Ukiyo-e, a genre of Japanese woodblock prints, translates as an "image of the floating world, " and the scent does seem to evoke an image for me of irises floating in a secluded lake.

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"It gives me the feeling that I'm floating up on a cushion of air, " she tells me.

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Upon boarding this floating hotel, the local Namibian staff greeted me with a welcome song, along with friendly smiles and a genuine warmth.

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