Since Christmas 2021, Rich and I have gotten into collecting fragrances as a means of experiencing world travel destinations within our home. We've sampled and collected fragrances that smell of grass, greenery, wood, flowers, fruits, nuts, amber, vanilla, chocolate,(synthetic) musks, soil, burning leaves, resins, incense, soaps, and many more scent notes. There are expert "noses" who create fragrances for designer fragrance houses and niche fragrances houses: these are the people who create new fragrances for the extensive fragrance market. We have had so much fun learning from expert noses, and online amateur fragrance collectors. Almost two years in, we've become quite knowledgeable about a collection we enjoy right at home every day! 🦋🧡🦋
Mine is definitely cooking and baking. I absolutely love both. As a result of growing up with my mother and her mother teaching me, I have absolutely no idea once I've finished making something how I did it. People ask for recipes and I laugh. I simply don't know how much a "grammas handful" Is.nor do I know how much fits in my cupped hand. I tried to remake something once by measurements, dutifully pouring ingredients from my hand into measuring devices, it was beef stroganoff, it was so horrible. So I cook and bake and most love my results . But, I can't share a recipe, as a matter of fact, I can't follow one either because I adjust them all to what I think.
I am the same way with cooking--I never measure precisely and so my recipes are never accurate. I think cooking is a perfect example of being able to enjoy something without being an expert, or, rather, we're all experts in what we like best! Thanks for sharing this lovely memory of your mom!
Since Christmas 2021, Rich and I have gotten into collecting fragrances as a means of experiencing world travel destinations within our home. We've sampled and collected fragrances that smell of grass, greenery, wood, flowers, fruits, nuts, amber, vanilla, chocolate,(synthetic) musks, soil, burning leaves, resins, incense, soaps, and many more scent notes. There are expert "noses" who create fragrances for designer fragrance houses and niche fragrances houses: these are the people who create new fragrances for the extensive fragrance market. We have had so much fun learning from expert noses, and online amateur fragrance collectors. Almost two years in, we've become quite knowledgeable about a collection we enjoy right at home every day! 🦋🧡🦋
Oh fun! My mom has an extraordinary sense of smell, and I suspect she would enjoy this too!
The last story was so funny, lol!
I'm just glad that poor Effie got a happy marriage in the end!
Mine is definitely cooking and baking. I absolutely love both. As a result of growing up with my mother and her mother teaching me, I have absolutely no idea once I've finished making something how I did it. People ask for recipes and I laugh. I simply don't know how much a "grammas handful" Is.nor do I know how much fits in my cupped hand. I tried to remake something once by measurements, dutifully pouring ingredients from my hand into measuring devices, it was beef stroganoff, it was so horrible. So I cook and bake and most love my results . But, I can't share a recipe, as a matter of fact, I can't follow one either because I adjust them all to what I think.
I am the same way with cooking--I never measure precisely and so my recipes are never accurate. I think cooking is a perfect example of being able to enjoy something without being an expert, or, rather, we're all experts in what we like best! Thanks for sharing this lovely memory of your mom!