Belgrade's old perfume shop holds back time

Family business is last keeper of a dying craft

On a cobblestone street in central Belgrade, amid designer boutiques and trendy snack bars, stands a small perfume shop that is the last keeper of a dying craft and a witness to the Serbian capital's turbulent history.

The Sava Perfumery is the only one of its kind still remaining in Belgrade - a small family business of home-made perfumes and other beauty products, the kind that once thrived here but have vanished as mass-production has taken over.