Alamaris
Oh, and I mentioned this in the DoTW thread last week, but my International Icon Tarot came from a trade with Sulis, one of the people that participated in the original One Deck Wonders. It is worn in and looks like it was lovingly used! And it smells amazing, a beautiful incense aroma. I didn't know about the One Deck Wonder threads until about 3 months ago, so to read about how my deck was used in that journey makes it feel quite special.
* grabs deck and takes a huge whiff *
Ahhhhhhh!
*gasp* How wonderfully special that deck is! If only it could talk! I adore well-broken-in decks. My favorite, which I gave to a dear friend a while back, was an RWS which had clearly seen more than one decade of daily reading. What an astonishing feeling it was just to hold it.
I have been shuffling all evening whilst Skyping with my father. (As in, he was sitting next to me, and we were chatting with a far-away friend.) Every once in a while, I would flip a card to get used to the images; I used to find it hard to tell the swords from the wands, but now I can scan the card and snap off suit and number pretty quickly. I'm looking forward to the Fournier's smaller size -- even the little Hadar hurts my poor broken hands!
Your mention of incense made me remember my plan to scent one of my decks via shuffling. I heard that if you dab a drop or two of essential oil on your hands and then shuffle for a while, the deck will take on the smell. Peppermint Fournier, anyone?
I shall spend the rest of the evening sorting my notes. I somehow managed to file half of my Marseilles research into my Decan files? I am baffled. Excelsior!