To my dear friend, Anita Rivera.
"Conduz-me o teu perfume às paragens mais belas;
Vejo um porto ideal cheio de caravelas
Vindas de percorrer países estrangeiros;"
Charles Baudelaire
Returning Home by...
Grasse, French Riviera
Charmante, exquisite, enchanting, colourful, gezellig, chaleureuse... Grasse. :-)
Grasse is a mix of Genoa and Lisbon...
Its windows reminds me Genoa and its narrow streets, Alfama, Lisbon's oldest district...
Grasse is a medieval town...une Ville d'Art et d' Histoire...
Saracen Tower
Cathedral Notre-Dame-du-Puy (11th century).
Rubens paintings. ;-)
Grasse is considered La Capitale Mondiale du Parfum.
Grasse has a prospering perfume industry since the end of the 18th century. The main parfumeries are Molinard, Fragonard and Galimard.
Grasse is unique...
Les ateliers et les peintres...
Les petits marches...
Les vins...
Les livres...
Les chats...;-)
C'est un plaisir se promener a Grasse...;-) Les couleurs, les vieilles rues, les artistes, les parfums...
"Grasse has been a popular tourist town for several centuries, with the smell of flowers and clear air. The altitude of the town, from 300-400 m, and the hills behind give Grasse a fresher climate than the beach during the heat of the summer. Princess Pauline Bonaparte, the Emperor's sister, spent the winter of 1807-08 in Grasse, recuperating her mental and physical strength. Queen Victoria vacationed through several winters in Grasse, staying at the Rothschild's or at the Grand Hotel. Napoléon himself passed through Grasse on 2 March 1815, but didn't have time for vacationing."
et la memoire de Piaf...
Edith Piaf, La Vie en Rose
A toute l'heure!!!
"Conduz-me o teu perfume às paragens mais belas;
Vejo um porto ideal cheio de caravelas
Vindas de percorrer países estrangeiros;"
Charles Baudelaire
Returning Home by...
Grasse, French Riviera
Charmante, exquisite, enchanting, colourful, gezellig, chaleureuse... Grasse. :-)
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| From Grasse |
Grasse is a mix of Genoa and Lisbon...
Its windows reminds me Genoa and its narrow streets, Alfama, Lisbon's oldest district...
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| From Grasse |
Grasse is a medieval town...une Ville d'Art et d' Histoire...
Saracen Tower
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| From Grasse |
Cathedral Notre-Dame-du-Puy (11th century).
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| From Grasse |
Rubens paintings. ;-)
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| From Grasse |
Grasse is considered La Capitale Mondiale du Parfum.
Grasse has a prospering perfume industry since the end of the 18th century. The main parfumeries are Molinard, Fragonard and Galimard.
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| From Grasse |
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| From Grasse |
Grasse is unique...
Les ateliers et les peintres...
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| From Grasse |
Les petits marches...
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| From Grasse |
Les vins...
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| From Grasse |
Les livres...
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| From Grasse |
Les chats...;-)
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| From Grasse |
C'est un plaisir se promener a Grasse...;-) Les couleurs, les vieilles rues, les artistes, les parfums...
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| From Grasse |
"Grasse has been a popular tourist town for several centuries, with the smell of flowers and clear air. The altitude of the town, from 300-400 m, and the hills behind give Grasse a fresher climate than the beach during the heat of the summer. Princess Pauline Bonaparte, the Emperor's sister, spent the winter of 1807-08 in Grasse, recuperating her mental and physical strength. Queen Victoria vacationed through several winters in Grasse, staying at the Rothschild's or at the Grand Hotel. Napoléon himself passed through Grasse on 2 March 1815, but didn't have time for vacationing."
et la memoire de Piaf...
Edith Piaf, La Vie en Rose
A toute l'heure!!!
16 comments:
Lindas fotos. Acho que essa cidade e' mencionada no livro Le Parfum do Patick Suskind, nao ?
Ola, Anita ;-)
Obrigada ;-)
Bem lembrado...;-) Pois, e,...
Ah, so lovely!! And it looks like you are having beautiful weather as well. Enjoy!!
@Japra:
Yes, it was such a nice weather ;-) I missed it now...
Que espectáculo! Adorei viajar por Grasse via Presépio. É tudo extraordinário: casas, perfumes, artistas e gato.
E as tuas fotografias são lindas.
Bom dia!:)
Margarida:
Ha tantos gatos lindos pelas ruas. So pode ser boa terra ;-)
Grasse fica pertinho de Cannes e Monaco. Acho um bom local para ficar, a partir do qual se pode explorar as praias da Cote D'Azur. Nos so ficamos dois dias, mas foram bem aproveitados, com a tranquilidade a que a cidade convida. Mas temos de voltar porque nao fomos ao Museu do Perfume nem visitamos nenhuma perfumaria. Mas comprei uns cremes. Ve este site. Acho que vais gostar.
http://www.parfumdegrasse.com/
Eu uso esta linha de eau de parfum.
http://www.parfumdegrasse.com/les_natures
Ma chère, chère Sandra,
Merci mille fois, thank you ever so much for dedicating this lovely piece to me; you know how much I love Grasse. When I passed throughh Grasse one lovely Sunday morning, I was directed by some music wafting in the air towards a little storefront. There was a church conducting a service, but is was an evangelical church, the same denomination that come from. I entered in only to find the most beautiful sight of French people worshipping in the same manner as I. We took communion together of fresh bread and real wine, and it was a wonderful message. Unlike the communions here in the U.S. of crackers and grape juice, this communion was unedited, so to speak, and everyone delighted in the authentic fair of the day and place. And of course, I was escorted by a darling young man that day through the town, and he took me to Fragonard and bought me a souvenir perfume. What a GREAT DAY!!!!! I felt like Audrey Hepburn in the movie, Roman Holiday!
These are exquisite photos and I thank you for such an uplifting gift of friendship....Grosses bises, Anita
Anita ;-) What wonderful stories to remember ;-)
To feel like Audrey Hepburn...
Oh, let's go to Grasse again ;-)
Enjoy your day, dear Anita ;-)
Mille Bisous,
Sandra
As fotografias são lindas. Nunca estive em Grasse mas parece-me que é um sítio a visitar. O perfume nasce das flores, por isso, deve ser bonito de visitar na Primavera!
Gostei muito de ler o "Perfume" e apesar do filme não ser tão bom como o livro também gostei.
Boa noite! :)
Boa Noite ;-) E sempre um gosto ve-la por aqui ;-)
Eu gostei muito de Grasse, mas tenho de la voltar, pois ficou ainda muito por explorar ;-)
Na Primavera, como diz, deve ser encantador e perfumado ;-)
Beijinhos ;-)
I had no idea that this town was so charming, I truly love it! Apart from the reference to it in Suskind's book Perfume, I hadn't heard or read anything about it. Just beautiful, thanks for showing it to us!
Aledys, you will enjoy this town very much, I'm sure of it ;-) Maybe in the Spring you can go there ;-)
Oh, Sandra,
I can not enter to this blog for days... and now I see that you have been travel a little more!!!
What a lovely place is Grasse, I like so much the little medieval cities! And what a wonderful song is "La Vie en Rose"
Very beautiful post!!!!
Patricia: Wait and see! ;-) There is more to come! Thank you to be always here with your support and friendship ;-)
Depois de viajar contigo neste post e de ver cada foto de boca aberta, mataste-me de emoção quando terminaste com Edith Piaf... sem palavras!
Eu adoro Piaf e como ela partiu em Grasse...:-)
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