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was also known as the main
HIDDEN GEM centre for leather tanning.
Stop and Smell The tanneries have gone, but Swimmers and small boats
the Jasmine the perfume houses founded in the pretty little rocky
From August, the fields in the 18th and 19th centuries harbour at Cap d’Antibes
around Grasse bloom are still in business, although
with white jasmine Grasse perfumes are now
flowers, their sweet made from imported flowers 29
scent perme ating the or chemicals. The Fragonard St-Raphaël
EXPERIENCE Provence and the Côte d’Azur 28 Musée Inter nationale de la In a truly delightful location,
air. The Fête du Jasmin
and Molinard com panies have
! G6 ⌂ Var £ @
cele brates their arrival,
museums, but the best place
n 99 quai Albert 1er;
with petal-covered
to learn all about the history of
www.saint-raphael.com
floats and music.
perfume is at the fascinating
St-Raphaël is a charming, old-
Parfumerie, which has a
style Côte d’Azur resort with
garden of fragrant plants.
belle époque architecture and
Grasse was the birthplace
Grasse
of the artist Jean-Honoré
a palm-fronded promenade.
Apart from its beaches, it has
Fragonard (1732–1806). The
! G6 ⌂ Alpes-Maritimes @
late 17th-century Villa-Musée
a picturesque marina, a cas-
n Pl de la Buanderie; www.
Fragonard is decorated with
ino, a Neo-Byzantine basilica,
paysdegrassetourisme.fr
a 12th-century church and an
murals by his son. Fragonard’s
Cradled by hills, Grasse is
treasures from prehistoric
Cathédrale de Notre-Dame-
surrounded by fields of
underwater wrecks.
du-Puy in the Old Town, which
lavender, mimosa, jasmine
and roses. It has been at the
also has paintings by Rubens.
It was here that Napoléon
centre of the world’s perfume only religious work is in the archaeology museum with
Bonaparte landed in 1799 on
Lined with Renaissance bal-
industry since the 16th century, conies, the streets around his return from Egypt.
when Catherine de’ Medici set Place aux Aires and place du
the fashion for scented leather Cours typify Grasse’s charm.
gloves. At that time, Grasse
Musée International 30
de la Parfumerie Antibes
"-= ⌂ 2 blvd de Jeu du ! G6 ⌂ Alpes-Maritimes
Ballon # 10am–7pm daily £ @ g n 42 avenue Robert
¢ 1 Jan, 1 May, 25 Dec Soleau; www. antibes
∑ museesde grasse.com
juanlespins.com
Villa-Musée Fragonard The lively town of Antibes was
"= ⌂ 23 blvd Fragonard founded by the Greeks as
# 10am–7pm daily Antipolis and settled by the
∑ musees de grasse.com Romans. In the 14th century,
Perfumery equipment and
bottles of fragrances (inset)
in the museum at Grasse
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