Lavender Fields Forever, Mizzi Style™️
“Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see…
It’s getting hard to be someone, but it all works out, it doesn’t matter much to me…
Nothing is real, and nothing to get hung about, Strawberry fields forever…”
Strawberry Fields Forever~~The Beatles, 1967
These words immortalized by John Lennon and made famous in the catchy, Beatles tune— named best Beatles song ever written, by Rolling Stone magazine (Sept. 2021), are a metaphor for his young, tumultuous life, with an allusion to the orphanage, oddly named Strawberry Field, near his home in Liverpool, England . (Matt Blitz, 2016) Lennon writes poetically, always, and with great insight and melancholy about his own childhood, his dreams and the nature of reality as it exists for each of us.
On the surface, Strawberry Fields might evoke images of vast, calming, green spaces, fragrant and light, brimming with fantastic flowers, fruit, color and bloom, awakening to hope, soothing energy, promise and…well…perhaps it does in our spirited version of the song! We would tweak the lyrics to describe our most favorite, most broadly applied field of dreams… lavender.
For lavender in all its glorious forms, royal, purple-gazing buds and square-ish, woody -green stems , ensconced in aromas that equally uplift, calm and renew, offers a panacea, humbly, for many things that ail us, both literally and metaphorically.
Do you have a go-to lavender item? You know, the one you can’t do without? Something you reach for when you need that teeny but impactful, extra burst of care? That sense of purity, wrapped in youthful reminders of fragrant and mild summer days, carefree living and simple rejuvenation? We do. We have lots. We live lavender joy. True love, true story.
In fact, at Mizzi, lavender could be a teammate in our squad! Who wouldn’t want a team member with medicinal qualities? We’ d take that to heal a crazy Monday!
“The trademark smell comes from oil in the flower, which has medicinal properties, but the flower itself has medicinal properties, too”. (Yufang Lin, Cleveland Clinic, 2021)
Lavender 1-Stress 0.
Celebrated for mood lifting powers, its ability to calm nerves, headaches and nervous system glitches, it is widely used in aromatherapy treatment. Lavender essential oil, a fan fave in our production department, is not only multipurpose, it’s anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal, and anti-oxidant. (verywellmind.com)
Not every lavender plant is the same, and certain species are more fragrant than others. English lavender is more widely grown than French lavender, and is heartier. French lavender has a much longer bloom time, starting in spring, drifting into summer, and carries a lighter scent, more similar to rosemary. (gardeningknowhow.com)
Mizzi lavender essential oils and natural fragrances can be found in our lip balms and glosses (did you know Lemon & Lavender was THE first Mizzi LipLuxe Lip Balm ? Bonus points for that!), and in several of our custom lip, face and body treatments. Where do you need your lavender most? Where does it provide you with your favorite healing? And which kinds of products solve your lavender cravings? Those are nice things to ponder, yes?
As we begin to imagine the arrival of high spring, blue skies, inspirational hues, and subtle, soothing fragrances that cascade into the long, hot days of summer, let’s close our collective eyes, take a deep, open -hearted breath, and embrace lavender fields forever.
Thank you, Mr. Lennon.