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Some interesting elements

Villa-Musée Fragonard : Jean-Honoré Fragonard, famous 18th-century painter born in Grasse, offered Countess du Barry, King Louis XV’s favourite, four paintings representing the steps in amorous conquest.
Museum of Provençal Art and History : The history of Grasse has beeb linked to that of Provence since 1227.

Perfum Museum : Perfume established the renown of the city of Grasse throughout the world. It thus deserves to be honoured by a museum devoted to presenting its history and technical development over the centuries.

From perfumed compositions made with natural palnt and animal or synthetic raw materials to manufacture, the Museum shows all the steps in the creation of a perfume.

Special note : Signs in braille for blind people and spacious lifts for handicaped visitors.