Birth Of A Perfume (1967)

Cote d’Azur, France; where we see the making of a new Lentheric perfume. Several shots show the harbour at Cannes and the Monte Carlo skyline; exterior of the Hotel De Paris. People sunbathing beside swimming pools; being brought drinks by a waiter. Several shots of vegetation in the area, cacti and rose bushes growing. L/S of the town of Grasse; several shots of the town and small perfumeries; nice M/S of a perfumery window display. At one of the perfume factory men unload bales of hay from a truck; other ingredients in boxes and sacks: incense, orris root, benzoi, sandalwood and tonka beans; a man sniffs some of them. Several shots show the making of a perfume; leaves are pulped in an extractor vat; steaming pistons work away; mixtures are stirred and seen in bubbling flasks trickling through funnels and into stills. Several shots in the perfume blending room; a girl fills a bottle with the finished product - clearly marked ’Lentheric 14’. Several shots of Grasse and the many perfumeries, most