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Over the Sea to Skye: What the Crossing Actually Feels Like
Most people who can sing the Skye Boat Song have never been to Skye. It is a lullaby in houses where nobody has seen the Cuillin. Pipe bands play it...
Scottish Lavender: One Night at the Still
A record of one distillation run at Tarhill Farm this summer, from the cut to the morning after. Every one of our perfumes has something in it that was grown...
Going to the Berries: Blairgowrie's Berry Fields and the River Tay | Middleshade
For most of the 20th century thousands went to the berries at Blairgowrie each summer. What it was, why it ended, and the river that links it to our perfume...
Doric Oud: What Oud Actually Is (And Why Most of It Is Wrong)
Oud is the scent of a tree defending itself. A great many perfumes sold under the name contain little or none of the natural material.