If you really feel as though a
beard oil will help, go for something that's got only
organic ingredients to prevent any irritation from chemicals.
But more enthralling (and at times grotesquely fascinating) were the traces — along with the scents and tastes, real and imagined — of the
organic stuff of everyday life: olive
oil, dried leaves, dirt and soot, herbs and spices (turmeric, cinnamon, paprika, dill), bacon fat (mixed with pigments), and
beard clippings.