THE BOTANIST & THE CHEMIST
It was during the early 20th century, that an unprecedented innovation was on the brink of discovery. All it would take to come to fruition, would be the serendipitous encounter of these two great Parisian minds. The Chemist, a young handsome researcher, went out for a walk at the very edge of the noisy metropolis wearing his white lab coat. The 20th District was cobbled together with land and villages that at the time were outside the city limits. That part of town had always something mystical. On that particular day the intensity of the fog was unnaturally entwined with the strange light in the clouds. The Chemist had walked that path many times on his way home from work, but only that day, in that odd misty light, did he notice an opening, something akin to a passageway in between the bushes. He decided to follow it. With a quickened heartbeat, and an insatiable curiosity, he stepped through the gap in the bushes. A secluded garden, something the likes of which he had never seen, revealed itself at the end of the pathway. Exotic plants, flowers of any and every color. A wave of aromas, blended in the air. “This must be the secret 21st district”, he thought. Suddenly an old, stylish and Extravagant man stepped out from a shed. He wore a green velvet suit and thin glasses balanced on his nose as he carried a heavy jar. His look brought back a different era. This man was The Botanist.