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LAVENDER UPLIFT!

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There’s French, English and Spanish lavender and all look the same when seen from afar – a haze of soft, wispy purple spikes, shifting in a light summer breeze and evoking images of the lovely lavender fields of Provence. But up close there are subtle differences in flower and leaf shapes and, most importantly, the intensity of the perfume. And if it’s the power of the perfume you’re after, then the narrow-leafed lavender is the one for you.

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