I don't like receiving bunches of cut flowers. Although the gesture is nice, it's a bit of a cliché and the cost to the environment can be alarming, and not really worth the brief feeling of pleasure you get from a bunch of blooms.
But that's not to say that I don't like roses - in particular rose oil - and if you consider that 1kg of this wonderful stuff represents 10,000kg of petals, suddenly twelve roses doesn't seem like that much of a gesture after all!
I'd much rather receive something like this new rose product from [A'kin] - Pure Rose Hydrating Mist - with rose oil, aloe and Vitamin B5. It's an Australian product, and also contains bush flower essences with wonderful names such as old man banksia, dog rose and tall mulla mulla.
Mist sprays are especially good to combat the effects of working in dry, air conditioned offices, or long car or plane journeys, as they calm and soothe the skin.
[A'kin] products are vegan and made without animal testing, and are free from parabens and sulphates. And a 125ml bottle of hydrating mist will give you pleasure and calm long after flowers in a vase have wilted and faded!
[A'kin] products are available from a number of online stockists and retailers - for more information visit www.purist.com
Sophy Colbert
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