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  • Exposition-Photography & Perfumery-Osmotheque, Versailles

    Arrival in the Rain It felt almost cinematic: the scent of wet stone, the last drops falling from the chestnut trees, and the sunlight beginning to return. Versailles revealed itself like a dream — the ancient cobblestones gleaming in the… Continue reading

    Exposition-Photography & Perfumery-Osmotheque, Versailles
  • The Virgin and a Pilgrimage Grassoise

    Today I thought I’d share a story that began via my meeting of a very interesting woman the other day here in the old city of Grasse. Her name is Ann Marie and she is about 72 years old.  I… Continue reading

  • Réglisse Noire and the Art of Packaging

    This blog began in January of 2007 with my journey to Grasse, France to study perfumery.   Since then, following my studies and internships there,  I have been focusing all my attention on the subsequent portion of the dream- to create… Continue reading