Hamburg, 1920. Perfumery Douglas has existed for ten years. The founders Marie and Anna Carstens want to focus on establishing international contacts, and therefore hand over the day-to-day operations to their goddaughters Hertha and Lucie Harders. However, the young women are expecting hard times: the German economy is collapsing under the weight of the obligation to pay war reparations, the number of customers is decreasing due to inflation. In search of new ideas, Lucie is inspired by exceptional fragrances in Berlin and New York of the golden twenties - but also by love.