muguet

• “Along little cobblestone paths in the French hinterland, and at noisy intersections across the city, French 'vendeurs de muguet'* are warming street curbs with buckets of lilies of the valley and shouting "Le muguet du premier mai!”

  muguet - French Word-A-Day

• “Listen -- hear my son, Max, pronounce the word 'muguet': Download muguet. wav”

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• “Listen--hear my son, Max, pronounce the word 'muguet': Download muguet.wav”

  muguet - French Word-A-Day

• “The muguet, which is declared in the notes, is quite strong, but alongside its cool floral verdancy I also smell a stronger, high-pitched, colder – and “whiter” - flower, which I can’t help but think of as white lilies.”

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• “Also planted this year were several valerian starts, not far from the muguet which did not come up this year.”

  souci - French Word-A-Day

• “On the upper end of the spectrum was the Parfum – this was quite simply the most beautifully romantic perfume I had ever smelled, a distillation of pure white flowers centered on the white lily and muguet, and an ethereal dream of a scent.”

  A fragrance that changed everything: Anaïs Anaïs by Cacharel

• “I'm doing it with violets and a little muguet here and there.”

  I need spring!

• “I meant that odd, greeny muguet-like maybe LOTV stems? that Drama Nuui is conjuring for me....”

  I need spring!

• “The mango and jasmine was mostly mango, with the slightest hint of jasmine and quite delicious with an almost jelly-like texture of the mango filling; the muguet tasted primarily of almonds, the bergamot was intense and impressive and the violet-cassis was a heavenly balance of floral sweetness and tart red fruits.”

  My First Day in Paris

• “As it happens, my scent of the day was quite possibly the exact opposite of a muguet fragrance - Mukhallat Al Emirates, an Arabic oud-rose perfume oil.”

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