Tag: Tobacco

“Once I came to you as smoke and cognac, / which is to say something to take / into the mouth. I didn’t mind / being pure pleasure…” –“Ambre Narguilé”

SILLAGE #2: Ambre Narguilé * Poetry + Prose * Jehanne Dubrow

aromatica poetica November 14, 2023

Aromatica Poetica is delighted to present the second in a series called Sillage by Jehanne Dubrow. She is the author of several books of poetry and prose that dance with our heart’s senses, including Taste: A Book of Small Bites, which we highly recommend! Each of the 12 poems are written in the voice of a specific perfume—this one is Ambre Narguilé—and were begun during the height of the pandemic. For this Sillage series, the poems are paired with a …

Three chocolate raspberry cupcakes with pink frosting sitting on a yellow and green plate floating in an aqua sky with brown swirls. By Alabaster Rhumb for Clarice Hare poetry.

“Psychedelic Hazelnut Cupcakes” & Other Poems by Clarice Hare

aromatica poetica June 4, 2020

Psychedelic Hazelnut Cupcakes An unassuming cupcake! Other cupcakes would call it a scrumptious masterpiece. But this one is just a cupcake! The aroma coming from the cupcake is like the high- ground tobacco grasses that blend with our harmonious autumn lands. It is sweet and sour. Almondy. Cranberry-tinged. Sweet, but savory, and just a little bit juicy. Honey, almond, and cinnamon. Vanilla. Just the right amount of spices in the flavor. Honey, and chocolate. Apples, but I didn’t add any …