Perfumes of France

The famous perfume of France, from flower to bottle. The cultivation of flower around Grasse in the south of France and the extraction of the essential oils; blending and testing of new perfumes; bottling and marketing the great perfumes.

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Credits

director

Pierre Sainflou

production company

Airfilm Production

Duration

00:23:00:00

Production places

France

Production dates

1954

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

322493

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Perfume

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Perfume

Short films

Short films → Short films - France

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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France, 1954

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