Scents for the solstice

(Beijing Today)
Updated: 2006-12-19 09:30

6 Fragrant bottles

These bottles are full of flowers and medicinal herbs. Put them in your kitchen to perk up the room's aroma-just don't confuse them with the oor salt shakers!

Available: Hello Shop, No 52 Xisi Bei Dajie, Xicheng
Price: 40 yuan

Overpowering Beijing air

7 Colorful stones

The shop owner told me these stones are for lining the bottom of a fish jar, but one whiff of their aroma and I decided to recommend them here. Put them in your car and imagine you're fish swimming through Beijing's ocean of traffic.

Available: No 43, B/1, 77th Street, Xidan, Xicheng
Price: 20 yuan a bag

8 Fragrant bag

"Sleeping in my car-I will undress you; sleeping in my car-I will caress you; staying in the back sear of my car making l," goes Roxette¡¯s song. Yes! A hot guy in the back seat of your car is just the thinto warm you up! Just keep a window cracked or the neighbors may find it out.

Available: Hello Shop, No 52 Xisi Bei Dajie, Xicheng
Price: 10 yuan

9 Dried petals

If you get bored with your lover, scatter some dried petals about your car and turn it into a honeymoon bed. You'll feel like you're getting married again every time! Just not with different people they always smell the same.

Available: A56, F/4, Guanyuan Shopping Market, No 4 Chegongzhuang Dajie, Xicheng
Price: 15-20 yuan a bag


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