Yesterday I washed a cashmere sweater, and my nose perked up. It smelled like there was a goat in my small bathroom—not an old dairy billy goat, but a fresh young cashmere goat from Mongolia or wherever cashmere goats live. I not only LOVE animal fibers, I love the smell of animal fibers when wet—either on or off [...]
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Cashmere, wool, and the hair of the dog . . .
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