Perfume tour in Paris. For experts and amateurs

The tour includes a visit to several places related to perfumery. You can choose only 2-3 items or delve into the study of perfumery and plan the program more fully depending on your preferences.

1. The Fragonard perfume museum. The famous perfume factory Fragonard is located in the city of Grasse, in the south of France. It was there that the famous Perfumer, the hero of the novel Suskind, went in order to improve his skills. Here, in the building of the former theater, you will learn the whole history of perfumery, you will see ancient devices, perfume organ, intricate bottles of different eras. Having tasted the most famous fragrances, you can buy real perfume (not toilet water) at the factory price. The products of the factory are not exported outside the country.

2.The treasure of Guerlain.

This is a retrospective part of the historical boutique. Under the ceiling hover bees by Gerard Sholo, on the second floor there are many artifacts of Guerlain, including the perfume C'est pourquois j'ai aimé Rosine by Jacques Guerlain. The perfumer dedicated it to Sarah Bernard, whose real surname was Rosin. Immediately you can admire the famous bottle in the shape of a turtle.

3. Visit boutiques of Parisian perfumers. New fragrances, new discoveries. And the purchase of perfumes that are sold only in France and will only be yours.

4. Atelier perfume - for the more enthusiastic. Here you can learn the basics of the profession of perfumer and even create your own perfume product.

5. For the most advanced – visit the osmotheque in Versailles Osmotheca is a collection, a repository of smells, created at the Versailles school of perfumers. If your nose is constantly tuned to smell, and you live it, then this is the place to visit at least once in your life. 3,200 smells. Of these, 400 are lost, which cannot be restored, formulas are lost. Connoisseurs and amateurs will be interested in taste such fragrances. Rosa Jacmineau Coti (1904), Emerode Coti (1921), Fougère Royal Ubigan (1884), Crep de Chin Milo (1925), Shipr Coti (1917), Fruit Defondue Patou (1918), Iris Gree Fat (1947), cologne of Napoleon (1815/1821). The restoration of Napoleon’s cologne is a great pride of local perfumers. This became possible thanks to the notes of the lackey Napoleon Bonaparte. You can’t try on or buy anything here. Just enjoy it.

6. In Versailles, you should visit the Palace of Scents - there are boutiques of several famous perfume houses, but most importantly - a small perfume museum, where you can not only feel the fashionable smells of different eras, but also try them on yourself, including the famous fragrance of the times of Louis XIV based on jasmine and fluerdorange.