Word: patchouli
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...late 1999 Nassif launched the Caldrea line of cleansers, with multilayered fragrances like lavender-pine and green tea--patchouli. A little over a year later, she added the Mrs. Meyer's clean day brand, which features single-note aromas. (Mrs. Meyer is the real name of her thrifty, no-nonsense mother.) The products are sold mostly at specialty shops like the Container Store, high-end grocery stores like Whole Foods Market and other upscale locales. Nassif's company also produces the Essential Oil Collection of cleaning products for the catalog retailer Williams-Sonoma. Overall company revenue has doubled annually...
...citrus soaps and berry body lotions, designer-housewares stores such as Williams-Sonoma and the Terence Conran Shop are offering household-cleaning products--dishwashing soaps, floor cleaners and countertop sprays--infused with essences fit for a Zen retreat. Consumers can choose among scrubs that smell like green-tea patchouli, citrus-mint ilang-ilang or basil lemon verbena. For the most part, the earth-friendly cleansers are "plant derived," meaning they don't contain man-made substances like ammonia. Degreasers by the manufacturer Caldrea get their punch from birch. In price, the products can't compare with Palmolive's, but they...
...comfortable and ingenious as they are, are too much plastic and Formica. But there is a sense of shared adventure among those onboard, a leisurely and good-natured spirit. Travelers rush to the windows together and marvel at sights like the 11 1/2-ft. pet alligator in the pool at Patchouli, Miss. Free from seat belts and sardine-can seating configurations, they roam the cars and trade stories. When there are discomforts or inconveniences, they share a laugh about them. Most of the time those packed-in planes really will get you there faster, but I can attest to this...