In the shade of a pergola, in the countryside, where the view takes in a sweep of green meadows and deep blue skies, a fresh nectar and a good book are the best companions. In this intense quiet, surrounded by luxuriant nature, your senses are pervaded by harmonious sounds, aromatic herbaceous notes, flowery and woody scents.
Open spaces, vivid, natural colours and reassuring odours put us into a peaceful inner frame of mind, freeing the intellect and allowing it to wander unfettered… amid the myriad stimuli, the myriad stories and the myriad adventures that cross our minds and flit away on the wings of aromas and perfumes.
For the ancient Romans Ozio (they would have said Otium in Latin) was the time they devoted to speculative intellectual activity, to the reading that enabled them to learn more about the world and themselves. So it is also a priceless time, the time we spend best, when the ideas and convictions that will accompany us throughout our lives ideas come to maturity. It is a sacred, intimate time, worth guarding jealously.
