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The first days of school~
It’s been a few days since my last report. I have experienced three days of school so far and these have been 3 of the best days of my life! Day one when I walked into the classroom/lab, and spent time looking at the perfumer’s organ (the station where a perfume is created) and the
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the telling dream
Last night I dreamed I was telling someone that I was moving to France to study perfumery (as I have been doing for months) and, with a jolt, realized that there was no future tense to the story any longer; I was already here! In a millisecond, all the blanks were filled in, what my flat
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meeting the others…
Yesterday I decided to embrace the Riviera and catch the bus to Cannes. So far, my biggest venture beyond the old city centre has been the 3km walk to find my school. This process of acclimatizing to a new environment/culture/life has been an interesting and at times a daunting process. I’ve been watching myself take it in stages, creeping out from my hiding
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Grasse- my new home
It’s been a few days now since I got off the train in the Cannes station, wrestled my suitcases (with assistance) on to the bus and was driven the 11km or so and delivered to Grasse. I had a few hours to put in before I could meet the person whom I’m letting my flat from,
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Landing in France…
So here I am….finally, after a couple of years of mulling it over. I’ve packed up my life, left Canada behind and arrived in France to follow my passion and study perfumery. The road to get here has been a roller coaster ride of fear, doubt, excitement, and lots of other deeply challenging emotional and mental and physical
A Perfumed Pilgrimage 