Sachets

A drawer opened in June, and the smell of lavender. Sachets are small cloth pouches filled with dried herbs, lavender or fragrant wood, long tucked into drawers, wardrobes and bedding in China, India and Europe. In China, embroidered xiangbao were hung from clothing at the Dragon Boat Festival to ward off illness. They are made from silk brocade, embroidered minority textiles and Indian cotton, often with a tassel. One scents a cupboard and adds a small note of color and craft to a dressing room shelf or a guest bed. The linen closet, improved.