FRAGRANCE LOCKET

Traditional Chinese fragrance bags were made from cloth or woven with multicoloured silk strings at the top with knots of auspicious meaning hanging from below. These knots were stuffed with aromatic herbs, which filled the air with a sweet fragrance and repelled insects and evil spirits.  They came in a myriad of shapes from round and square, to the shapes of gourd, pomegranate, peach and many others fruits decorated with elaborate patterns symbolizing an auspicious meaning.