A dozen years ago, when I became a perfume devotee, I felt as if I had discovered two new strains of art — frangrance-making as well as the lexicon used to describe it — not to mention the most ...
Yes, we all adore Dior and love every number of Chanel – but sometimes a girl just has to have her own custommade perfume, specifically made to please her particular olfactory senses. So I went to ...
GRASSE, France — The town of Grasse sits in the hills above the more famous French Riviera city of Cannes, and it doesn't have the Mediterranean Sea at its doorstep. What it does have is fields of ...
Grasse smells. Not in the same way as Roquefort, a town whose cheesy aroma hangs on the breeze many kilometres before you actually get there; no, Grasse smells … nice. Stroll past the shops in the ...
After four years of work, the new International Perfume Museum will reopen its doors in the French city of Grasse on Oct. 18. The City of Grasse, in order to meet market demand and perpetuate the art ...
Perfume flower grower Pierre Chiarla picks jasmine flowers in his field in Grasse, France. (Bénédicte Desrus for NPR) GRASSE, France — The town of Grasse sits in the hills above the more famous French ...
Situated along the French Riviera, Grasse lives in the shadow of Cannes, the star stop along the Mediterranean coast in southern France, which is about a half-an-hour’s drive. But this nondescript ...