What a beautiful gingerbread house! It seems to be losing candy at a very suspicious rate. ABOUT GINGERBREAD HOUSES The first known recipe for gingerbread came from Greece in 2400 BC, Chinese recipes were developed during the 900s and by the late middle ages, Europeans had their own version, a hard cookie, sometimes gilded and shaped like animals, kings and queens. Queen Elizabeth I is credited with the idea of decorating gingerbread cookies after she had some made to resemble guests visiting her court. There would be Gingerbread Fairs and the shapes changed with the season, flowers in the spring and birds in the fall. Gingerbread Houses originated as Lebkuchenhaeusle in Germany in the 1500s, elaborate cookie walled houses decorated with foil and gold leaf. But the modern Gingerbread House entered the cultural imagination when the Brothers Grimm published Hansel and Gretel. Learn More SCENT NOTES Top Notes: Cinnamon, Ginger, Almond Mid Notes: Nutmeg, Vanilla, Sugar Base Notes: Clove, Tobacco, Cashmere
