I was dreaming of sunlit memories and summer holidays. I could hear the kids in the neighborhood calling me to come out and play.
I could smell the fragrance of flowers wafting through the April breeze.
“I wake up to the scent of champak flowers and watch the sun glisten through the leaves
I breathe-in deeply
wanting to seize
its essence of joyAnd all I manage
to keep, is the faint note
of the pressed flower !”
Magnolia Champaca is a tropical flower known for its heady perfume. Fragrances have the power to elevate your spirits and trick you into feeling joy.
Considered among the great five flowers along with jasmine, rose, lotus and sandal, it is said to be the most headiest part of the cupid’s arrow!
The French couturier Jean Patou was thus inspired to create a fragrance using the essence of champaca flowers along with jasmine and rose. The signature perfume called Joy was an olfactory rage that went on to become a landmark as one of the greatest perfumes ever distilled by man. Wiki mentions it was declared the scent of the century in 2000 surpassing even Channel 5.
The Champaca flower is also known for its curative properties and is used extensively in Indian medicine. It is used to treat diabetes, gout, arthritis and its anti-inflammatory properties are used to treat cancer.
And, on an end note of heady perfumes, here’s one to tickle your memories, tell me which fragrance Al Pacino is attracted to in the remarkable 1992 film The Scent of a Woman.
