SPRING FLOWER HARVEST
MAY IS THE MONTH OF THE CITRUS BLOSSOM HARVEST IN LIGURIA
DESPITE THE UNUSUALLY HARSH WEATHER THIS SPRING THE WORK IS NOW NEARLY COMPLETE
ONLY FULLY OPENED BLOSSOMS ARE PICKED, SO IT IS A LENGTHY ‘PICK AND COME AGAIN’ PROCESS
THE GUGLIELMI FAMILY RUN THE ARTISANAL CITRUS DISTILLERY ‘LA VECCHIA DITILLERIA’ IN VALLEBONA ABOVE BORDIGHERA
THE OIL DISTILLED FROM THE SPRING BLOSSOMS IS KNOWS AS ‘NEROLI’ AND IS THE SWEET ORANGE-BLOSSOM USED BY TRADITIONAL PERFUMERS
THE SMALL STALKS AND LEAVES DISTILLED IN SUMMER CREATE ‘PETITGRAIN’ THE GREEN CITRUS FRAGRANCE
AT THE END OF THE YEAR THE CITRUS RIND IS DISTILLED, GIVING ORANGE OR LEMON OIL, AS USED IN LARIA
THE LANDSCAPE AND VEGETATION OF THE LIGURIAN COAST ATTRACT CONNOISSEURS
CLAUDE MONET SPENT THE SPRING OF 1884 IN BORDIGHERA. HE HAD JUST BOUGHT THE FARM-HOUSE IN GIVERNY, NORMANDY BUT HAD NOT YET STARTED TO CREATE HIS GARDEN THERE
CLAUDE MONET, VIEW OF BORDIGHERA 1884, 65X81 CM OIL ON CANVAS
MONET’S VIEW OF BORDIGHERA FROM THE HILLS NEAR VALLEBONA, THROUGH THE TREES TO THE SEA ARE A PERFECT VISUALIZATION OF THE SCENT OF LARIA: GREEN HERBS, FRAGRANT TREES AND SEA BREEZE