July 2007

  • Interning in Robertet

    Today I was given a full tour of Robertet, the company with whom I have been an intern for the last 3 weeks. I’m not sure how many acres the whole plant takes up, but suffice to say that there… Continue reading

  • le stage -or- if I didn’t know how to say ‘fenouil’ before, I do now!

    Today was Monday of the second week of my internship in the Grasse based company Robertet. www.robertet.com  I am working in both cometics/application, and the perfumery departments.   So far, the days are long, French-speaking, but facinationg and I am gaining insights… Continue reading

  • Fields of Lavender

    Friday, the 29th of June, was our last day of school and we marked it by going on a much anticipated field trip to the Lavender growing region past Aix-en-Provence, up in the mountains behind a beautiful town called Mane.… Continue reading