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To be or not to be? (natural)
Perfume. An art form that, now more than ever, is sweeping the world in a multi-layered storm. It’s interesting to see so many people captured by this fascination! I myself am completely engulfed by it. I have given up everything in the pursuit of the knowledge of how to compose perfume…. my house, my country
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Tuberoses in Grasse
At this moment I am sitting in a room filled with the most intoxicating buttery sweetness of fresh tuberoses. I found them today in the annual Bio (organic) Fair that takes place every September in Grasse. As of 2 days ago, after handing over my apartment to a sublet, I am staying with a good
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Le Vent
Today is WINDY in Grasse! I am sitting in my office/living room at my computer working on material for my website launch and with the windows open here and on the opposite side in the kitchen and the crosswind is incredible. I’ve had to tie the double sided windows open so they don’t bang as
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Living and creating perfume in Grasse
Hello again… I haven’t been a faithful blogger lately I must say! But truth be told, the last month has flown by and since I’ve been back in Grasse, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and planning and researching- waiting for things to crystallize so I can share with you specifics! So here now
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Musee International de la Parfumerie (MIP)
Saturday the 18thof October arrived with an overcast sky but a heady buzz in the air. This was the day for the much anticipated re-opening of the newly renovated and expanded International Perfumery Museum in the old centre of Grasse. Members of the museum society had received invitations for an 11 o’clock viewing with the
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upcoming grand opening!
It’s now Thursday afternoon in Grasse and the whole place is buzzing with preparations for the grand opening of the Musee International de la Parfumerie that will take place in 2 days. I have my invitation for the 11:00 am ceremony sitting on my coffee table and have already decided what to wear. The sun is shining (like
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Inheriting- a sense for creation
Hello all! I am back in Grasse- the cradle of the perfume industry- and last night I sat down at my table with all my raw materials around me and began to explore in earnest some of the perfumes that have been formulating in my mind over the last few monthes. I have a digital
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The scent of an old life
Here I am in Nelson, staying with friends and getting ready for my first big Moving Sale this coming Saturday morning. I’m a bit nervous- but Oh So Ready to let go of my old life so I can be liberated to go back and commence my beautiful new one in Grasse. It’s very interesting to be in
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The wind is in from Africa…
And last night I couldn’t sleep! It’s true, and perhaps it is this that Joni wrote about in her song; The Sirocco (or Marin) arrived a few days ago- the first I’ve seen- a wind that comes from Africa and brings with it rain, warm temperatures and fine sand. It was raining quite hard on and off
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Grasse- chez moi…
Hello Everyone! It has been so long since I last wrote and in that time, as of last Wednesday, I finished my MANE internship and am now planning the next section of this fragrant and sunny adventure. It is Rose season now in Grasse, with the fields full of the Rose de Mai and last weekend
A Perfumed Pilgrimage 