Open sesame

The Garden of Java, a plain bordered by a centuries-old volcano. Oil of grapefruit. Glossy green palm trees, one-horned rhinoceroses, giant flowers in changing colours, prehistoric buffalo, and bent-backed pilgrims, Maté absolute. The temple of Borobudur, shrouded in mist, rises up like a lotus blossom. White musk. Its flaming domes, the vital force of sesame seeds, a release from the yoke of passion. Rose-peony iris accord. Kedu, enchantment, dizziness, passion.