As soon as you get off the train at Grasse you're hit by the heady smell of perfume. This is not surprising, as Grasse is the town central to Patrick Suskind's novel Perfume and is still France's center of the perfume industry. Incidentally, Grasse was the death place of Édith Piaf.
so poetic that edith piaf passed in this fragrant town. I always wanted to get a perfume from france, one that is custom for me! I know they have perfumes down to a science.
ReplyDeleteI can still smell the scent of the fragonard perfume i bought there when i was a teenager... Beautiful pictures, beautiful atmosphere... !
ReplyDeletewow. i love that book. i wish i could be there, beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't heard of Grasse before, but now you are making me really curious. I have only seen Paris, but all these different places you show everytime in your blog with amazing photographs make me want to visit them all!
ReplyDeleteI love your photos of Grasse. How I'm longing to collect those vintage-looking perfume bottles. So lovely!
ReplyDeletesounds/smells perfect!
ReplyDeletea fellow kiwi living abroad.
ReplyDeletei don't think hong kong's fragrant harbour has smells as pleasing as the ones you experienced in grasse!
i've been to grasse some years ago. wish we still had sit-outside-on-the-terrace-and-have-coffee-weather here in berlin...
ReplyDeletethat shot of the perfume bottles is beautiful!
hello:) These shots are lovely. I've now added Grasse to "will-travel-to" list.
ReplyDeleteIt looks so idyllic! And I imagine it smells lovely, however, I might think it's overwhelming with all the perfume... :)
ReplyDeleteInspiring pictures!
hi mausumi - thank you!
ReplyDeleteyou're right the smell is a pretty intense :)
great pictures! looks like an interesting place!
ReplyDeleteoh i'd love to visit Grasse one day. great shots!
ReplyDeletelove this photos. so poetic and amazing light. in fact i think i am developing a blog crush as we speak. i am new on your blog, but i will be back :)
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