Posted by ANA. As I anticipated from my previous experience, walking to school takes me about 40 to 45 minutes walk with few moments of rest to catch my breath and rest my legs, as there are many sections which are UP-HILL!! Today, I arrived the FIRST at class. The teacher was still preparing her …
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 …
This includes historic material in the Grasse Museum of Prefumery and materials at the Grasse Institute of Perfumery such as this wonderful book “La Parfumerie Francaise et L’art dans la présentation”
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
