olfactive classification
Family
FLORAL
Subfamily
FLORAL
“That morning the air was cool, still damp with dew. The harvest was finished, the baskets were filled with sparkling roses just begging to be caressed. On a whim that morning, I scooped up a handful of dropped sepals, being careful to avoid the thorns. I raised my fingertips to my nose, the smell intoxicated me. An instantaneous olfactory journey, unique in the fields of Grasse, at day's end," Fabrice Pellegrin, Perfumer.
France
U
2019
The spirit of Grasse runs in Fabrice's blood. His father was a perfumer; his grandmother a jasmine picker and his grandfather a supplier of naturals for perfumery. For him, memories of Grasse are woven with images of olive and cypress trees, wide open spaces, the sun, chirping cicadas, smiling friends and a steady pace of life, as well as time spent with the older generations