Grasse
Travel Blogs from Grasse, France
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What stinks?
... . 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
... 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
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
... 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
... 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
... 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 ...
... 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
... 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
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
... 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
... 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
... 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
... 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??
Stopped off in Grasse on the way to Nice.... Perfume...so much of it.... Very cute little town ...
Episode 11
... 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...
... 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
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 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
... 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
... 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
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
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
... 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
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 ...
Only great surprises here
... 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
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
... 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......
... 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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