Birth flower for August 13
Heliotrope
Meaning: devoted love, eagerness
The name comes from Greek for sun and turning, since people believed it followed the sun. Its sweet scent, often compared to vanilla or cherry pie, made it a classic perfume ingredient in Europe. Heliotrope perfume is said to have been the first Western perfume imported into Japan in the Meiji era, and it appears in Natsume Soseki's novel Sanshiro.