Tours of Provence

Lavender in the Fields of Dreams

DID YOU KNOW THAT LAVENDER HAS BEEN USED SINCE THE TIME OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS WHO UTILISED IT FOR PERFUME AND IN THE MUMMIFICATION PROCESS. THE PERSIANS AND PHOENICIANS ALSO USED IT, AND IT WAS PHOENICIAN MERCHANTS TRAVELLING THROUGHOUT THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION CIRCA 600BC THAT WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR INTRODUCING IT INTO EUROPE ALONG WITH THE…