Today being Good Friday, it is a day of abstinence from meat, if you are a Christian believer and of course, a day of obligation, meaning attendance at the Good Friday mass.
Being a good little boy (and more than a little fearful, thanks to a a staunch Catholic upbringing), I attended mass of course, and so I wore Heeley's Cardinal, about as incense-centric as it can get, although having written that, I can actually think of a few others that would have fit the bill, including Norma Kamali and Avignon, for example.
Sitting on a pew and feeling the solemnity of the occasion, it seemed appropriate to have wafts of austere and contemplative incense perfuming my immediate person.
Moving onto matters culinary, it was fish of course. I baked cod in foil, flavoured with a bit of salt, pepper and lemon and served it with sweet potato mash and coconut milk rice, with a hint of tamarind and lime. I think it was quite good, but whether that combination is good or not, I don't really know. Why don't you tell me, and also let me know what you had or are having for dinner this evening?
If you were going to a Good Friday mass, what perfume do you think would be appropriate? Would it be incense?
I was raised Catholic too, and perhaps that also helped me love scent. As I don't attend Mass anymore (unless I'm visiting my Mother on a Sunday) I didn't go today, but I also would wear an incense-based perfume. Happy Easter weekend, to you and yours, Michael.
ReplyDeleteCarol, the same to you my friend! As for incense, yes it seems like a natural environment for it. I suppose irrespective of one's beliefs, incense in various forms is used in a number of ceremonies across the world.
DeleteStrangely, the thing I appear to have abstained from today was perfume-- I simply forgot to put any on. But I can get behind a good church incense any day of the year, even though I'm a total heathen.
ReplyDeleteThat dinner sounds really enticing, Michael-- your description of it could almost entice me to eat fish (which I never do). Tonight, our dinner consisted of oven-broiled turkey-pork-leek burgers (the leeks being an excellent spring tonic) and a nice green salad.
Happy Easter to you and yours... and also to Miss Frida above! <3
Meg, no perfume?! Ha. What I've discovered slightly late in life is how nice sweet potatoes are. We never ate them growing up. My favourite way of eating them is slowly roasted, until they become sweetly caramelised. Happy Easter to you too.
DeleteIncense or myrrh, but probably myrrh, because I always cry at Good Friday services, and incense feels too warm and festive. Probably Serge Lutens La Myrrhe, or L'Erbolario's Myrrhae would work. I don't usually wear any perfume or jewelry on that day, though.
ReplyDeleteMarla, interesting you say myrrh. It's a note that tends to polarise people, I find, but when done well, is very good.
DeleteYes, defo incense for good friday. I too am Catholic and Armani Prive's bois d'encens springs to mind. This would be my choice (if I had a bottle (sigh...)
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