The Perfume Foundation – International Year 2023 is starting incredibly exciting to me. I knew it was going to be a very different year from year 2021 and 2022. I knew that I need to do a lot of changes and adventure into new projects and collaborations that I am aware of. Since last year, …
Ana’s First French Perfumes
Posted by TONY. Here they are, the first perfumes created by Ana in Grasse. These fragrances, now created, might eventually be found in her shop. I am sure that Ana will return to France many times to create more poetry in perfume, but only these designs will ever be the first, and as such they …
Elisabeth Proal
Posted by ADMIN. Ana is very fortunate to have Elisabeth Proal for her teacher. Elisabeth Proal is a “nose”, a perfumer with an exquisite poetic ability to create fragrances. She was discovered by Chanel when she was working at Givaudan Roure Centre de recherche in 1987 as a spectroscopist, and worked for Chanel for 25 …
Day 3 – Grasse Institute of Perfumery
Posted by ANA. I woke up at 6:30 am and showered and prepared my breakfast and my school bag with my perfume, mists and oil samples to show the instructor that I was going to meet today. I went walking to the school, due to not being sure whether I would need a special pass …
Day 2 – Garden of Isnard
Posted by TONY. These posts are made from Ana’s emails and Skype talks to me about her adventures in Grasse. The first day was simply the arrival at Hotel Le Virginia in Grasse and going to the supermarket. Day 2 was a Sunday. She discovered it was the last day of the Grasse Rose Expo. …
Grasse – World Perfume Capital
Posted by ADMIN. Grasse is considered the world capital of perfume. 2/3 of French natural aromatic production comes from the town. The town was a medieval producer of leather goods, especially gloves. During the Renaissance a fashion arose in Italy for perfumed gloves and so the long association with perfumes started. During the 18th century …
Ana Arrives – French Riviera
Posted by TONY. Last night Ana flew into Nice from Sydney via Doha. She then drove to Grasse, booked into her hotel, and went to the supermarket. She is making herself at home. She is there to learn the techniques of the Master Perfumers of Grasse. For centuries Grasse has been the world’s capital of …