Monday, July 25, 2011

Jasmine Lapis Lazuli


I fondly recall that Donovan got lapis lazuli into a song.
But wait there's more! Jasmine ...

Joe Bean's Theme

Long and lazy schooner
In lapis lazuli
Aquamarina
In a southern sea

Soft and sensual sunset
Sommerset Maugham funset
The warm breeze of evening
Caresses silk dresses

The lazy leaning lady's languid way
The lovely leading lady in our play
Soft eyed and always thirty
Jasmine fills the air

The lovely leaning lady's languid way
The lovely leading lady in our play
Soft eyed and always thirty
Jasmine fills the air

When I hear astrud
Jasmine fills the air
When I hear astrud
Jasmine fills the air
When I hear astrud
Jasmine fills the air

~Donovan Leitch the Hurdy Gurdy Man

guitar : Bbmaj7 – Bbm7
Eb – Ebm
Bbmaj7 – Bb6
Cm7 – F7
(F7) – Bbsus-Bb-Ab-Bb-F7 (three times)
Eb-Bb-F7



Jasmine filling the air is a real entity
I remember the first time smelling jasmine incense - magic
Sleeping under star jasmine bushes in California
Tasting fine jasmine teas
Jasmines remains a star performer in perfume

For summer, I have a spray bottle in the refrigerator containing jasmine tea and rose water to spritz on

If you're in Grasse, France, 2 August 2011, a jasmine event with Pierre Benard and others at the Musée International de la Parfumerie, includes presentations and 2011 perfumes using jasmine, including By Kilian. Click here


photos: Jasmine Merchant, Tunisian stamp 1955
Lapis Lazuli - lastor
Jasmine Flower - lastor