Might seem out of season for December in North America, but air conditioners have been on at my latitude for a couple of days, and . . . even in The Herbalist, I detect a touch of what I'm coming to think of as the MacDuff's house olfactory accord: a touch of sweet, approaching or hinting at gourmand. How maple and bitter greenery can cohabitate harmoniously seems like some kind of mind-expanding wizardry.
However much you may acquire, you will always wish to acquire more; satiety is a dream which will always elude you. — Bertrand Russell on shaving soap