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Continue reading →: 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…
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Continue reading →: 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…
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Continue reading →: 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,…
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Continue reading →: 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…
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Continue reading →: 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…
Hello,
I’m Jessica
And I first began writing this blog in January 2007, when I arrived in France to attend the Grasse Institute of Perfumery.
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5 responses to “The first days of school~”
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“Perfumes are the feelings of flowers.”
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I am SOOOOOOOOOOO joyed for you! You are in a position I’m so intending to create for myself: that of having living masters to learn with. Soak it up girl! You’ve got our virgin noses back here to eduacate when you return!
xoxoxoxoxoxoxox
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a violet in the youth of primary nature,
forward,not permanent,sweet,not lasting.
the perfume and supliance of a minute. -
Mon amie Jess,
How are the markets? Any food stuffs unique to the area? Or are there things you may miss from home?
Unseasonably warm here in the desert SW. 30 C?
Off to climb up Superstition Mountain tomorrow.
Are you doing your yoga, Kuwanyauma?
P&L -
Jan 2011- Rest in Peace my dear friend Peter! I miss you. Thank you for naming me Kuwanyauma- Butterfly girl in Hopi. Sending you much love.
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