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AS THE AIR FRANCE jet approached Los Angeles, Dahlia considered what awaited her. She knew Camille needed her now, and it frightened her a little. Her grandmother had never needed anyone before. Camille was entirely self-made.
Dahlia thought about how Camille must be feeling right now, trapped in an ailing body and stripped of her seemingly endless energy. Camille, who was always in charge, was a founder accustomed to directing people and resources exactly where and when they were needed. She was the force behind the company and the visionary who’d propelled Parfums Dubois into the upper echelons of the perfume industry through a brilliant combination of unparalleled creativity and savvy business skills. Camille was the woman who’d conceived the world’s most iconic perfumes, the woman
