Create your own perfume at the family-run La Maison Molinard perfume factory, founded in 1849, making it one of the oldest perfume manufacturers in France. Learn how Grasse became the world’s capital of perfume and discover how the Molinard factory continues the traditions of excellence today.  Explore how perfume is distilled from raw ingredients, and then select one of the notes from a selection of 90 different essences to make your own individual fragrance. Benefit from the assistance of a Creation Molinard expert to ensure your fantasy becomes reality. Leave with a 50ml bottle of your unique scent.  Please arrive on time for your session, any delay of more than 10 minutes can result in the cancellation.

Created in 1849, La Maison Molinard is a family business that over the years has passed down its enthusiasm and high standards. In Grasse, the world’s capital of perfume, five successive generations have handed down their secrets. Recognized as a tribute to its rare and ancestral know-how, the company reinvents itself every day with its passion to create. After your visit to the historical factory, create your own perfume. A contemporary and fun way to create your own perfume in a few key stages. In this workshop, discover 3 bases and 6 essences and create your own 30ml bottle of perfume.

Discover medieval castles and charming towns as you tour the countryside around Nice. Visit Grasse and learn about the history of French perfume, explore the cobblestone streets of Saint Paul de Vence, and stop at the Gorges du Loup waterfall. After pick up, you travel to the old town of Grasse, the historical center of French perfumery since the end of the 18th century. You will have the opportunity to visit Fragonard perfumery. Continue on to Gourdon, one of the most beautiful perch villages of France, and admire a panoramic view of the Riviera from the Alps over the coast. You will visit the castle, built in the 9th century, and its sumptuous garden, dissected by Lenotre. Enjoy a stop to visit the waterfall 40metres high in the Gorges du Loup. The next stop is the medieval village Tourette Sur Loup, settled on a rocky buttress, overhanging precipices. Also know as Cite des Violettes, this village became a meeting place for musicians, painters, writers, and poets in the middle of the 1920s. Today more than thirty workshops and galleries make the village a place of high standing for art and craft on the Riviera. Your last destination will be Saint Paul de Vence, an extraordinary treasure of Provence that has over time become the garden of many painters.

Created in 1849, this perfume company is a family business which over the years has passed down its enthusiasm and high standards. In Grasse, the world’s capital of perfume, five successive generations have handed down their secrets. Recognized as a tribute to its rare and ancestral know-how, the company reinvents itself every day with their passion to create. Design your own personal fragrance in the boutique. A Molinard creation expert will interpret your flights of fancy and help you to compose the perfect olfactory symphony. Enjoy a personalized session. Please arrive on time for your session, any delay of more than 10 minutes can result in the cancellation.

Explore the famed countryside and towns of Provence on a full-day guided tour. Discover pine forests, vast vineyards, and the region's towns — from hidden gems like Tourettes-sur-Loup to famous destinations like Cannes. Begin your tour in Antibes where you'll discover the old town and market square. Stroll along Billionaire's Pier and admire the luxury yachts. Then switch gears and shop colorful wares at a traditional Provencal market. Continue your journey to the star-studded Cannes. Stroll along the Croisette and enjoy gourmet bites and shopping at luxury boutiques. Visit Saint Paul-De-Vence and walk in the footsteps of famous artists like Matisse, Picasso, and Chagall. Break for lunch and head to Grasse, the historical center of the French perfume industry. Stop at the renowned Fragonard perfumery and treat yourself to a special fragrance. Next travel to Gourdon, known as one of the most beautiful perch villages of France, and enjoy panoramic views. End your tour in the medieval village of Tourettes-sur-Loup, perched on a rocky buttress. Also known as Cite des Violettes, this village became a meeting place for artists in the 1920s and remains today an artistic haven on the Riviera.

Start your tour by visiting Grasse, listed in November 2018 on the list of "Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity" adopted by "UNESCO", for its know-how linked to the perfume industry. Stroll through the old streets of Grasse known for the workshops of the tannery industry in the Middle Ages. Then treat yourself to a visit to the historic "FRAGONARD" factory, one of the 60 companies that manufacture fragrances and essences, to understand the process of changing flowers into perfume. The rare flowers of the Pays de Grasse (lavender, myrtle, jasmine, rose, wild orange blossom, mimosa) make Grasse the world capital of perfume. After this fragrant break, head for this small village "GOURDON" perched at 758 meters, between the Alps and the Mediterranean Sea, discover this medieval fortress and its beautiful castle built in the 8th century by the SARAZINS. Discern the strategic advantages, (the control of all "the valley of the wolf", the Mediterranean coast and the access to the Alps), to understand the fight for the control of this fortress, between the medieval powers until the German armies during the World War II. After this dizzying session in the heart of the "Gourdon" eagle's nest, let's head to Tourrettes sur Loup; Provencal and medieval village. Explore the: (lanes, vaults, stairs, porches, lintels, etc.) of this medieval village and discover how the houses are built up to the edge of the ravines used as ramparts to protect the village from enemy invasions, (Germanic tributes , Huns, Sarazins, Savoy, the Grimaldi, Count of Provence…). Visit the Saint-Grégoire churches built in the 12th century. Admire and photograph "the violet", the emblematic flower and symbol of this village. Once in Saint Paul de Vence, travel in the footsteps of the great artists of the 20th century; Painters, writers, sculptors, poets, who have made this village a high place of pilgrimage for artistic creativity, because the setting is idyllic! Take advantage of the position of Saint Paul de Vence high on a rocky outcrop located between the Alps and the Mediterranean, to take great photos. The vocation of this village as a military fortress fueled the greed of the medieval Provençal and Italian powers to control this village. Discover and walk on the ramparts that protect this fortress, erected under the order of King François 1er. The "la colombe d'or" inn is an emblematic hotel restaurant, it houses masterpieces by artists such as: Picasso, Matisse, Miró, Modigliani, Braque, Fernand Léger, marc Chagall Explore this flowery village which has become one of the high places of tourism, especially for its numerous art galleries. Wander the alleys; Admire the carved stone houses.

Explore among many of our sightseeing experiences : - hiking at the dog's head cliff - cliff jumping in the esterel - picnics in outstanding spots (on demand) - rafting in the gorge du Verdon (available on summer) - photo shooting amidst lavender fields (available from mid june till mid July) - ski in the french South Alps and experience the unique Gorge des Cians drive - and many more... Here's some examples of stops that cover the whole French Riviera (Côte d'Azur) and its outback (l'arriere pays nicois) - Velvet tour : Nice, sentier litoral, Mont Boron forest park, medieval Eze village, Monaco, La Turbie - Charming tour : Antibes, St Paul de Vence, Tourettes sur Loup, Grasse - Glamour tour : Cannes, Port Grimaud, Ferry crossing the gulf (the bay) of St Tropez, St Tropez old port, Pampelonne beach, Ramatuelle. - Purple tour : Grasse, Castellane, Gorge du Verdon, Puimasson lavender fields, Moustiers Ste Marie. - White tour : road trip on the Valley de la Tinée, Auron ski resort for lunch on the ski slopes

Discover the seaside resort of Cannes, the city of the stars, with splendid palaces, and the Film Festival Palace with its famous red carpet surrounded by celebrities’ handprints. Stroll along the “Croisette” boulevard bordered with magnificent sandy beaches and dress-designer stores. Reach the inland for its quietness and awaken your senses in Grasse, the World’s capital of perfume. Enjoy a guided tour in a perfume factory that will reveal to you its secrets and as you wander in the heart of Old Town.

The tour will start goig to Grasse, world capital of perfume since the 17th century, the city has many perfume factories. After a visit to the historic Fragonard factory, we will walk through the alleys of the old town. We will continue our journey to arrive at the village of Gourdon, classified among the most beautiful villages in France. Nicknamed the "Eagle's Nest", it is perched at an altitude of 800 meters and located in the Pre-Alps chain. You can have lunch while admiring a view of almost 80km of coastline! We will end this beautiful day with the "Pearl" of the Côte d'Azur, St Paul de Vence. Many celebrities have spent their summers there, the best known being Yves Montand. This village surrounded by ramparts, perfectly located between land and sea has also welcomed many painters who came to find inspiration in this very special place. Picasso, Renoir, Chagall (buried in St Paul), Matisse among others had their habits. Today, the village has an incalculable number of art galleries, stalls of all kinds to make you spend an unforgettable moment.

Disembark from the port of Cannes and explore the countryside. Walk along the glamorous Croisette’s boulevard. Travel inland and awaken your senses at the World's capital of perfume in Grasse, and visit Saint Paul de Vence. In the bay of Cannes, along the sandy beaches and luxurious boutiques, stroll on the mythic Croisette’s boulevard and imagine the glamour on the red carpet of the Film Festival Palace among the celebrities’ handprints. Escape inland and unlock your senses in Grasse, the World’s capital of perfume. Appreciate a guided tour in a factory that will reveal to you its secrets, or wander in the heart of Old Town. Reach Gourdon, which culminates over the “Big Blue Sea”. Wind down the river Loup gorges in order to end your journey by Saint Paul de Vence, one of the most visited villages in France and one of the top places for artists since the ’20s.