"Laid out in Lavender".
From: Art Culinaire
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Date: 3/22/2006
THE PHRASE "LAID OUT IN LAVENDER" describes something (or someone) displayed in the best possible context. It comes from the Old World practice of covering the recently deceased in a blanket of lavender blossoms to disguise the stench of death-surely the best set of circumstances a corpse could want, short of not having died in the first place. Since the scent of lavender is said to provide relief from headaches, depression and stress, it must also have comforted those mourning their ...
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