@softenvelope: Part 1. Xiangnang 香囊 | Scent Pouches around the world The xiangnang starts in 1046 BCE as social conduct; a fragrant pouch worn toward your elders as a mark of respect. The same form became a love letter. A seasonal ward for children at duanwu. A vehicle for local botanical knowledge, filled with whatever the land had. What held all of those forms together wasn‘t the material, it was rather the practice of making something fragrant for a specific person, with a specific intention. #fragrancetok #perfumetok #xiangnang #scentpouch