Eau D'Equine



Leather saddles, fresh alfalfa hay, soft baby horse breath....these are a few of my favorite smells.  I know the herb books will tell you that lavender relaxes you but for me the best scent in the world and the one that puts me at ease is Eau D'Equine, the lovely smells of horses.  Even now in the  winter months full of short days and cold nights I feel re-filled with hope and joy when I step into my tack room and take a deep breath.  I close my eyes and the chill of the winter evening drifts away, the smell of fresh hay makes me imagine the sun on my face and a lingering summer breeze.  The smell of leather saddles and bridles reminds me of the promise of long hours in the saddle with the wind at my back and the open trail  in front of me.  Then, I walk over to Legado, my colt in the picture above this paragraph, and put my nose to his  and say Hi.  He puffs and snorts and I breathe a bit of heaven. I put my arms around his neck and hug him with my nose in his little poof of mane, he smells like a nap in the tall grass on a lazy afternoon.



People walk into the tack store and say, "Wow, it smells like leather in here."  Then they get a far off look in there eyes.  They ride off in their minds into some lovely memory of horses in their childhood or down the trail with their favorite furry friend and like me they loose themselves in the wonderful smell of horses.