Classical Perfume Workshop in Grasse

Paulina_N, Aug 2024

There were just some positives and more negatives with our experience at the workshop. We loved being able to smell all the different essences and choose which ones we wanted in the eau de parfum, however, it was really downhill from there.

After you’re done with choosing your essences, the workshop leader helps you finalize your scent, and afterwards you can start making it. However, in our case my husband and I felt completely forgotten and neglected by the her. We were done with our scents and waited to finalize them but she didn’t come to us and kept passing by us to go to others. At one point she seemed like she was coming after we told her we were finished but she kept only helping the other tables instead.

At one point another helper came to assist our table, but they helped the other 4 people at our table finalize their scents, and completely ignored us and walked away. We were baffled and felt extremely forgotten as everyone was basically done with their making their eau de parfum, while we were sitting idly without a finalized scent.

This experience was only supposed to last approximately 1 hour, but it ended up lasting almost 2 because by the time someone actually helped us everyone else in our workshop group was gone.

It made us feel so awful because we felt like second class citizens compared to everyone else in our workshop.

Overall, we had fun at the beginning but the experience left a sour taste due to the neglect we experienced.

Rena_L, Aug 2024

Beautiful facility with an interesting history. Fun making personalized perfume….a memorable French experience.

Excursion769934, Aug 2024

This was such a cool and unique experience! My friend and I were actually a few minutes late and they were still very happy to accommodate us. Everything was explained very well and the guide even helped to make suggestions. I was very happy with my outcome and it's such a cool souvenir to take back with you

Kelly_B, Aug 2024

A very interesting and enjoyable afternoon and came away with a lovely perfume as a reminder from the day. The guide was very good at explaining in both French and English

Sonia_B, Jul 2024

It was a one hour workshop

I was expecting to learn something

The only thing taught was the standard top, heart, and base notes description.

Literally learned nothing.

I wanted to ask questions, yet the instructor didn't have time for them since there were 20 other people also sitting in the workshop.

I paid 85 Euro pretty much to make a 50 ml bottle of my own perfume, not to gain new knowledge.

It's a beautiful location and space in which to do a workshop. Recommend it for the photo opportunities and the short historical tour for free. I wouldn't recommend this as an informative workshop to anyone.