Mairehau

Leionema nudum
November 24, 2020

Angelique

 

Plant MAIREHAU

 

Visual

Fluffy-looking, hardy, yet delicate shrub with snowy white tiny clusters of flower at tips. Looks a bit like mingimingi leaves but no spikes and flowers look like miniature jasmine. Mid green leaves with brown splotches. 

 

Touch

Leaves are surprisingly soft. Delicate flowers with pretty stamen protruding. Woody stems that soften as they reach out. 

 

Smell

Flowers – cinnamon, powder, nutmeg? Spice.
Leaf – pungent, eucalypt? Tea tree? Pine? Musk. Unique!

 

Taste

Leaf – medicinal, sweet, musk.
Flower – floral, cream, bitter undertones, pine?

 

1st Level Emotion

Exotic, other-wordly, seductive, soothing.

 

2nd Level Emotion

 

Avalyn

 

Mairehau:
????: sparklers, fireworks, look like they should be larger somehow 
 
Touch: firm yet creamy
 
Smell: cookies, vanilla, 
when pressed- 4711 cologne
 
Taste: soapy, spicy leaf
Flower: citrus? guava? Minty?
 
1st impression: big flavor in a surprising package.
 
Ana
 
MAIREHAU
Cute little small flowers and small, long leaves, dark green with brown and red spots. White small version of pohutukawa.
Soft leaves but resistant, they seem to be stronger than you´d think. Sweet, honey like smell, perfume, incense, nutmeg, vanilla (flowers) and kitchen herbs the leaves.
Self assured, self-confident. It has a strength that isn´t ashamed of, is proudly powerful.
 
Victoria
 

Mairehau
Overall – Understated powerhouse, astonishing depth

Visual Touch Smell Taste
Pretty, soft tiny
leaves and
flowers,
reminds me of
miniature
pohutakawa,
also manuka.
Tiny flowers
robust and
strong.
Delicate long
thin leaves,
slightly
decorative
edges,
abundant.

Leaves, springy,
resilient, smiling.
Wiry, strong
branches
Flowers almost
imperceptible, silky,
face-skin

Flower - sublimely
scented, liquorice,
nuts, fennel
Leaf - unusually
fragrant, coconut,
peppery, liquorice,
thyme, spices

Leaf – bitter, spicy
pepper, kawakawa,
nutmeg
Flower – honey,
anise, hint of bitter,
vanilla, lavender

Emotion
1 st impression
Delightful, intriguing, layered, expressive, alluring.
2 nd impression
Exceptional, understated, astonishingly complex. Energetically cleansing. Rich.

 

Light syrup

Smell

Taste

Feel

 

Dusty, old fashioned

Mint, lemon, thyme, nutmeg

Intriguing, satisfying, soft and warm, contentment

 

 

 

 

 

Dark syrup

Less dusty, ripe fruit

Minty, flower-fragrance, lime undertone, herby

Bright, lifting, rounded

 

 

Ana

 

MAIREHAU (cont.)
The vinegar smells like the plant slightly, and it seems timid, shy. Flavor is very acidic, almost like lemon, also in the texture. It is sharp, pointy like needles.
Syrup has a strange aftertaste, old. Also the smell. 
It feels like a cat, who doesn´t care if you like them or not. It´s so hard to pin down, to define, to explain. 
Dark syrup has a good taste overall, deeper and more settled. Smells like a pool in the summer.

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