Category: Travel

This Paris Museum Smells As Great As It Looks   Paris has long been the center of the perfume industry, and it now has a museum where scent lovers can learn about the history of their favorite products. Originally opened in 1983, the Musée du Parfum has completed a renovation and reopened as the Fragonard Musée du Parfum. …

Wander Grasse with us, the town that inspired some of the world’s most legendary scent-makers—and the school responsible for its next generation. Just north of Cannes, and to the west of Nice on the Côte d’Azur of France, is Grasse, without question the historic world capital of perfumery. Buildings hug the landscape in this hillside town, …

The Osmothèque: France’s library of smells is a breath of fresh air Memories are precious. And few things are as good at evoking memories as smells. Now imagine someone decided your most cherished memory contained allergens that had to be banned? Your grandfather’s eau de cologne. Your mother’s favourite perfume. Reformulated, or in some cases, …