♪
Bonjour!!
I need to find my father's formula.
Good morning.
Oh yes, good morning.
Thank you so much.
Sorry, I was up all night
but I think I know where the formula is.
I'm just gonna go check his office.
Has Stefan arrived?
Not yet.
Okay.
Do you mind calling him?
Of course.
Thank you, you're the best!
(laughing)
♪
Okay...
Where are you?
♪
(rummaging through things)
Dad's glasses...
In a vial, crocodile.
♪
(relieved sigh)
♪
They look good on you...
The glasses.
Oh, silly.
Silly.
Any luck?
Well, I found the notebook I was looking for
but there's pages that have been ripped out.
Do you know where those could be?
I haven't seen them.
Do you want some help?
Please.
I just want to find them, in all the mess.
Your father was family to all of us.
He was so proud of your research at the pharmaceutical company.
Yeah, he would have been over the moon to have me here.
That was his dream--
Him the Nose, the perfume designer
with the uncanny sense of smell.
And you, the brilliant chemist.
He was always happiest when you would arrive for the summer
and the two of you worked side by side.
You made quite the team.
Yes we did.
You know, I planned on coming back once my contract was up.
So how's your mom?
She's still Boston's queen of flowers?
Of course she is.
She's always wonderful, you know.
Running her flower shop.
It's so nice to have you back here.
Yeah!
Are you going to stay and run the company
as your father had hoped?
I don't know, you know, it all happened so sudden.
I still have work in Boston so...
But, you know, I'm really happy that Stefan's here.
I mean, corporate restructuring is what he does
and he wants to help me with my father's business affairs.
You know, he thinks maybe I should bring someone in,
you know, to help run the company.
It's so nice he was able to come with you.
Yeah.
You know, he's the best in the biz.
So...
it's going to be great.
(awkward laugh)
Well I better get back to work.
Is there anything that I can get for you?
Yes, I want the keys to the cabinet.
I will get it.
Okay, perfect, thank you.
Violet, I've had the staff turn this whole place upside down.
We cannot find the formula for SKY, I'm sorry.
Okay, but I found his notebook.
I think it's on these pages,
so I just want to go down with you
and maybe we can search for those?
Stefan: Yeah.
Okay.
Such a mess.
We have to find that formula, I mean,
Valentine's Day's right around the corner
and this Perfumery's all I have left in my family.
Hey, you have me.
I know, you know what I mean.
Harv has called me over a dozen times.
I mean, he's expecting SKY as we speak.
If I don't find the formula, I can't deliver the trilogy?
Well listen, at least your Father left you a sample.
I'm sure it won't be too hard for your machines
to come up with the formula.
The machines can break down the Perfume's ingredients,
they're just not 100 percent accurate
because my father's blends were so complex.
That's why you need a Perfumer, or a Nose, whatever you call it.
I'll put an ad in the paper.
No, no, no, we don't have time for that.
By the time we actually do hire someone,
it'll be Valentine's Day.
I just need to find my Father's notes.
It doesn't help that the vultures are circling.
Who, Caine?
Caine's relentless.
Wants to buy us out.
Look, I'm here.
I'm here for whatever you need, okay?
Okay.
I promise by the end of the week, everything will be sorted.
Mmm, I hope so.
♪
Ugh, it's not even close.
Okay Dad, what did you use?
Ummm...
Kimmy: Okay, au revoir!!
Just wanted to remind you,
you have a two o'clock with the packagers today.
Oh, yeah that's right.
I need a coffee.
There's a café just by the distributor's office.
If you leave now, you just might get there in time.
Okay, perfect.
And the mock-up for Valentine's day
will be ready in a few days.
(phone ringing)
Perfect, thank you.
I'll talk to you after.
Oui, hello...?
Yes, SKY will be ready for Valentine's...
Mmm-hmm...
♪
One Strawberry Valentine smoothie
with a little extra love.
Thank you.
Au revoir, ma chéri.
Nice try, buddy.
One iced matcha with wheatgrass coming right up.
For all the greens you drink, why don't you look any better?
Excuse me, what was that?
I was trying to imagine you saying something funny.
Hey, tell el cheapo he still owes me.
Coffee doesn't grow on trees, you know!
Yeah, good luck with that.
Gus is so cheap, he buys his wife seeds instead of flowers.
See you later.
(gasp)
Ohh!!!
Geeze, I am so sorry.
Here, let me help you with that.
No, no, no, it's okay.
It's-- really, it's all right.
Really.
Let me buy your drink at least, yeah?
It's-- I have it, it's okay.
Professor, I insist.
It's gonna make me feel better.
Ty, get her whatever she wants.
You want an Iced Matcha?
They're really good.
No.
Just a coffee, black please.
Milk or sugar or anything?
Nope.
A little caramel?
Plain.
Okay, what about a test tube or a microscope?
A microscope?
The glasses.
Oh my--
(gasps)
Oh my god, no, no, no.
I'm sorry.
That's my fault.
No, it's not.
Let me make it up to you.
No, I'm clumsy and it's not my day.
Well that's funny,
I was just thinking my got a whole lot better.
You know, some of the best inventions in the world
happened from accidents?
Peanut butter cups, mint chocolate.
Who knows, maybe Apple Iced Matcha
will be your claim to fame.
Oh maybe, yeah.
Cheers.
Cheers, thank you.
You got it.
I'm so sorry.
It's fine.
This mess...
♪
So I found your father's computer password.
Oh great!
But there is still no sign of the formula yet.
Okay, we went through the cellars, right?
Um-hmm.
What about the attic?
Let's have some people get up there
and go through some of that stuff.
Your Father said you were tenacious.
The perfumer applicants are here.
Okay.
Kimmy?
Mmm?
Can you tell me what you smell in this?
I can't even smell a wet dog.
(laughs)
Maybe you could ask the applicants?
One of them is really cute, so hire him if you can.
Okay!
Really cute.
Please, have a seat.
Can you start off by telling me, what do you smell on this scarf?
You can start with the Head Notes.
Lavender.
No?
No...
Not Lavender, but Rose Water.
Yeah.
Yeah, definitely some Rose Water.
Okay.
Anything else?
Strawberry?
Okay, thank you.
Okay.
All right, we'll be in touch.
Please sit.
Can you tell me, what do you smell in this scarf?
Thank you.
(sniffing)
Almond?
Almond...?
Oh, magnolia.
Anything else that's on the scarf, the scents?
Yeah.
Wood.
No, you're-- thank you for coming in.
Thank you.
(inhaling)
Smell.
Okay, we'll be in touch.
(chatter throughout the lab)
"Violet, Harv Willard here.
I am under real pressure to start shipping SKY.
I need you to call me, now."
(throws down phone)
♪
(knocking on door)
Hello?
Hi.
How did the interviews go?
Not good enough.
You want me to post the job again?
Yeah, I think so.
I think we should.
Your father could smell
a single drop of lime in a glass of water.
Try a single drop of lime in a gallon.
He was a superhero.
Yeah, he was.
He was like a-- like a bloodhound.
God, he could smell things from a mile away.
That's amazing, I've never met anyone else like him.
I know.
One whiff and...
Violet...?
Is everything okay?
Yeah, don't post the job listing okay?
I'll be back, all right?
Okay.
♪
Okay, here you go, no problem.
Hi!
Excuse me, hi.
I just wanted to know if you could help me find your friend.
I've got a lot of friends.
The Apple Iced Matcha guy?
We only serve Iced Matcha here.
The one who spilled on me and then I spilled and then--
Oh right.
Yeah, you mean Dec!
Yeah Dec, yeah!
Okay sure, come back tomorrow.
Same time, he's like a homing pigeon.
Oh no, no, no.
I'm sorry, it's really important
that I speak to him today, please.
(sighs)
You'd be doing me a huge favor.
Okay, fine.
Thanks.
You're not a psycho, are you?
No, I'm not.
Okay, right, even better.
♪
Excuse me, do you know where I can find Declan Granger?
I'm heading over there right now if you want to tag along.
Okay.
So, how do you know Dec?
I met him at a coffee house.
Bean Fix?
Yes.
I always hoped he'd end up with a nice girl like you.
Oh, no, no, no.
We're not-- no, no no.
Never mind.
Okay, so you follow that path, past the Magnolias
and it will lead you straight to the Conservatory.
Perfect, thank you.
And to Dec.
Merci.
♪
Ooops, ahh.
Don't worry, it's gonna bite you.
It's just lavender.
Hi, apple Iced Matcha.
Hey, Miss Black Coffee.
Violet.
Violet Chappel.
Hey there.
Dec, nice to meet you.
You know Violets is the flower for loyalty.
Yes.
So I'm guessing this isn't a coincidence?
No, I just wanted to know.
Why Apple Iced Matcha?
What's that?
Earlier, today.
You talked about inventing Apple Iced Matcha.
I mean, I know why the Matcha but why apple?
Is this a trick question?
No, just curious.
Because I smelled apple.
So you did--
Yeah.
You smelled apple on me!
That's incredible, I mean,
My scarf barely touched a few apple blossoms.
You have a very rare sense of smell
and to be able to know combinations of scents
and plants and smells, that's--
No, no, no, I just know plants.
For instance, you keep walking that direction,
you'll rub against a Poison Oak and get a wicked rash.
Ah, stay away from that.
I was wondering, can you tell me what you smell?
No, I hate perfume.
You're a gardener, what do you think perfumes are made of?
Noxious chemicals, and I am a Botanist.
Okay, Mr. Botanist.
Please?
Oakmoss...
Sandalwood and Vetiver.
Wait, Sandalwood?
Yup.
You're sure?
Positive.
You have been more than helpful, thank you so much.
♪
Hey.
Hi!
Come here.
So I have gone over the books.
Yes?
And your father, yeah,
he put everything into this trilogy of perfumes.
But it's safe to say that,
if you don't deliver on this deadline with SKY,
it's financially devastating.
(phone ringing)
You might want to get that.
What do you mean devastating?
Well Vi, you're stretched to the limit.
But with the success of SEA and LAND,
you can hand in SKY tomorrow
and Harv is not going to know the difference.
So it's good enough.
It's not good enough.
My family's name is on that perfume.
This is the last perfume my father's ever going to create.
I mean, SKY has to do the Trilogy justice.
We will, we'll do it justice.
But I just feel like you're going to be happier in Boston.
At home.
That's where your life is.
Give in the perfume as is.
I hear you...
But I can't.
It's okay, hey.
Oh, by the way, that promising Perfumer--
Yeah?
Cancelled his meeting today.
I'm thinking it's Caine, trying to drain the talent pool.
You know what, don't even worry about it.
I think I may know someone.
Yeah?
Who?
You don't know him, but can you do me a favor?
Can you take the meeting with Harv?
Look, tell him everything is on track.
We just need a couple more days with my Dad's passing.
I don't work here.
I know, but you're the best businessman I know.
Where are you off to?
To follow my nose.
Thank you!
You're welcome.
Hey Gus, you okay?
My back is acting up again.
Here, let me help you with that.
I can handle pain.
Until it hurts, right?
Take a seat.
You're cream of the crop.
You never told me that you have a girlfriend.
(grunts)
That's because I don't.
Then you should ask that nice lady out on a date.
(laughing)
Oh Gus, you're too much.
That's what my wife says!
Okay, I'm back in five.
Hey, put some ice on that.
♪
Hi?
Hey, Professor!
What, are you stalking me?
Maybe a little, but you did peak my interest earlier.
Oh yeah...?
Professionally.
I was wondering...
What do you smell?
What are you doing?
Any Lily-of-the-Valley?
What's the proportion of the blend?
What, is this some kind of joke?
No.
Who put you up to this?
Gus?
Huh?
No, it was Ty, wasn't it?
(phone ringing)
Oh shoot.
I'm sorry, will you just excuse me one really quick second?
Hi.
Harv is ticked off that you're not here.
He said he wanted to speak with the interim CEO,
not the, and I quote, lackey assistant.
Okay, can you just deal with it please.
I'm right in the middle of something.
Violet, he's threatening to sue.
Caine fed him a bunch of lies,
and he said you can't meet the deadline.
Okay, so put him on.
Here you go...
Violet, I have some serious concerns about the launch.
I heard you don't have the formula for SKY.
Oh no, that's not true.
Actually, I'm working on it as we speak.
Look, I have invested a fortune
in this Valentine's Day campaign.
SKY should already be in my warehouse.
Of course, I understand.
But out of respect for Chappel's,
could you give us just a little bit more time?
I can't move Valentine's Day.
You've got twelve days.
Okay...
Sorry about that.
No, that's all right.
So what are you actually doing here?
Well you see, my family--
well, I, own a perfumery and we have
exactly twelve days to recreate this.
And you're what we call a Nose, you know,
someone who has a phenomenal sense of smell.
And I'm here because I want to offer you a job.
I've already got one, thanks.
This is an opportunity of a lifetime.
To smell perfume?
I'll have you know that Napoleon used 54 bottles of cologne
every month and he always wore his favorite scent into battle.
Oh, is that why he was exiled?
I would kill to have your sense of smell.
You know, making your own perfume-- it's the ultimate.
Listen.
I'll raise your salary, name your terms,
I'm sure we can work something out.
Working for Chappel is amazing, we're one big,
happy family and I know you'll fit right in.
It's not gonna work.
Granger!
Where you been?
We've been waiting for you for over half an hour
to look at the new designs.
Sorry about that, I got a little distracted.
It's my fault.
The kid was just helping me.
You should probably get out of here.
Look I'm sorry, but your talents are being wasted here.
You could shine at our Perfumery.
I mean, with your olfactory talents--
Enough with the nose, really.
I was just offering you a job.
I'm good, thanks.
Okay, I guess I'll just "uproot" and "plant" myself elsewhere.
(laughs)
Think about it, please.
(engine rumbling)
Mr. Loxley?
My name is--
I know you who are, Ms. Caine.
I've read the articles about your copy-cat business.
Well, glad to know my reputation precedes me.
And please, call me Olivia.
Olivia, you're not welcome here.
Oh, well I have something for Violet.
She's been ignoring my calls.
Oh...
For her consideration!
You're wasting your time.
♪
Excuse me.
Have you seen a necklace here?
With like a little thing...
Um, sorry.
(panicked breathing)
Is it over here?
Oh no.
Okay, come on.
Where are you...
Come on.
(screams)
Oh shoot.
I'm okay, it's okay.
I'm sure it's right here.
Ahh!
Here!
Yes!
Oh!!
Okay.
Oh my god.
(camera snapping photos)
Do you have any idea how precious these orchids are?
I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.
Your girlfriend just destroyed them!
She is not my girlfriend!
I didn't mean to.
This is bad.
This is worse than bad.
I will take care of it, okay?
It was just an accident.
Right.
I'm sorry!!
She's up at the conservatory.
She falls down in the middle of the garden,
she flattens everything... including the orchids.
People are taking pictures of her,
Brophy's head literally looks like it's gonna explode.
What was she even doing there?
She came there to offer me a job making perfume.
Cool, are you gonna take it?
I don't know.
It's slightly intriguing, I guess.
I've been designing gardens for years,
but I've never designed a perfume.
And you'd get to work with Little Miss Black Coffee.
Her name is Violet.
Oh is it?
It is.
You, my friend, are hooked.
Get out of here, don't you have something to clean?
Yes, I do.
Thank you.
(phone ringing)
Hey Kimmy.
Who's here?!
Oh, okay.
Oh hi!
Hey.
Hold on, I'm coming down, okay?
Yeah, yeah.
No worries.
Sorry, lots of stairs.
What's up?
I just came by to see if that job was still open?
The job, of course!
It's still available.
What made you change your mind?
I dunno, I was thinking about what you said about
not letting "my talents to go to waste" and here I am.
That's wonderful, when can you start?
Tomorrow morning?
Really?
Okay, yes.
Awesome.
Just come back here at 9:00 a.m.
No tie.
Good, I was hoping you'd say that.
Okay.
I'll see you tomorrow?
I'm gonna go.
See you then.
Okay, bye.
Tootle-ooo.
(clapping)
♪
You are very quiet, penny for your thoughts?
(sighs)
I hired a Nose today.
Really?
That's great!
Who?
His name is Dec.
And he's a Botanist.
You're kidding.
No, I'm not.
Well, you need a Master Perfumer.
Oh I know.
A master can smell up to, you know, 3,000 different smells,
but our applicants today couldn't smell
Roquefort cheese on a hot day.
So you hire a Gardener?
A Botanist, yeah.
What's his experience?
Well he has the most natural sense of smell
I've seen since my dad.
Yeah, that doesn't exactly qualify him for the job.
I really wish you'd consult me on these things Violet, really.
I know, but I just didn't feel like
I had a whole lot of options.
I mean, we searched for the formula.
You know?
Look, I think he can do it.
Okay.
So what happens when you finish SKY, huh?
What then?
Well then have to finish the marketing campaign...
Something tells me you're thinking more long term?
This was supposed to be a short visit
to sort out your father's estate.
Mm-hmm.
I wasn't going to say anything,
but there's an offer on the table.
What do you mean?
To purchase Chappel's.
Caine?
Listen, before you say no, I've read over the offer.
It's a good offer.
I'm not selling Chappel's.
Violet, I'm not saying you should.
I'm not, but if you can't meet the deadline...
Just think about it, think about how it's gonna affect you.
And your staff, they're gonna be looked after
and you can return to Boston with a clear conscience.
I'm not selling Chappel's to Caine, end of story.
Okay.
It's late.
Let’s talk about this another time.
♪
Chappel has been in the perfume business for over a 100 years,
and we're known for our unique and complex blends.
Oh Raymond!
This is Dec, Dec, Raymond.
Raymond, Dec.
Raymond is our head chemist.
He's working on our current best seller, SEA.
Pleased to meet you.
You too.
See you in a bit.
We're gonna head this way.
This is Kimmy, you've met, our office administrator.
And through these doors is our laboratory!
We make perfume here.
Perfume is twenty percent concentrated oils,
the rest is water and alcohol!
Can you drink it?
No, no, no.
It's 190 proof.
Oh.
Yeah.
Did you know that it takes thousands and thousands of roses
just to make two cups of rose oil.
Well, I would rather have one living rose.
But, okay.
This is going to be your workstation.
We'll, you know, clean it up and get you settled in here soon.
If you want to follow me this way...
Through that door is where the vats are,
and the vats hold the perfume
until we can bottle them up and ship them out.
So if you want to follow me in, I'll show you.
Okay, so a perfume has three layers of fragrances.
The Head, the Heart and the Ground.
Now, the Head note, it's unstable and it dissipates...
Are you chewing gum?
No...
No, no.
Okay.
Just spit it out.
Yeah, that's-- it interferes with your sense of smell.
Lovely.
It doesn't-- sorry, hold on.
Hey Kimmy.
Yes, yes I will be right there.
(sigh)
(coughs)
Yeah, let me reiterate this Olivia.
Violet's not available
and she's never gonna sell Chappel's to you.
Okay?
Sorry about that-- oh.
Um...
There you are.
Hey!
Hey.
This is such a beautiful spot.
Yeah, it's been in my family for years.
Just no one ever knew what to do with it.
Do you want a Nut Bar?
No, I'm all nuttered out, thanks.
What are you drawing?
Just some ideas.
Wow.
How did you end up here?
I just came down the path from the gate...
No, how did you end up in Bruges?
It's a long, boring story.
Were you always a Botanist?
Nope.
No?
Nope.
What were you before?
(laughing)
I was a stock trader in New York.
Really?
Yeah.
No way.
Yeah.
Pressed suits.
Pot of coffee for breakfast.
A granola bar for lunch.
Kinda like your Nut Bars, but not nearly as delightful.
One day I just gave it all up.
I started travelling through Europe for four months,
and spent the last three years here in Belgium.
Wow.
Um-hmm.
Do you ever miss your previous life?
No,...
No, I really love what I do.
Take this ivy for example.
Most people look at that and they just see a plant, right?
I see hope, the promise of life.
Nature's all around us.
You just need to slow down and breathe it in.
I don't know, I'm fascinated by it.
Kind of like your fascination for perfume.
Yes.
Okay, so how do you go from the trading stocks to Botany?
It's so different.
Oh man...
Actually, my degree is in Botanical Science,
I had student loans, I had to them pay off,
so I decided to take the faster path.
I started trading stocks on Wall Street
rather than planting stalks in gardens.
It seemed like an easy choice at first, and then...
I dunno, it just wasn't for me.
So I followed my gut, traded in my cubicle for wide open spaces.
It was the best job upgrade ever.
I'm impressed.
Well for what it's worth, I think it's really courageous
that you gave it all up and you followed your passion.
It's really wonderful.
Oh, thank you.
So I've been meaning to ask you.
Why do you wear this perfume vial around your neck?
This is SKY, it's the last of the Trilogy
and I owe it to the distributor in eleven days.
Eleven days?
Really?
Yeah.
We don't have the formula anymore,
our Master Perfumer is no longer with us.
He couldn't have just waited a few more days?
Well, that's where your job comes in.
You're gonna help us copy it.
Really?
The last time I copied something was in third grade
from the kid next to me.
I still failed.
Well, you just picked the wrong kid then.
Apparently.
Copying seems easy, creating's the hard part.
Let me smell it.
Here you go.
On your skin, here.
No.
My smells will interfere, and the plants out here too.
I think I know the difference between Gardenias and Deodorant.
Yeah but you said you didn't know about perfumes, so...
Well, I know what I like.
You know, we should head back in to the lab
and start figuring it out.
Yeah, let's go.
Okay.
♪
The delivery man just dropped this off.
What is that?
This is Kung Pao, extra spicy.
May I?
Yeah, there's plenty.
Yeah, okay.
Thanks!
That's my lunch!
Oh no, it was your lunch.
See there's three rules a perfumer has to live by:
No smoking, no drinking.
And no spicy foods.
They interfere with your sense of smell.
What?
Okay, I don't smoke, don't drink, but no spicy food?
Are you kidding me?
Sorry.
Great...
guess I'll just have a Nut Bar.
Oh I have plenty of those.
Yeah, that's what worries me.
Ugh!
♪
Violet: Kimmy!!
(Kimmy laughing)
♪
So this sample is my latest attempt at re-creating SKY.
As you can tell, I think we're getting pretty close.
We're almost there.
Hmmm no, we're not.
Really?
Uh-umm.
Okay, maybe you can start off by telling me
what Head notes you smell?
Well, that's Vetiver.
Uh-huh.
And Jasmine.
Jasmine.
Okay, what about the ground note.
The tail note?
Excellent.
So this is the Nose?
And here I was wondering
if he was going to barely be a nostril.
Dec, this is Stefan Loxley --
Hey.
V.P. at Thompson-Langley Advisors, Boston.
Quite the mouthful.
Declan Granger,
V.P. of the Olfactory Arts.
(laughing)
So Steve, what do you do here?
Marketing, or...
It's Stefan, actually.
And no, I'm here to support Violet.
Oh.
Oh, you...
Yes, we're a couple.
Yeah, I didn't...
didn't know that.
Well now you do.
Have you had a second to take a look
at the marketing posters for Valentine's Day?
Well I've had a few fires to put out myself
but next on my list.
Yeah, good to meet you, Declan.
Yeah, you too buddy.
Wow, where'd you two meet?
The International Khaki Convention?
No, Boston, that's what--
(gasps)
Oh my gosh, my Vial!
No, no, no, my vial!!
Let me help.
No, no, no, don't use that.
Tell me where the rest of the sample is and I'll refill it.
No, you don't understand.
There isn't anymore, this is all I have left.
Okay, why are you so upset?
It was an accident, it's not a big deal.
Can you please go?
Please, I need a moment.
Just go.
All right.
♪
(car pulling to a stop)
You gotta be kidding me.
You must be Dec, the new Perfumer?
Yeah.
I don't think we've met.
Looks like you could use a lift.
You think?
You must be very good.
Where did you come from?
Klein?
No, Lauren?
The Gardens.
Never heard of them.
So I thought I knew everyone at Chappel's.
My name's Olivia Caine.
My family was well acquainted with Eric.
The founder?
Violet's father?
Poor guy.
Died in his sleep recently.
One of the best Noses in the business.
Wait, Violet just lost her father?
I could really make use of someone like you.
Someone like me?
I'm sure Chappel's is a charming operation,
but with Eric out of the way,
Little Orphan Annie is hardly the right choice
to run the business.
You know, that's my stop right here.
Live in the National Park, do you?
Yeah, something like that.
Here's my card.
Think about it.
(engine rumbles)
I think Chappel needs to stand out more,
on the bottom of the bottle.
This one's off-center a little.
Hey, somebody stole my bike!
I left it here last night, and it's gone.
No, it had a flat so I just had Raymond fix it.
Just replaced the sliced tire valve, filled it.
It's over in the loading dock.
Should run a little better now.
I ride a 1200.
Only on weekends.
The wife...
That's totally unexpected, thank you.
How much do I owe you guys?
No man, we're good.
Wow, thank you.
Should we get back to work now?
Oh yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah of course.
Okay, so ummmm...
we were talking about fonts.
Thought I might find you here.
Had to step outside and refresh the olfactories!
It can take some getting used to.
Yeah.
I wanted to say that I'm sorry for yesterday, I feel so...
No, no, I'm the one who should be saying sorry.
No, you have nothing to apologize for.
Yes, I do.
It was my fault.
It was completely insensitive.
I just didn't know about your father.
You must really miss him.
I do.
Every day.
Being here, and all the memories just...
I miss the little things, you know?
He used to walk the halls and hum without knowing.
He wore these glasses that he didn't even need.
And he snorted when he laughed and he never ate anything green
unless I forced him to.
Well that sounds familiar.
He was fun.
Creative.
I remember when I was--
When I was five, he bought me this pair of rain boots...
I wore them every day, just willing it to rain.
Spring came and went and it never rained.
So he scooped me up
and brought me outside under this apple blossom tree.
He shook all the branches
so that it rained apple blossoms on me and my boots.
Wow...
Sounds like he was one-of-a-kind.
He was the best.
Yeah, he had the greatest sense of smell.
You know, every time he created a new perfume
he'd put a few of the drops into a vial for me.
I have all the vials.
This is the last one I'll ever get from him though.
I can't sell this place.
Everybody thinks that I'm crazy.
But I can't.
Not to a fake like Caine.
She's everything my Father wasn't.
Wait, Caine?
Olivia Caine is this woman who has made millions of dollars
copying other peoples' perfumes.
But she's never been able to copy my Father's
because his blends are too complex.
Now she's begging to buy us out.
Well, maybe you should take her up on her offer.
Think of all the Nut Bars you could buy.
(laughing)
Truck loads.
♪
So try these three...
(phone ringing)
Is that Harv again?
Yeah, he's relentless.
Kind of sounds like somebody else I know.
Very funny.
Okay, missing scent?
I don't know, I've been doing this over and over.
Umm...
Okay, do you think it's something spicy?
Maybe it's more of a soft smell?
Or sharp-edged, herbaceous warm?
Maybe our balance is off.
How much Vetiver did you say there is?
A splatter?
Scientific precision please.
A Geiger...?
A Geiger?
Yeah, it's definitely a Geiger, you know,
the thing that's used for measuring ionizing radiation.
(laughing)
Sounded pretty scientific to me.
(heavy sigh)
It's just all starting to smell the same.
Oh, here!
Smell this.
What is that?
It's a wool sock, it helps reset your olfactories.
So sniffing a sock is supposed to make me smell better?
Yeah, sniffing Raymond's sock.
Just try it.
That's nice, things are progressing, I see.
Actually no, we're kind of stuck right now.
Is that what you call it?
Okay, well I'll let you two get on with
whatever it is you're doing.
Voilà , thank you.
You okay?
(Dec yawns)
Yeah, I'm fine.
No, you're not.
Neither are you.
We're spending twenty hours a day in here
on nothing but candy and catnaps,
we need some food.
I forgot, let's go take a break.
Let's hit up the snack bar.
Violet, come on.
You sit in the same chair, looking at the same view,
day in, day out.
Monday you have a nutbar, Tuesdays you have a nutbar--
oh look, it's three o'clock,
let's head to the snack bar and get more Nuts!
If I smell one more Test Strip,
I'm literally gonna lose my mind.
All right, we need to get out of here.
No look, I can't, I have Harv's deadline hanging over my head.
Violet, don't worry about Harv.
Just come with me, trust me.
Please.
Come on!
I have to finish mixing that though!
♪
Pastry, how about this guy?
Get one, yeah.
All right, I'll get one too.
Merci.
That must have been good, you scarfed that down.
What was in yours?
Let me see, the Head note is pastry.
The Ground note is cream cheese.
And the Heart note is lots and lots of butter.
I applaud your effort but your analogy was all off.
The Ground note would be butter.
It makes up the biggest proportion.
And here I thought I was making progress, Professor.
Slow learner.
So why were you raised in the US if your Dad is Belgian?
My mom's American and they divorced when I was young,
so we moved back.
But I spent every summer here in Bruges.
You know that's the first thing I've seen you eat
that isn't shrink-wrapped.
Now you sound like Stefan.
Oh great.
And how do you like living in Bruges?
I'm just here until we get Sky launched
and then it's back home.
Why, what's there that you don't have here?
Well, my mom, my friends, my life.
Oh, all that stuff.
I also have a research contract with a pharmaceutical company.
Really?
You never cease to impress.
Come on.
No, I'm serious.
I mean, you're smart, you're kinda funny.
Oh really?
Yeah, you're accomplished, yet you're willing to risk
your dreams to keep your father's alive.
That's great, most people won't sacrifice for others.
Anyone would do the same if it's my dad.
That is not true, trust me.
We should probably head back to the lab.
Yeah, you know actually I've got something
I want you to see first.
I think you might find it inspiring.
Yeah?
Yeah.
What do you say, yeah?
Yeah.
All right, come on.
Stefan: Where is Violet?
I don't know, did you try her cell?
Yes, it's just going to her voice mail.
She didn't tell you where she was going?
No.
♪
Almost there.
Wow.
This is breathtaking.
I mean, it's like you can smell the colors!
Yeah, it's the blue hour.
It's the time when the flowers smell their strongest.
Of course...
L'heure bleue.
(laughs)
See all these?
The Peonies, the Moon flowers, that Lily of the Valley.
I seeded all those.
So where are we?
This is the Cultivation Garden,
this is where everything's seeded and transplanted.
It's like all the colors
and all the scents that Nature gifted us,
all squeezed into one little spot.
It's heaven on earth.
Nature's perfume.
Exactly.
My father would have...
he would have loved it here...
You know, all he ever wanted was
just for me to come and visit.
It had been ages since I'd seen him.
I just kept putting it off because of life and work
and, you know, I'd tell him,
I'll come next week, and maybe next week and...
God, I'd give anything
just to have one minute with him again.
I wish he'd just give me a sign he was near.
In life we don't always get
clean endings and nice good-byes.
You're lucky, you have good memories.
Even if though your father's not actually here, he's always near.
You know, one of these days he well send you that sign,
and when he does,
you'll know it.
♪
(sprinklers turn on suddenly)
We can't.
Sorry.
♪
(sighs)
♪
Violet, Harv Willard here--
Violet, Harv Willard here, calling you again--
There you are!
Hi.
Where have you been?
I stepped outside for a breather.
Yeah?
I've been texting, calling.
I know, I left my phone here, I'm sorry.
You know what?
It's been a while since we've been to diner, you and I.
You want to get out of here?
Honestly, I can't.
I'm swamped and now I need to play catch-up.
I mean I'm breathing and sleeping
and dreaming Harv Willard, so I just need to...
Okay.
All the more reason for you to get out of here.
I'm not gonna take no for an answer.
Okay.
Okay?
Yeah, just let me turn off...
Okay, yeah.
Raining?
Yeah, I got caught in the rain.
♪
I miss this.
I miss you.
Um-hmm.
Oh look, they have your favorite, the Chateaubriand.
I wonder if it's as good as the place back in Boston.
You know, the bistro that we go to
around the corner from the theater district?
What's it called again?
Stefan?
Hmmm?
Hi?
Hi, you just order what you want.
This night's all about you.
(electronic clicking from Stefan's phone)
♪
Oh!!
How was yesterday?
What do you mean?
Your day, dinner with Stefan?
Oh, it was fine...
The day was-- the day was fine, yeah.
Dinner was fine.
Everything was fine.
Okay, dish.
What's going on?
What do you mean?
Well, you just said fine four times.
Oh I did?
Um-hmm.
Huh.
Morning.
Uh, morning.
Hmmm...
What?
Oh, nothing.
Everything's...
Fine.
Um-hmm.
Sorry, I just need to...
♪
My nephew would be perfect for you, Kimmy.
He's smart, he's an accountant, very good with kids--
What kind of car does he drive?
He can cook.
He's very handy around the house.
I think I'm good being single for now.
You know Olivia Caine?
What?
Why didn't you tell me?
She gave me a ride the day my bike broke down,
it's not a big deal.
It's a pretty big deal.
It was just a ride.
I told you about Olivia.
Look, ours is a cut-throat industry.
It's not just pretty bottles and perfume.
What did you tell her about SKY?
Does she know we don't have the formula?
What was she wearing?
What?
She's got great style.
Look, Olivia's the one who's been spreading rumors to Harv.
Did you think about that before you got in her car?
Hold up, all right?
Let me get this straight,
this is how you treat the member of your "big, happy family"?
I've got work to do.
Watch your back with that one.
I just asked what she was wearing, so...
I've known you for years, you never get sick.
I'm breathing recycled air 24/7 with the perfume police.
What do you expect?
Boss Lady giving you a hard time?
Violet with her Super-sanitized boyfriend,
with his manicured this and tailored that.
Everything's...
(coughing)
Perfect?
Maybe if you call buffed nails and pocket squares
in your overly designed suits perfect, then yeah I guess.
Brother, you are a goner.
♪
(phone ringing)
Hey.
Dec is what?!
So it is true, umm, I guess you really are really sick.
Yeah, how's your nose?
Nice to see you, too.
Look, I'm sick, I'm sorry, okay?
I couldn't smell a skunk right now.
Don't even worry about it, I'm here to fix it.
So if you just take an antihistamine now,
an anti-inflammatory in two hours--
Already took vitamin C and Echinacea--
That's great, so you'll start feeling better
in like two months...
Really?
Is that all I am to you, a facial appendage?
No.
I'm sorry, it's just the stress of the deadline
and we were finally making--
(sneezes loudly and coughs)
-- progress.
I'm sorry.
No, it's okay.
Sorry.
But if I wasn't working 20 hours a day
in that cave you call a lab,
I'd probably have a functioning immune system.
I know.
You know what, we're in this together, all right?
So you just get some--
some rest and I will go hold down the fort.
And I'll check in with you later.
And maybe think about taking medicine please?
Okay.
Mr. Brophy?
Yeah?
I'd like some information on one of your former employees,
Stefan Granger.
Wish I could help but that's confidential.
Maybe I should speak with your Boss.
♪
(rings buzzer)
(rings buzzer again)
♪
May I come in?
Uh...
Nice place.
So lush and so green.
So why didn't you tell me you copy perfumes?
Well, hardly criminal.
Why didn't you tell me you're a Botanist?
Irrelevant.
Soup?
You know, my family owns a huge estate.
One that requires a full time Landscape Artist.
I hear you're very skilled.
(laughs nervously)
I can make it happen.
All I need from you is one tiny little formula.
Think about it.
You'll never have to work in a lab again.
So, what did you put in this?
Oh you know, a little of this, a little of that.
What kind of soup is it?
Chicken?
It's minestrone.
Yeah, I was standing at the balcony, I saw Violet leaving.
(coughs)
Don't be a fool, Dec.
Violet is just using you
and once she gets what she wants,
you'll be yesterday's news.
She has no real need for your skills.
But I do.
Feel better.
I'm not crazy about the color scheme on this one,
but I do like the bottle as an option.
Maybe they could show me a few different ones
in case we want to use that one...
Stefan: I'll see you soon, have a good flight!
Kimmy, pull the job posting!
I have got you the best Perfumer in the business!
What are you talking about?
Carrie Steilman.
Chanel's Carrie Steilman!?
Yes, her and her husband want to relocate from Paris.
Isn't this marvelous?
What's the matter?
I thought you'd be thrilled.
What about Dec?
What about him?
You didn't even ask me.
This isn't how Chappel treats its employees.
Okay, well give the gardener a severance pay?
He'll be fine.
You worry too much.
♪
Dec!
Hi!
Hey!
I was just coming to see you.
Actually, how are you-- how are you feeling?
I feel much better, yeah.
Thanks.
Kimmy told me you were here.
I wanted to come by and say thanks for the soup.
Of course.
You know, actually, now that you're here,
I would really love to talk to you about...
What is that?
What?
Where are you going?
That's it.
That's what I've been smelling in SKY.
What?
This?
Yeah.
This is a rare tree my father had imported,
it's called "Herb of Apple."
We tried apple essence, though.
You said it didn't work.
It's this particular scent.
The missing note is a scent above the Head note.
Like a-- I don't know, like a halo note.
Is that possible?
Of course.
I mean, of course.
My father developed this secret technique
that only he would use
where he would evoke the emotion of a place.
For LAND, we used French moss.
For SEA, he used real sea kelp.
He had to have done it for SKY!
SKY smells like the air around this tree.
Of course!!
Let's get to the lab.
♪
Don't worry, we'll get this.
I'm not gonna leave 'til we does.
I told you Nut Bars were addictive.
That's not what I'm addicted to.
Moment of truth.
Let's have it.
(disappointed sigh)
Seriously??
We did it.
What??
Yeah.
Seriously?!
What great news!!
Oh my god, you did it!
No, we did it!
Oh my...
Hey, we did it, we just made SKY.
Oh well isn't that wonderful.
This is Carrie Steilman.
So good to meet you, Ms. Chappel.
I'm a huge fan of your father's work.
What?
Hi.
I'm Carrie, the new Perfumer.
Perfumer?
And this is Dec and he--
I'm just leaving, actually.
No, Dec!
Listen, it's not-- Please, I can explain.
No need to explain, have fun.
Bye.
Stefan said that you need me to start immediately.
I can begin working this afternoon.
I'm sorry, you're going to have to excuse me.
Violet!
I'm sorry Carrie, let's go over the contract
and I'll show you around, okay?
Hi handsome!
How's the sniffles?
Look, I know what you want, it's not gonna happen.
Oh, everyone has a price.
She's using you and you know it.
You're a fill-in, no experience
or even apprenticeship as a Master Perfumer.
Sooner or later, Violet won't need you.
Face it, Dec, to them, you will always be a Botanist.
Come work for me.
And you will never feel like an outsider again.
You won't regret it.
What are you doing?
I am filling out the paperwork for Carrie,
and I am terminating Dec.
Okay, well you can stop.
What?
Stop.
(Stefan sighs)
When Chappel's gets a real Perfumist, the Gardener--
I'm sorry, the Botanist, he goes.
I thought that's what you wanted?
No, that's not what I wanted.
Look, this isn't right, Stefan.
We already have a perfumist.
Dec's the one who helped me figure out the formula.
Okay, he's our perfumer.
I'm not hiring someone else.
She's already got the job, Chappel's is in good hands.
It's time to focus on us and went to Boston.
Okay?
You've tried your hardest
and your Father would be so proud of you.
But it's not what I would be proud of.
I'm not hiring someone else.
I have the formula.
Get everyone working on this right away.
No one goes home or takes a break until it's done.
Wait.
Are you sure?
These ingredients are not--
I don't have time for debates, just follow the formula.
Time is money.
♪
Kimmy: Can we work a little faster, everyone?
We really need to get this done, okay?
Olivia: I've waited long enough.
I'd be careful if I were you.
Hmm.
Fresh.
Outdoorsy.
I'll call it AIR.
Get PR on the line.
Put Marketing on the Valentine's Day advertisement.
The minute SKY is launched we'll piggyback
on their success and finally make a copy.
I wouldn't do that.
Hey, Dec, it's me Violet.
Again.
Look, I know that you're upset.
I just need you to call me back, okay?
Please.
Okay, bye.
♪
What did you put in this!?
Look at me!
I tried to warn you, Mrs. Caine.
I told you to make that formula!
And I did.
"8 parts Urushiol," just like it says.
It doesn't say Urushiol!
It says "Toxicodendron diversilobum."
Urushiol is the active ingredient.
Poison Oak.
Ugh!
I just followed your instructions.
Ugh!
I've got a score to settle.
Can you meet me in 30 minutes?
(phone ringing)
Hello?
What?!
No, no, I'll be right there.
Hey, I got your message.
Is everybody okay?
What happened?!
We're all fine, nobody was hurt
but the sprinkler system erupted and flooded the lab.
Dec: What?
There's a lot of damage.
But at least the offices are okay.
Well, is it safe to go inside?
No, they're securing the building
and checking the electrical.
Hi guys.
It's going to be some time before it's safe to go inside
so maybe just go home and I'll call you later, okay?
What about Harv and the deadline?
I don't know what I'm going to do about that right now.
Is everyone all right?
What happened?
What are you doing here?
Well, I saw the fire trucks from the highway, is everything ok?
Yes, everything is just fine, thank you.
By the way, congratulations on SKY,
it is wonderful, Eric's best scent yet.
And how would you know?
Because I have it.
Smell for yourself.
How did you get that?
Dec, how?
How?!
I knew you couldn't trust him.
I did give her a formula, for poison oak.
It was meant to be a joke.
No point in trying to hide the truth, Dec.
And who could blame you
after the shoddy treatment they gave you?
Dec, only you and I know the formula.
Violet, do you really think I would do that?
I think you should go, Olivia.
Sure.
Yeah.
I changed my mind, I don't like her style.
It's ugly.
Why would you just give up?
I hadn't seen you that happy in ages.
It doesn't matter what I said or did, the dye was cast.
Never pegged you for taking the easy way out.
What's that supposed to mean?
That job was good for you.
Or maybe it was the lady.
No, it wasn't the lady.
If you say so.
But take it from me.
If you do nothing, you get nothing.
♪
(Motorcycle engine rumbling)
Look, I think you should go.
I did not sell SKY to Olivia.
Yeah, well someone did.
♪
It wasn't me, I promise you that.
I would never stoop that low
and I would never do anything to hurt you.
I know your father's legacy means everything to you.
Well honestly, it doesn't really now.
What is all this?
I'm returning home to the States.
What?
You can't do that, you can't just give up.
What do you expect me to do, start mixing in the parking lot?
Yeah.
Yeah, if that's what it takes...
If you do nothing, you get nothing.
Violet, I don't know you that well, but I know you.
I know when you're happy,
I know when you're pretending to be happy,
and I know when you're afraid.
Well you're wrong about me.
Don't you want to continue Chappel's legacy?
Yeah, I did want to, but I don't have the nose for it.
You don't need the nose, Violet.
You are a chemist.
You don't need to copy your father's perfume.
You just create your own, that's how you honor him.
Can you please go?
Please, just,...
You know, honestly Violet,
I really hope you find what you're looking for.
♪
Hi!
The couriers dropped these off at Chappel's.
Great, thanks.
Let me help.
You okay?
Great.
Is everything okay with you and Stefan?
Fine.
Don't take this the wrong way.
I like Stefan but, he's not Dec.
I've been watching you, not in a creepy way,
but when you are with Dec you seem so happy.
He really makes you smile.
And well, Stefan is kind of like a pair of Designer Shoes.
They look great and when you put them on...
Right.
Okay, thanks.
Thank you for bringing these.
I'll see you later, okay?
Okay.
(trunk slams shut)
What's the minimum we have to meet
in order to deliver our contract with Harv?
Hmm?
Harv?
How many bottles?
Stefan?
Yeah?
How many?
As I recall, two thousand by noon, Friday.
Five thousand by the end of the week,
and the balance depends on sales.
Why?
What if I reformulate SKY?
Hmm.
Stefan?
Yeah?
What if I reformulate SKY?
Well, you'd have two days to do
what your Father did in two months.
So it's never going to happen.
Besides, I've already-- I've already booked our flights home.
But I want to finish my Father's perfume.
Violet, it's impossible.
It's not going to happen,
it's time to face the facts, it's over.
I'm gonna finish what I started.
Don't you want to go home to Boston?
I thought that was your dream.
Sometimes dreams change.
Is this about Dec?
No, it's not about Dec.
Look, he gave me the idea to reformulate.
I'm the one choosing to stay and finish this.
What does he know?
A Botanist thinking he can crush a few Apple Blossoms
and call himself a perfumer?
Look, I have the foundation, okay?
All I have to do is tweak it just a little bit,
I can re-formulate SKY and still deliver to Harv on time.
And Olivia won't be able to...
How did you know about the Apple Blossoms?
Olivia must have said something.
No, she didn't.
Dec must have said something.
No, he wouldn't do that.
He's loyal and genuine.
How did you know?
Are you falling in love with him?
Are you?
Because I'm not an idiot, you spend so much time with him.
We have been working together.
Stefan, how?
How did you know the formula?
(stuttering)
How?!
Your laptop was open.
It was on the screen.
How could you do this?
How could you sell me out?
And to Olivia of all people?
What did she offer you?
She got him out of the way.
I did it for us.
No, you didn't.
You did this for you.
Violet, please let me explain--
No.
No need.
We're done.
♪
(picture frame crashing on the floor)
♪
The formula...
♪
Kimmy, I have an idea.
Just this way.
Harv, hi!
Thank you for coming on such short notice.
I just wanted to tell you in person that
I'm going to reach my deadline tomorrow.
I thought your lab was flooded.
We have back-up facilities.
Chappel's has never reneged on its commitments
and we're not about to start.
You will have the first order as contracted.
This was slipped to me by my PR team.
It hasn't run yet,
but Olivia claims to have finally copied your blend.
"Can't get your hands on SKY? There's plenty of AIR."
Is this true?
Because you know I was promised an original blend.
It won't do me any good if she has the copy.
Harv, you will absolutely get an original blend, as always.
Olivia Caine has never copied us,
and she's not about to start.
Okay.
Yeah?
Thank you.
♪
I brought help.
This is my wife, ma maman, my mother-in-law,
my daughters and the rest of my extended family.
I brought every family member and friend who owed me a favor.
You're the best.
Okay, maybe if you four head to the kitchen,
then I'll have you guys just head that way.
There's boxes, if you can just start unpacking them, okay?
Thank you.
♪
It smells so good in here.
A little bit more water, and faster.
Plus vite.
Do you think he'll come?
I don't know.
(doorbell rings)
Can you bring this to the kitchen?
I'll be right there.
Hey, I got your text.
You wanted to see me?
Yes.
I don't even know where to start...
I want to apologize for ever doubting you.
I know you had nothing to do with selling SKY.
I'm really sorry.
And you were right...
I mean, about a lot of things,
but I've been living my Father's dream and not my own.
So, for starters, I'm not going back to Boston.
And what about Stefan?
He's back where he belongs.
And as great as SKY was,
I'm gonna finish the Trilogy on my own.
So you just need a nose.
No.
I need you.
Really?
Can I show you something?
Yeah.
Come on.
Okay...
Come on!!
Smell.
Mmmm, is that Lily of the Valley?
(sniffing)
Snowdrops, Peonies, Moonflower...
You called it "Heaven on Earth."
Is this the Cultivation Garden?
Yeah, you inspired me so we're going to bottle your Garden.
(chatter and bustling)
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Want to try it?
Yeah.
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Not yet.
Hey, Ty, sorry to bother you.
Oh here, let me.
I need a favor.
So just...
We're ready?
Yes, okay.
This one here.
Okay.
No, it's still missing something...
Okay, well what should we add?
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Now it's perfect.
It is.
(doorbell ringing)
Heard you needed an army.
The Bean Fix platoon's at your service.
He's cute.
The Botanical Gardeners await your instructions.
Where do we set up, Boss?
I... I don't know what to say.
Oh wow, the professor is speechless.
That's a first.
Okay, well, we have two thousand of these little bottles to fill
and package in the next one hundred and 20 minutes.
So if every one of you can handle a little over
a bottle every two minutes, then we can make it.
We can do it.
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That's one thousand, everybody!
We're half way there!
Keep up the good work!
(cheering)
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(laughing)
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Last one.
That's it?
That's it.
We did it.
That's two thousand, people!
(cheering and applause)
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(everyone chatting)
Thank you so much.
Au revoir.
And you said you didn't have any family.
I guess they were hiding under my nose the whole time.
Terrible.
(laughing)
Ty, thank you.
Thanks man.
Any time.
You sure you know the way?
I'm good, I've got a special navigation system.
Oh really?
Special.
Iced Matcha, Monday.
You two don't get lost.
(car pulling away)
So I think I get it now.
Making perfume is not like hydrogen bonds.
Really?
Yeah.
It's like...
It's like falling for a girl.
Oh, come on...
Hear me out.
Okay, so the Head note, right?
That's the thrill, the chase...
I like this analogy, keep going.
Okay.
The Ground note, it's a little less frenzied.
That's where the vibe grows and the soul gets sucked in.
And then the Heart note...
That's the one you just can't get out of your system.
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Thought you were only interested in my nose?
No.
We did good.
We did.
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Another year and Heaven on Earth is still a hit!
Wow.
That is a big order.
Well, you did it.
No, we did it.
Speaking of we...
What do you think?
What?!
Yes.
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