Sachet

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Word of the Day Tuesday, March 09, 2010

sachet

\sa-SHEY\ , noun;

1. A small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
2. Also, sachet powder, the powder contained in such a case.


She slipped into the master bedroom and listened carefully for the signature noises that her parents made around the house. Her mother was singing, loudly and off-key, in the kitchen while washing the dishes, and her father was playing computer games, the sounds of sword fighting and stilted narration coming from the family room.

She silently moved across the carpeted floor over to the chest of drawers. She slid her hand lightly over the dark, smooth wood stopping on top of the cool silver nob. She fondled the elegant pull briefly admiring the comforting weight of it in her hand pleased with its aesthetics.

Silently she pulled the drawer open, lifting slightly to avoid any squeaking of the wood. Once open, the light floral scent from the sachet, buried at the bottom of the drawer, wafted to her nose. She leaned down and inhaled the scent. It smelled of her mother, of being a woman, of mature adultness, and of feminine beauty. "I got this as a wedding gift," her mother had mused, holding the green satin sack lined with ivory lace and delicate purple trimming gently in one hand.

She pushed the slips and lace aside until she found the little sachet and gently squeezed its sides. The potpourri crunching slightly under her fingers. As her mother continued to sing downstairs in the kitchen she mentally filed away this very important signature of womanhood.