Potpourri, meaning "rotten pot" in French, has a long history.The fragrant product – a mix of dried flower petals and spices ...

Appraisal: Enameled French Potpourri Vases, ca. 1860, in Vintage Birmingham. Watch as Stuart Whitehurst appraises enameled French Potpourri Vases, ca. 1860, in Vintage Birmingham.

Potpourri (pronounced poe-poo-ree) is actually a French word for ‘rotten pot’. But these ‘oh-so-nice’ sachets that you pick up to smell are anything but rotten smelling. With the right ...

President Francois Hollande has visited France's first lady for the first time since she was hospitalized late last week after a gossip magazine reported he was having an affair with an actress ...

The French, however, have made an art out of making ... by a handful of dried flowers kept in a bowl. They are called potpourri, a name given to a mixture of dried, naturally fragrant flower ...

Potpourri when literally translated from French means “rotten pot.” Nowadays, mothers across the planet, in an all-out assault on odour, use a dried blend of flowers, herbs and spices to ...

Potpourri is really a fragrant collection of odds and ends. And although every department store and pharmacy offers pouches of commercial potpourri in a variety of fragrances, for a gardener the ...