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The Fragonard Perfume Museum presents a fine overview of the development of perfume, not just those from Fragonard. A museum of perfume through history and the world.
See 4 perfumeries, including Fragonard
- Musée international de la parfumerie
- Musée du parfum Fragonard
- Musée de la parfumerie Molinard
- Parfumerie Galimard
Don't confuse with museums of the painter Fragonard
- Musée Fragonard à Grasse
- Villa Fragonard à Grasse
The Fragonard Perfume Museum
The Musée du Parfum exhibits around a hundred perfume objects: perfumers' vials, bottles and jewelry, seeds (myrtle, benzoin), amber, sandalwood, etc. This museum presents objects dating back to antiquity, sometimes astonishing as pommanders (round boxes containing different perfumes for prophylactic purposes) or bergamot boxes, (a box made from bergamot bark) a specialty of Grasse in the 18th century.
This exhibition is complemented by numerous paintings, often of women at their toilette.
The Fragonard perfume factory
The Fragonard factory, opened in 1926, can be visited by appointment on a guided tour. See the huge copper retorts and alembics used to distill perfume. Or the small bottles containing the active ingredients of the perfumes. You'll also see how perfumes are packaged in bottles. Or other objects dating back to antiquity.
This is the whole manufacturing process that you can see, as a happy complement to the museum.
Practical information
Fragonard perfume museum
20 boulevard Fragonard
06130 Grasse
Open daily, 9 am to 6:30 pm
Autres informations de nos partenaires
Jean-Marc Foulquier