Smell of wild herbs, wild flowers, spices and centuries-old woods. It's lightness and robustness distinguish priceless time, the one we spend best, when the ideas and convictions that will accompany us throughout our lives ideas come to maturity.
In the shade of a pergola, where the view takes in a sweep of green meadows and deep blue skies, a fresh nectar and a good book are the best companions. In this intense quiet, your senses are pervaded by harmonious sounds, aromatic herbaceous notes, woody and flowery scents. Open spaces, vivid, natural colours and reassuring odours put us into a peaceful inner frame of mind, freeing the intellect and allowing it to wander unfettered... amid the myriad stimuli, the stories and the adventures that cross our minds and flit away on the wings of aromas and perfumes. Otium was the time devoted to speculative activity, to the reading that enabled them to learn more about the world and themselves. It is a sacred, intimate time, worth guarding jealously.