Rose de Mai (Director's Cut)

At dawn in Grasse, pickers harvest the rare Centifolia rose by hand during its brief May bloom and reflect on what the flower means to them.

A gorgeous, fleeting glimpse of a centuries-old flower harvest in Provence.

Every year in May, the Centifolia rose blooms in Grasse, France. It is the rarest, most fragrant rose in the world and can only be harvested by hand, at dawn, within a four-hour window. Rose pickers from neighboring town

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