Pourri

If it does, it's quality crap, N. Gordo's constitutional pot pourri, is as you say, a wee device to distract the masses from the real isssue which ought to be a referendum on the EU constitution redux. ❋ Newmania (2007)

With the aid of dealers, auctioneers, and other slightly dubious middle-men, the Prince Regent spent a lifetime picking off these limping antelopes at the edge of the luxury herd: exceedingly rare Sèvres models with royal (usually French) provenance; dessert services, loopy garnitures, wacky covered vases, and intricately perforated jars for pot-pourri, and thousands of other vessels that were disbursed as a direct result of the French Revolution. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The brown leather boots, tastefully adorned with the trust's oak leaf symbol, are now in offer in trust shops alongside more traditional offerings such as pot pourri and pewter ornaments. ❋ Patrick Barkham (2010)

Such a perfect pot-pourri of political illiteracy and unrepentant misogyny would be difficult to invent. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Having had a sachet of pot pourri disintegrate la-dedans at one time, I didn't think too much about it when a nice aroma emanated every time I opened the purse, until it started to get sticky in there. ❋ Unknown (2010)

What was once a small Indian village is presented as a pot-pourri of contrasting sights and sounds. ❋ The Nag (2009)

I don't mind vacuuming up ground up pot pourri around my bookshelves now and again to repel bugs from my library. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I once made my granola glassine bag, tied with a satin ribbon--a very elegant presentation if I do say so myself and when I handed it to the fancy hostess she said, "Oh, pot pourri!" in a you-shouldn't-have-and-I-wish-you-hadn't kind of way. ❋ Miranda Levenstein (2010)

Those wanting a fruity option can go for "Pep pourri" at $22.50 a gram. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They are not furry people and opponents of it are driven by a bizarre pot-pourri of class resentment half baked pseudo religion and general wetness. ❋ Newmania (2007)

It has a mixed flower scent, like an old-fashioned pot pourri. ❋ Gillpolack (2009)

Just now I put some scented geranium in the pot-pourri bowl at the door and it will mingle with lavender and his warmth and wonderfulness will greet friends at my front door. ❋ Gillpolack (2009)

We've entered a prurient Poe-pourri realm of self-exposure. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Had you been there, you would have watched this unassuming, uber-skinny little Indie-Brit band frolicking onstage to folksy melodies and rhythms, minimalist arrangements, and a pop-pourri of influences all conducted by Swedish lead singer Simon Balthazar. ❋ Unknown (2009)