How 1,000 jasmine flowers become “a few drops” in Chanel No. 5 #shorts

Starting at dawn when the jasmine flowers are at their most fragrant, each one is picked by hand, too delicate for machines. The harvest ends before the midday heat can damage the petals, which are kept covered in wet cloth to stay cool. Workers line up to weigh what they've picked.4,000 jasmine flowers equal just 1 lb. The blooms are then rushed to an on-site factory where their fragrance is extracted using a 150-year-old technique developed in Grasse. You have to work really fast.>> Yes. Because what happ ...