Who says new start says new smell, Nose interprets for you the scents and inspirations of the new year.
At this special time when we gather with friends after Christmas holidays, when we celebrate Epiphany eating king cake, when it comes to Mardi Gras/Carnival…an abundance of gourmandises arise, it’s time to take hold of life with both hands…

…Nose introduces four inspirations of this new period  : #brandy, #vanillaqueen, #musk, #ambernote

what #vanillaqueen inspires us

Vanilla is more than an ice-cream flavor. In fact, there are so many vanilla types that we can find in her various aspects… If it’s often associated with gourmand and culinary preparations, we can also find vanilla with leathery, animal, spicy, green or amber accents. In other words, vanilla and its thousand faces are totally fascinating.

The legend says that Vanilla was born from a divine love:

"In early times, the Land of the Resplendent Moon, was the kingdom of Totonocopan, ruled by the Totonacas. It was here in this tropical rainforest that vanilla was first cultivated and cured. It was here that the fragrance from the vanilla was so exquisite, that Papantla later became known as, The City That Perfumed the World. There was a time, however, before the reign of Tenitzli III, when there was no vanilla. In this city, Tenitzli and his wife were blessed with a daughter so incredibly beautiful that they couldn’t bear the thought of giving her away in marriage to a mere mortal. They dedicated her life as a pious offering to the cult of Tonoacayohua, the goddess of crops and subsistence. Their daughter, Princess Tzacopontziza (Morning Star), devoted her time at the temple, bringing offerings of foods and flowers to the goddess. It was during her trips from the forest that the young prince Zkatan-Oxga (Young Deer), first caught sight of Morning Star and immediately fell under her spell. Each morning, before Morning Star went into the forest in search of flowers for the goddess, Young Deer would hide in the undergrowth and await the arrival of the beautiful princess. One morning, when the clouds clung to the hills following the rain, Young Deer was so overcome with desire that he decided to capture Morning Star and flee with her to the sierra. Although Morning Star was startled by Young Deer’s abrupt arrival and ardent passion, she too came under the spell of their star-crossed destiny and willingly followed. Just as they reached the first mountains, a terrifying monster emerged from a cave, spewing fire, and forced the young lovers to retreat to the road. As they did, the priests of Tonacayohua appeared and blocked their path. Before Young Deer could utter a word, the priests struck him down and beheaded him. Swiftly, Morning Star met with the same terrible fate. Their hearts were cut from their bodies, taken to the temple and were placed on the stone altar as an offering to the goddess. Their bodies were then thrown into a deep ravine. A few months later a bush sprang forth so quickly and prodigiously, that within a few days it had grown several feet and was covered with thick foliage. Shortly after, an emerald-green vine sprouted from the earth, its tendrils intertwining with the trunk and branches of the bush in a manner at once delicate and strong, much like the embrace.  Everyone watched in amazement as, one morning, delicate yellow-green orchids appeared all over the vine like a young woman in love, dreaming of her lover. As the orchids died, slender green beans developed, and over time they released a perfume more splendid than the finest incense offered to the goddess. And so, this is how it came to pass that the blood of a young princess created the birth of xanat, or vanilla, the “nectar of the gods.”

#ambervanilla #gourmandise #vanillaleather #sweetness #childhoodmemories