Posts Tagged ‘Grasse’

12th July
2011
written by bob

We recently were invited to our new friends’ place for a 4th of July get together. Our network of friends is expanding here albeit, our new friends are from Texas. However, when living abroad hanging with people that have chosen the same adventure as us, it’s nice to talk about familiar things. Here is a view from the hilltop in Grasse where our new friends live. Grasse is about 25 mins from where we are in Antibes and it beautiful.

Grasse Slideshow

As referenced from Wikipedia…Grasse is the center of the French perfume industry and is known as the world’s perfume capital. Grasse’s particular microclimate encouraged the flower farming industry. It is warm and sufficiently inland to be sheltered from the sea air. There is an abundance of water, thanks to its situation in the hills and the 1860 construction of the Siagne canal for irrigation purposes. The town is 350 m (1,148.29 ft) above sea level and 20 km (12 mi) from the Coast (Côte d’Azur). Jasmine, a key ingredient of many perfumes, was brought to southern France by the Moors in the 16th century. Twenty-seven tonnes of jasmine are now harvested in Grasse annually.