Word: scent
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...ever thought Chanel No. 5 has too much ilang-ilang or Annick Goutal's Ce Soir Ou Jamais has too little Turkish rose, then it may well be time to concoct your own fragrance. And the best location for that is the world's scent capital?the French city of Grasse, just north of Cannes...
...know you're getting close to Mahaneh Yehuda when you notice the strong scent of cardamom and see the ultra-Orthodox Israeli men, in their black Homburg hats and long beards, scurrying home with their bags of vegetables. Then you spy the green-bereted Border Police, eyeing the noisy flow of customers from behind a barrier. And the once cheery mural now defaced with graffiti reading DEATH TO ARABS...
...newly hip Trincomalee, and?even if you haven't crashed in the traffic maelstrom or been totaled by zigzagging three-wheelers?you'll be in serious need of some rest and rejuvenation. Bliss it is, then, to pass through the Sanctuary Spa's pebbled portal, catching sight and scent of a blossoming frangipani tree...
Over the next four years, 5 a.m. was when I debated the dogmas of different religions, confessed life dreams over diet Coke and Carly Simon, exchanged tales of family turmoil while doing laundry and watching Scent of a Woman—something about the intimacy of the hour made it easier to open up to my friends...
...beware, my diligent students! Before feverishly cramming the libraries this reading period, be prepared to spend long hours studying sans food and drink. Sneaking in snicker bars and soda might not be possible as our favorite library L,amont, takes security measures to the extreme. If ever the sweet scent of food permeates the air, security personnel will be immediately signaled to patrol the library aisles, purging any nutritive substances in sight...