Since the 16th century, when the town's tanneries shifted to perfuming leather gloves, Grasse has been the perfume capital of the world. The surrounding hills produce jasmine, rose, lavender, and tuberose for an industry that still supplies raw materials to major perfume houses. About 48,000 people live in this Alpes-Maritimes commune in the hills above Cannes.
The Musee International de la Parfumerie traces the history of fragrance from antiquity to the present. Historic perfumeries including Fragonard, Molinard, and Galimard offer tours and workshops. Patrick Suskind's novel "Perfume" is set partly in Grasse.
The old town, with its narrow streets and Provencal facades, rises steeply from the Cathedral of Notre-Dame du Puy, which contains paintings attributed to Rubens and the young Fragonard. Jean-Honore Fragonard, the Rococo painter, was born in Grasse in 1732.
The views from the hill towns above Grasse extend from the Alps to the Mediterranean. The Route Napoleon, the road Napoleon followed from his landing at Golfe-Juan to Grenoble in 1815, passes through the commune.
Hotels in Grasse and on the Riviera coast are used for companion meetings. Providers serving Alpes-Maritimes are listed in our directory. Escortservice.com does not provide or arrange services. Users must be 18 or older.
Since the 16th century, when the town's tanneries shifted to perfuming leather gloves, Grasse has been the perfume capital of the world. The surrounding hills produce jasmine, rose, lavender, and tuberose for an industry that still supplies raw materials to major perfume houses. About 48,000 people live in this Alpes-Maritimes commune in the hills above Cannes.
The Musee International de la Parfumerie traces the history of fragrance from antiquity to the present. Historic perfumeries including Fragonard, Molinard, and Galimard offer tours and workshops. Patrick Suskind's novel "Perfume" is set partly in Grasse.
The old town, with its narrow streets and Provencal facades, rises steeply from the Cathedral of Notre-Dame du Puy, which contains paintings attributed to Rubens and the young Fragonard. Jean-Honore Fragonard, the Rococo painter, was born in Grasse in 1732.
The views from the hill towns above Grasse extend from the Alps to the Mediterranean. The Route Napoleon, the road Napoleon followed from his landing at Golfe-Juan to Grenoble in 1815, passes through the commune.
Hotels in Grasse and on the Riviera coast are used for companion meetings. Providers serving Alpes-Maritimes are listed in our directory. Escortservice.com does not provide or arrange services. Users must be 18 or older.
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