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Sat 09 Sep 2008Scent of a woman
COTTAGE INDUSTRY:Burren Perfumery has been likened to the Jo Malone of Ireland, but its owner, Sadie Chowen, is fearful of getting too big and losing the personal touch she cherishes, writes Catherine Cleary
MODERN IRELAND falls away as you drive to Sadie Chowen's Co Clare home. First the B&B signs, the for-sale signs and then the rest of the visual clamour disappear. The road markings go. The road becomes a single strip of tar with telegraph poles on one side and the stone hills of the Burren around every bend.
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