Camille is a perfumer with a hyper-sensitive sense of smell, searching for a scent lost to history. She crosses paths with a rugged archeologist who thinks she is just a tourist, but soon realizes she can "smell" the history he is trying to dig up. They race against time to find an ancient tomb, guided by scent and attraction.
The air in Cairo in 1885 was thick with the smell of roasting coffee and hot sand, a sensory explosion for 24-year-old Camille (Camille Dubois). She had left France to find ingredients that no European nose had ever experienced. In the winding alleys of the market, she searched for a legendary flower said to bloom only under the full moon.