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What stinks?, Grasse, France travel blog

What stinks?

A travel blog entry by gr8escape

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... .  It was all just a joke, huh?  You told me I looked like Owen Wilson! One note about a visit to Grasse.  I never knew a perfume museum could be so BORING.  I thought it was a factory tour.  Now THAT would be ...

Perfume, Grasse, France travel blog

Perfume

A travel blog entry by laurantim

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... Cecile nous a receptionne avec ses deux petits Roxanne :( 7ans) et Gabriel (2 ans et demi). Il y a plusieurs parfumeries a Grasse : Molinard, Gallimard et Fragonnard. On a visite la parfumerie Fragonnard, ou l'on a vu comment un ...

Vedinames, Grasse, France travel blog

Vedinames

A travel blog entry by kankel

Turint omeny, kad siandien būtinai norėjom rasti kempingą, tai mes vėlavom. Todėl laiko nuostoliams atgauti vaziavimas iki Kanų buvo siek tiek pagreitintu tempu. Gana didelio kelio serpantinai po kanjono serpantinų ...

Grazing in Grasse, Grasse, France travel blog

Grazing in Grasse

A travel blog entry by globetrotters

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... we quickly snapped a few pictures from the car and sat back to enjoy the ride. About three hours later, we arrived in Grasse, the perfume capital of France, located in the province of Nice. Now, this is the kind of place you want to walk around. Here, ...

Gorges Verdon... Route Napoleon, Grasse, France travel blog

Gorges Verdon... Route Napoleon

A travel blog entry by darrenhough74

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... road towards Cannes, which was route Napoleon, orginially created by him as a pass through the mountains...very windy.  Our destination for the evening was Grasse where we found a good park overlooking the city lights and our first view of the ...

Les ultimes préparatifs du trip, Grasse, France travel blog

Les ultimes préparatifs du trip

A travel blog entry by ouestcharly_ams

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... je compte emporter. Hé oui on retrouve forcément le short de bain pour les plages de Rio, le maillot de l'équipe de France pour leur montrer d'où je viens mais également, la ceinture cache billets, la poche ventrale portefeuille... Le départ (avec ...

On friday afternoon i made a call to the ..., Grasse, France travel blog

On friday afternoon i made a call to the ...

A travel blog entry by benny

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... a striking similarity to the place of my previous employment in Sydney, Animal Logic. It must be fate. I am in Grasse right now, the Perfume capital of France and eating lunch when I receive a call that has made my month. The Skipper of Basic Logic ...

Provence -Part 1, Grasse, France travel blog

Provence -Part 1

A travel blog entry by waznvic

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... first tenting episode on the trip and the camp is in an old olive grove with 200 year old trees.   Grasse is a really pretty city famous for perfume manufacture sice the 17th century, so Vicki took me on 2 factory tours and spent her ...

Day 8 - Perfumery in Grasse, Grasse, France travel blog

Day 8 - Perfumery in Grasse

A travel blog entry by travelledkiwi

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On the way to Nice we stop off at Grasse which in the area of Provence to see a French Perfumery and a tour of the factory. I didn't buy anything as I got some in Egypt 3 weeks before. Then we all jumped on the bus and made our way to ...

Eating Out and Sniffing in Grasse, Grasse, France travel blog

Eating Out and Sniffing in Grasse

A travel blog entry by kevino101

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... anywhere else in Italy. However, our faith in the art of coffee was restored at Da Luca in Mestre and at Georgio's in Grasse.  Georgio’s plat de jour was good, but his coffee was fantastic. Grasse is most famous for the manufacture of perfume ...

Grasse and the surrounding area, Grasse, France travel blog

Grasse and the surrounding area

A travel blog entry by carofoley

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... arrived that afternoon. Our plans were to visit the perfumeries as Sasha is very interested in incorporating smell into her sculptures. Grasse is THE centre of perfume making and even though you see Chanel or Dior in the shops, the perfume is actually ...

Grasse...the ultimate perfumery, Grasse, France travel blog

Grasse...the ultimate perfumery

A travel blog entry by brianc

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... pursuaded to purchase some aftershave...a strange cream version.   From there we went on a long walk through the streets of Grasse. Most were very narrow and cobbled and many were not in good condition. A downside of grubby alleys that could have ...

French riviera, Grasse, France travel blog

French riviera

A travel blog entry by brianc

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... reinforced tunnels just carved out of the rock. A few small towns but always the rail line and the sea on our left.   France had a different feel about it. It appeared more vibrant. It was brighter and it was cleaner. There seemed to be more ...

Who's read Perfume??, Grasse, France travel blog

Who's read Perfume??

A travel blog entry by ngoc

Stopped off in Grasse on the way to Nice.... Perfume...so much of it.... Very cute little town ...

Episode 11, Grasse, France travel blog

Episode 11

A travel blog entry by overlandlyn2010

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... road above the cliffs. Most of these Vercors mountains are in a ‘Park Natural’ whatever that is supposed to mean in France.  There are still farms on all the cleared land and the pine forests are logged to some degree, whether or not ...

Hmmm, smells like roses..., Grasse, France travel blog

Hmmm, smells like roses...

A travel blog entry by ssandsk

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... back at the main square in front of the Palais du Congres, another lovely old building. We'll no doubt see more of Grasse over the coming months, since we're only about 10kms away...but hopefully today's report has given you a whiff of the essence of the ...

The Hills were Beckoning, Grasse, France travel blog

The Hills were Beckoning

A travel blog entry by tiggercampervan

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We now decided to head inland to the Alpes-Maritime area. The campsite we found was a little gem with stunning scenery, even the view from the sinks took our breath away. From our pitch we could see a little village on the top of the hillside, it looked ...

Perfume making, Grasse, France travel blog

Perfume making

A travel blog entry by tiggercampervan

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Grasse was also a lovely town, not rated in the tourist books which surprised us. We had an interesting tour around a perfume making factory, and Caroline returned to attend a one hour workshop to design her own scent, luckily Brian liked it. We had an ...

The Nose Knows, Grasse, France travel blog

The Nose Knows

A travel blog entry by lesliehonaker

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... is sunny, warm and the beach is calling our name, but we decide to hop in the car and head over to Cannes and Grasse.  Cannes was canned due to heavy traffic and difficulty getting around in a short time.  Can't imagaine what this place is like ...

Another scenic route day, Grasse, France travel blog

Another scenic route day

A travel blog entry by rickandwill

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... village on the way and have an early lunch. Once again our plan for all this went well. Found a lovely little bakery somewhere in France , this time I only spoke French , basic but was understood just the same. When it comes to food we get by pretty good ...

Grasse, Grasse, France travel blog

Grasse

A travel blog entry by isabellew

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I think Grasses -- France's perfume capital -- needs no introduction after the popular novel and film "Perfume." I visited the hillside city on Labor's Day so the International Museum of Perfume was closed but the famous perfume maker Fragonard remained ...

In glorious Provence, Grasse, France travel blog

In glorious Provence

A travel blog entry by bronzewing

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Two days driving took us through south-east Spain and into the south of France where we stayed for two nights with Peter and Di, friends we have also made through Claremont. They have a beautiful villa in the hills above Cannes near a village called ...

Aromatherapy, Grasse, France travel blog

Aromatherapy

A travel blog entry by abalzer

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... Since those early days people have been wearing perfumes and “noses” have been developing new scents right here in Grasse, France.  After learning a little history we moved on to the essential oils and how they help our bodies, for ...

Perfume capital of France, Grasse, France travel blog

Perfume capital of France

A travel blog entry by woody0198

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Having breakfast on the beach is just not a bad way to go.  We took a train to Cannes, then a bus to Grasse, where we scored a room across the plaza from Fragonard, one of two large perfumeries in town.  The perfume tour was nice, and Carrie ...

Cote d'Azur, Grasse, France travel blog

Cote d'Azur

A travel blog entry by wenj

ville de parfum, montagneuse et ...

Llegada a Grasse, Grasse, France travel blog

Llegada a Grasse

A travel blog entry by joan.mateu

Arribada a la nostra primera parada Grasse a França on hi passem 1 nit per a ...

Only great surprises here, Grasse, France travel blog

Only great surprises here

A travel blog entry by nealrover

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... this little 'family' and I think it is mutual. I think there were nearly tears. We were at La Surprise north east of Grasse by 1 o'clock after a little difficulty finding the place. If you ever need to be somewhere you would never be found this would be ...

Grasse not really on the nose, Grasse, France travel blog

Grasse not really on the nose

A travel blog entry by tom.a.marshall

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Going in the opposite direction to Cannes, you end up at Grasse, not far up the road to the north of Mougins. Grasse is famous for perfume and there are a couple of museums telling you all about the production of this very French product. After I'd ...

Part Two - Travel to Grasse, Grasse, France travel blog

Part Two - Travel to Grasse

A travel blog entry by merlotmonster

... torrential rain to good old Blighty.... the rest of us on the other hand were heading down the Autoroute de Soleil towards Grasse. Stayed in a wonderful B& B run by Steve and Clair  . They couldnt have been more welcoming and I would ...

Provençal vineyards and million dollar boats......, Grasse, France travel blog

Provençal vineyards and million dollar boats......

A travel blog entry by chrisandkris

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... heard the news about the volcanic ash cloud over Europe 3 days after it happened! After Nice, we drove through Grasse ( the perfume city of France) and spent yesterday by the Lake Sainte Croix nearby. The lake feeds off this massive, deep gorge which you ...

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