Grasse on the Côte d’Azur in the Alpes-Maritimes.
Visit to the oil mills Le Moulin d’Opio For 7 generations, the Moulin d’Opio has belonged to the Michel family. The wheel of the traditional mill powered by water from the Brague turns quietly as time passes, until the day when Mr. Roger Michel inherits this business. He decided to shake up habits by installing […]
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Discover “le Parfumoir” We particularly like and recommend a perfume shop unlike any other in Grasse, located just 9 kms from our gites www.locations-06.fr. This perfumery is neither like the large chains which sell eau de parfum from major brands that you can afford anywhere in the world, nor like the 3 large historical perfumeries
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The Ephrussi de Rothschild villa in St Jean Cap Ferrat. Located 1 hour 15 minutes from our gîtes www.locations-06.fr This majestic baroque style villa is a jewel from which, from any window on all the facades, you can see the deep blue sea. Its immense pond where koi carps swim offers a bucolic aspect and
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When the month of May arrives in Grasse, located 9kms from our gites www.locations-06.fr, the fields around the town are covered with beautiful light pink flowers: this is the centifolia rose, the aptly named “rose de mai”. It’s a hundred-leaf rose, Rosa ×centifolia, which is a species of flowering plant in the Rosaceae family. It
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Centifolia Rose In Pays de Grasse, from the end of April until May, the queen of flowers blossoms : the rose. And more particularly the centifolia rose, also called “May rose”. This simple-looking rose gives off a captivating scent which makes it a sure bet for perfumers who demand the single centifolia rose and not
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L’ATELIER DES PARFUMS FRAGONARD Un atelier autour du parfum à l’usine de parfums Fragonard située à 9kms de nos gites www.locations-06.fr, c’est indiscutablement l’expérience à ne pas manquer lors d’une visite sur la Côte d’Azur. Pour cet atelier, nous avons été accueillis par M. Bigi, un homme avenant, toujours aux petits soins pour chacun. Ces
Share this article on: Lancôme’s “Domaine de la rose” is located 10 minutes from our gites www.locations-06.fr in Grasse, the world’s perfume capital. The LANCOME brand, part of the international L’Oréal group, is the first in the cosmetics sector to invest in the cradle of French perfumery, Grasse, to have its own fields of flowers.
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Visit to MIP Grasse, just 9kms from our lodges www.locations-06.fr, is home to a number of fine private and public museums. Here are just a few examples: The Musée Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ranked number 1 on Tripadvisor, the Musée d’Art et d’histoire de Provence with its fine antique furniture and Provencal tableware, the Musée du bijou
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Verbena, the magic plant Organic verbena from Guilhem Codera At Terroir-06, Guilhem CODERA, under the expert guidance of his grandfather Eugène MARIO, himself a former farmer, grows lemon verbena, a type of scented verbena. https://www.terroir-06.fr Around our gites www.locations-06.fr are our crops. You can discover Guilhem’s good products on his website www.terroir-06.fr where he proposes,
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Fougassettes Venturini Venturini family boutique The Venturini family boutique is located at 1 rue Marcel Journet in Grasse, just 9kms from our holidays cottages www.locations-06 and our farm www.terroir-06.fr. It’s a well-known address in Grasse. Since 1923, LA BOUTIQUE VENTURINI has been the temple of fougassette, a delicately scented orange blossom specialty that is part
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