolation of cloves."Now no joy but lacks salt,That is not dashed with pain And weariness and fault I crave the stain Of tears, the aftermark Of almost too much love,The sweet of bitter bark And burning clove." - Robert Frost Art: The Heart of the Rose by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, 1902