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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

So much so thatwhen I was 12 years old, I tried to make perfumeout of gardenia and rose...

So much so that
when I was 12 years old, I tried to make perfume
out of gardenia and rose petals boiled in water, to impress a girl
I was madly in love with, called Betsy Clapp,
with a double P

Full Transcript

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So much so that when I was 12 years old,
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I tried to make perfume out of gardenia
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and rose petals boiled in water,
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to impress a girl I was madly in love with,
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called Betsy Clapp, with a double P.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:46
Uploaded
May 21, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary
Production
Storyvault Films

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Movie Summary

Richard E Grant packs his clothes and a bag of books and travels to the locations authors have fictionalised to gain a sense of the places that inspired their novels.
S01 • E01 And what's particularly intriguing - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
And what's particularly intriguing
S01 • E02 It took me 56 years to create my own - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
It took me 56 years to create my own
S01 • E03 Lee began his extraordinary journey on foot, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Lee began his extraordinary journey on foot,
S01 • E02 The second is Patrick Suskind's 'Perfume' novel. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
The second is Patrick Suskind's 'Perfume' nov...
S01 • E03 And his journey is recorded - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
And his journey is recorded
S01 • E01 Carlo Levi's compelling memoir of his time spent in this area - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Carlo Levi's compelling memoir of his time spent in thi...
S01 • E02 It's the best description of scent - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
It's the best description of scent
S01 • E03 So, "It was 1934, I was 19 years old, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
So, "It was 1934, I was 19 years old,
S01 • E01 Richard: In the mid-1930s, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
Richard: In the mid-1930s,
S01 • E02 Richard narrates: Published in 1985, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:13
Richard narrates: Published in 1985,
S01 • E03 "I carried a small rolled-up tent, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
"I carried a small rolled-up tent,
S01 • E01 In 1945, he published 'Christ Stopped at Eboli', - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
In 1945, he published 'Christ Stopped at Eboli',
S01 • E03 "I was propelled, of course, by the traditional forces - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
"I was propelled, of course, by the traditional forces
S01 • E02 The novel's protagonist is Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
The novel's protagonist is Jean-Baptiste Grenouille,
S01 • E03 "By the small tight valley closing in around, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
"By the small tight valley closing in around,
S01 • E01 "The greatest travellers had not gone beyond the limits - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
"The greatest travellers had not gone beyond the limits
S01 • E02 Grenouille follows his nose to this idyllic mountain town - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
Grenouille follows his nose to this idyllic mountain town
S01 • E03 "The cottage walls narrowing like the arms - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
"The cottage walls narrowing like the arms
S01 • E01 "They've trodden the paths of their own souls - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
"They've trodden the paths of their own souls
S01 • E03 "The local girls whispering, 'Marry and settle down.'" - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:18
"The local girls whispering, 'Marry and settle dow...