Vanilla extract surrounded by a spoon and some vanilla pods and a flower - Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock Once your homemade vanilla ...

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From rich cashmeres to soft, sensuous and spicy silages, there's a signature scent of the season for every olfactive palate.

vanilla is prized for its sweet taste and complex aroma. The cultivation process is time-consuming and involves hand-pollination of the flowers, which only bloom for a short period each year.

It's a difficult spice to cultivate, extracted from the delicate vanilla orchid flower. As a result, vanilla is the second most expensive spice in the world, after saffron. "The other big ...