In the jasmine fields of the Nile Delta

In the jasmine fields of the Nile Delta, flower picking happens before dawn, when the flowers are still closed and their oil is most concentrated. Just a few years ago, a picker could gather around six kilograms of blossoms in a single night. Now, the same hands bring in two or three, and it can take more than eight hours to fill a single basket. The heat that has settled over Egypt is thinning the harvest and, with it, the scent itself, weakening the oil that makes the flower worth bending over in the dark to collect. — Read more in Climate Change Is Coming for Your Signature Scent at Ethos.