English Lavender

Senteur Lavande Anglaise / Old English Lavender

Yardley 1873 Perfume

I haven't thought about "Yardley's English Lavender" in a long time. Somehow and at some point, the memory of it faded away. As time goes by!

This was the scent of my early teenage years; you smelled so clean and above all, a bit different from the school friends. That was so important! A little bottle of it was always in my bag: you never knew what might happen ...
Even years later, I used this to wipe out the cupboards; a few drops of "Yardley's English Lavender" in warm water and the work was doubly rewarding. The shelves were clean and the lovely lavender scent welcomed the fresh laundry. Of course, it had also absorbed a bit of it, even if it was just the hand wash with the last rinse water.
And a drop on the handkerchief before we "went out nicely" was simply part of it.
Just like the matching soap in the porcelain dish in the bathroom and the supply of it in the linen cupboard.

Only now and here do I remember this fine, unobtrusive scent that floated so pleasantly over everything, so cozy and unexcitedly enveloped.
It is probably time for me not only to remember but also to search for a bottle of "lavender water."
It may sound a bit old-fashioned, but it feels just right.