Chaparral, creosote bush, Larrea divaricate and L. tridentata. One of my absolute favorite herbs. The smell reminds me of my teen years spending summers with my grandparents in Southern New Mexico. The moisture from the summer monsoons would release its aromatic and invigorating sent, awaking every cell in my body, and the body of the Earth. Id imagine that the smell would help wake the soil and plants up to be ready to receive the rains so desperately needed on a hot dry day in July. The smell now takes me back to that space inside myself as a budding woman, just staring my long journey into female hood and all the hardships and miracles I would and still endure, it gives me comfort and strength.