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An Englishman in Grasse


The Rebirth of La Foux
La Foux has always supplied Grasse with water but almost fell into disuse. A new plant has resurrected it.


Grasse’s strange attraction to Pauline Bonaparte
Pauline Bonaparte only visited Grasse for a few months in all, and yet she is commemorated by a park and a statue.


Fougassette, Fougasse, Focaccia & Maison Venturini
Grasse's culinary speciality is fougassette, which is fougasse flavoured with orange flower water, a product of Grasse's perfume industry


Grasse’s own Villa Noailles
It may have the same name as the one in Hyeres, but our Noailles has a history of its own


Julia Child in Grasse
Julia Child, the pioneer American ‘TV chef’ lived part time nearby and loved Grasse.


Grasse and the London connection
Representation in London was essential for Grasse’s big perfumiers before the Great War


Chocolate makers in Grasse and São Tomé
Grasse's Duplanteur resembles Corallo in São Tomé, once the world's largest source of cacao.


How perfume technology shaped the town of Grasse
Few towns have been moulded by technology as much as Grasse.


Dirk Bogarde: a film star and writer in Grasse
He lived here for 17 years and was made Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1990
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