Dominique Roques on sourcing the ingredients for the great fragrances of the world 'In Search of Perfumes'

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In Search of Perfumes is a journey across the world in search of the beautiful, mysterious and exotic materials that go into creating perfume. Fruits, flowers, herbs, spices and tree bark are just some of the ingredients that are responsible for satisfying our insatiable appetite for beautiful fragrances. From labdunum cistis to lavender and the damask rose, from jasmine and vanilla to cedar and sandalwood, this the story of the people and places at the source of the fragrances that so excite our olfactory sense.
In this episode Gregory Dobbs chats to Dominique Roques about how he works with master perfumers to create the most famous fragrance brands in the world, how his profession has taken him all over the world in search of raw and distilled ingredients, and the incredible people he has met who preserve ancient methods of production into the future.