Love Blossoms Page #4

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.

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