What I learned when I went to France to see how Chanel make their No. 5 perfume

Joseph Mul’s farm in Grasse is a remarkable place. It is where delicate jasmine flowers are harvested especially for perfumery - and where Chanel No. 5 was created. Vickie Maye takes a walk through the fields – and meets the Head Perfumer at the luxury house, Olivier Polge

Vickie Maye walks through the fields of Mul's farm in Grasse, where flowers are grown and harvested for Chanel's No. 5.

The moment we step inside the jasmine fields there is a shift in the air. The sweet floral scent is so encompassing it all but embraces you.

We are visiting the Mul family farmland in Grasse, just minutes from Nice and the French Riviera. In the late 1980s the family formed a partnership with Chanel — here they grow jasmine, May rose, geranium, iris, and tuberose exclusively for the luxury house.