1.0 link 142978 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/haley-alexander-van-oosten/natural-misconceptions_b_142978.html On a recent pilgrimage to Grasse, the historic center of perfume plant cultivation, I found myself harvesting roses with fourth generation farmers. Well, more accurately, they were harvesting. I mostly watched their fingers. With a deft sweep under open petals, and a gentle half-pinch, half-snap with the thumb, the farmers seemed to be playing floral castanets as they rhythmically plucked rose after rose. While piling the mid-morning collection in the barn, the matron of the farm lamented that due to...

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