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Heliotrope in Perfumes
By: Elena Vosnaki
It is often that we pass along bushes and
hedges without paying much attention
unless they possess either a striking colour
or a heady scent to draw us in.
Heliotropium,
an annual flowering plant (heliotrope)
belonging to the borage family
(Boriginaceae) comprising as many as 300
species, is small in stature, but magnificent
in both colour and scent (especially
heliotropium peruvianum with its
characteristic bright violet small flowers);
which is why butterflies are so fond of it!
THE HELIOTROPE PLANT
The most usual heliotrope variety grown is heliotropium arborescens, resembling a
small tree.
Garden heliotrope has been a constant feature since at least the
Victorian times, thanks to its delicious scent that oscillates between marzipan,
vanilla, cherry pie and almond (hence it
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