# Netflix series "Bitter Daisies" (Spanish) - thing hanging from car rearview mirror **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, netflix\ **Created:** [April 2, 2019, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-series-bitter-daisies-spanish-thing-hanging-from-car-rearview-mirror/831948 "2019-04-02T22:24:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-series-bitter-daisies-spanish-thing-hanging-from-car-rearview-mirror/831948/1 "2019-04-02T22:24:25Z")
I just started watching this Netflix series _Bitter Daisies_ about 15 minutes ago. Murder mystery (I think) set in Galicia. It’s in Spanish with subtitles\*. Anyone ( **Nava**?) know what the [thing](https://imgur.com/GOXdhMJ) is hanging from the rearview mirror of this car? It looks like herbs or sand in a plastic bag. Here is a link to the [trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbrnRO4IOSQ&feature=youtu.be&t=13). The thing appears around 0:12. I’m not far enough into the story to know who the woman is that’s driving the car. - Aside: when you’re watching a foreign-language film/show with subtitles on, do you ever find yourself turning the volume up to facilitate hearing, even though you don’t understand the language? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-series-bitter-daisies-spanish-thing-hanging-from-car-rearview-mirror/831948/2 "2019-04-02T23:06:07Z")
It looks to me like it could be a sachet of herbs, to act as an air freshener, but it’s hard to see if the bag is a fine mesh or translucent fabric, or if it’s a solid plastic bag (if it’s the latter, it’s probably not a sachet). ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-series-bitter-daisies-spanish-thing-hanging-from-car-rearview-mirror/831948/3 "2019-04-02T23:26:11Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > It looks to me like it could be a sachet of herbs, to act as an air freshener, but it’s hard to see if the bag is a fine mesh or translucent fabric, or if it’s a solid plastic bag (if it’s the latter, it’s probably not a sachet). That occurred to me, too. But don’t they have those little cardboard pine trees in Spain to hang in cars? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-series-bitter-daisies-spanish-thing-hanging-from-car-rearview-mirror/831948/4 "2019-04-03T00:53:46Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Anyone ( **Nava**?) know what the [thing](https://imgur.com/GOXdhMJ) is hanging from the rearview mirror of this car? It looks like herbs or sand in a plastic bag. FWIW, I don’t think it’s hanging from the mirror. Looks to me like its hanging from a red suction cup stuck on the inside of the windshield … if that’s of any importance. Could it be a religious decoration of some kind? ---
**Author:** ![Time\_Like\_Tears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@Time\_Like\_Tears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Like_Tears)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-series-bitter-daisies-spanish-thing-hanging-from-car-rearview-mirror/831948/5 "2019-04-03T16:37:18Z")
It’s just an air freshener in what’s probably an organza bag. A lot of times they’re handmade, filled with little wax scent beads. You can pick them up all over the world, the last one I had was made by a girl in rural Florida. They tend to last a REALLY long time, if the scent starts to fade, just give it a squeeze to refresh it. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-series-bitter-daisies-spanish-thing-hanging-from-car-rearview-mirror/831948/6 "2019-04-03T17:14:13Z")
> [@Time\_Like\_Tears](#): > > It’s just an air freshener in what’s probably an organza bag. A lot of times they’re handmade, filled with little wax scent beads. You can pick them up all over the world, the last one I had was made by a girl in rural Florida. They tend to last a REALLY long time, if the scent starts to fade, just give it a squeeze to refresh it. Mystery solved. I had never heard of these or seen them, but apparently, you can get them from [amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=aroma+beads+sachet+car&ref=nb_sb_noss). Thank you. 🙂 Don’t think I can get through this series, however. It’s a total cliche-fest… from unsmiling female cop with bad hair and bad clothes conducting investigation on a male cop’s ground. Moderately hostile professional setting where she is The Outsider interloper. Mopey, lying, eye-rolling teens abound. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-series-bitter-daisies-spanish-thing-hanging-from-car-rearview-mirror/831948/7 "2019-04-03T17:24:47Z")
Heh. I was going to guess that it is a mojo bag. A bit of graveyard soil, some John the Conqueror root, maybe some pieces of a black cat’s bone, and you’ll have some powerful hoodoo. ETA: I am not religious, but I’m spiritual. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-series-bitter-daisies-spanish-thing-hanging-from-car-rearview-mirror/831948/8 "2019-04-03T17:30:40Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Heh. I was going to guess that it is a mojo bag. A bit of graveyard soil, some John the Conqueror root, maybe some pieces of a black cat’s bone, and you’ll have some powerful hoodoo. [Add in some rum, some chicken, and a cigar,](https://larrybrownsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/jobu-major-league.jpg) and you might even be able to win the American League pennant. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-series-bitter-daisies-spanish-thing-hanging-from-car-rearview-mirror/831948/9 "2019-04-03T20:19:13Z")
I’m a Spaniard (although not from Galicia) and I have to agree with Kenobi 65 and Time like Tears… if there’s no explanation for it in the series, it’s just some artisanal air freshener. As far as I know there’s no tradition or superstition for hanging sackets filled with something. Then again, Galicians are considered a bit odd. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-series-bitter-daisies-spanish-thing-hanging-from-car-rearview-mirror/831948/10 "2019-04-09T22:29:21Z")
OK Spaniards, you didn’t answer the question upthread and now I’m curious: do you or do you not have little cardboard air fresheners shaped like trees? Like [this](https://www.amazon.com/Freshner-10101-Little-Trees-Freshener/dp/B000FGBM5G)? ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-series-bitter-daisies-spanish-thing-hanging-from-car-rearview-mirror/831948/11 "2019-04-10T00:39:28Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > OK Spaniards, you didn’t answer the question upthread and now I’m curious: do you or do you not have little cardboard air fresheners shaped like trees? Like [this](https://www.amazon.com/Freshner-10101-Little-Trees-Freshener/dp/B000FGBM5G)? Sure. Well, to be frank I don’t think I’ve seen one of those since, like, the mid 00’s. Most of the ones I see nowadays are the ones you stick in the AC. My sister, however, favors some sort of can filled with lemon-scented rocks you can place in the cup holder. But pine-shaped air fresheners? Sure, I’ve seen’em. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-series-bitter-daisies-spanish-thing-hanging-from-car-rearview-mirror/831948/12 "2019-04-10T01:19:33Z")
Huh, it 100% looked like a spray bottle to me. Could even see the little tube down the middle. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-series-bitter-daisies-spanish-thing-hanging-from-car-rearview-mirror/831948/13 "2019-04-10T10:25:55Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Huh, it 100% looked like a spray bottle to me. Could even see the little tube down the middle. What looked like a spray bottle? The pic in the OP or the piney-smell cardboard thingy? ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-series-bitter-daisies-spanish-thing-hanging-from-car-rearview-mirror/831948/14 "2019-04-10T13:14:04Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > What looked like a spray bottle? The pic in the OP or the piney-smell cardboard thingy? The pic in the OP looks exactly like [this](https://www.dollargeneral.com/trueliving-k0083-sprybttl-ast-0011642-1-1.html) to me. You can even see the little tube down the middle. Filled with something dark of course. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-series-bitter-daisies-spanish-thing-hanging-from-car-rearview-mirror/831948/15 "2019-04-10T13:17:42Z")
Another vote for air freshener, of the style that tries to look and may even be homemade. And yes, we have the little pines. And the little wooden things with a bit of essential oil. And the stuff you attach to the grilles. And I hate them all and I’ve got an excuse! (Asthma). > [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > Then again, Galicians are considered a bit odd. To be fair, every region is considered a bit odd by the rest, just in different ways 🙂