John Sharp Douglas had a good nose for fine soaps. His breakthrough, however, was thanks to Anna and Maria Carstens. The sisters opened the first Douglas perfumery in Hamburg. Heinrich Eklöh and his descendants turned it into a successful chain. The moon makes the brick buildings in Hamburg's Speicherstadt shine brightly, the Elbe is calm. Scottish immigrant John Sharp Douglas is standing at the railing of the three-masted ship. In his pocket, the 29-year-old has everything he owns: a little money and a certificate as a soap boiler. In his head he carries a dream: his own small factory. In Scotland, taxes put a spoke in his wheel - too expensive. America would have been nice, but the crossing - too expensive. In the "Free Hanseatic City"...