Edouard Manet-Bouquet of violets (Oil on canvas 1872) – for more Manet works check : https://www.artsy.net/artist/edouard-manet
Common violet , tiny beauty,hides in semi shades of forest edges. Sweet scent betrays easily overseen plant. Modest in nature this flower entered world art galleries ,literature and music,biggest artists love her since ewer, perhaps for it is plant from everyday life with smell from heaven?
http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/U7AUclm14UA?version=3&hl=en_US
Listening to the music,would you treat yourself with something special? My favorites are violet pastilles from Flavigny. I love their violet flower, and the decorated oval box makes me remember the summer far ago, when I got a tiny box of violet pastilles from my mother.Since then for me this little pastilles bear memories of almost forgotten summers when eating violet candis we tried to imagine what would the coming summers look like…..
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http://anis-flavigny.com/boutique/en/original-range/2-oval-tin-50g-violet.html
My Botanical Garden 
2 replies on “Viola odorata and pastilles from Favigny”
I love this post! I remember we used to be able to get that candy here at a few import shops…haven’t seen it in ages, though.
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The same situation here, the old box (ompty ) ia all that I’ve got ! But perhaps next week in Italy I can find them? Fingers crossed 😉
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