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Love rose

Posted by Robin on 20 May 2017 Leave a Comment

Nino Amaddeo of Reminiscence looks at the processing of rose centifolia at Robertet in Grasse, for Reminiscence Love Rose. You can find lots of similar videos if you scroll through the tag fragrance notes.

Jasmine & Ylang

Posted by Robin on 13 April 2017 3 Comments

Dior’s François Demachy looks at the production of jasmine in Grasse, and then (below the jump) he goes to Nosy Be in Madagascar to look at the production of ylang ylang. (See also: Le Jasmin en Inde, The Land of Bergamot and Rose de Mai.)

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Egyptian jasmine

Posted by Robin on 7 April 2017 5 Comments

A short film from International Flavors & Fragrances' in house naturals facility, Laboratoire Monique Rémy, on the Egyptian Jasmine harvest. Almost 5 minutes; perfumer Carlos Benaïm appears at about the 3:50 mark.

Le Jasmin en Inde

Posted by Robin on 23 November 2015 Leave a Comment

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).

The land of bergamot

Posted by Robin on 21 November 2015 Leave a Comment

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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