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In episode three of the Quest for Essences series, Dior's François Demachy goes to the south of India to look at the production of jasmine. For some reason, there are no subtitles on this episode.
(If you missed them, here are the Rose de Mai and Bergamot of Calabria episodes).
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In episode two of the Quest for Essences series, Dior's François Demachy goes to Calabria to talk about bergamot. (If you missed it, here's the Rose de Mai episode).
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In episode one of a three part series, Dior's François Demachy looks at the Rose de Mai of Grasse.
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Ethnobotanist James Wong goes to Isparta, Turkey, to look at the production of rose for Liz Earle Botanical Essence No. 20.
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From L’Occitane, two short videos about efforts to preserve the lavender fields of Provence, which are threatened by issues related to climate change. First, L’Occitane founder Olivier Baussan talks about the importance of lavender to the culture of Provence, then below the jump, Eric Chaisse of the French plant research institute CRIEPPAM talks about some of the specific problems faced by lavender growers in the region. Note that many of the fragrance & flavor companies also support CRIEPPAM (see reports from Symrise and Givaudan).