If you're in Nice and want a unique experience, the perfume workshop at Molinard is a must. You…read morestart by choosing your favorite scents from a wide selection of top, middle, and base notes, then the instructor helps you determine the measurements of each and blend them into your own custom fragrance. The measuring part was a little tricky for me (especially when certain notes needed much more than others), but the staff was so helpful and made sure it all came together. I ended up adjusting my picks and loved the final result. You're supposed to wait seven days before wearing it so the notes can fully settle, but I couldn't resist trying mine right away. It already smells amazing. The best part is they keep your formula on file, so when you run out, you can order another bottle of your exact creation. I can't wait to start wearing mine every day. It's such a special reminder of my trip. Highly recommend this experience!

While in Nice we were enjoying the old area and ran into this perfume shop. We love nice French…read moreperfume and spent a bit of time selecting one. We found one beautiful perfume and bought it. Nice store, beautiful products.

Tour was very interesting and I learned a lot about the making of perfume and why it costs so much!…read more At the end, you get to sample all their scents and in my opinion....they are just okay. Nothing I would buy for myself (man) or a woman.

I had an absolute amazing time at this museum. I highly recommend a visit. The history of making…read moreperfume is fascinating.

My wife has been remind me before this trip that we got to visit this place. The reason she said…read morethat is because this the birth place or origin of the France perfume. Grasse is the capital of the perfume. This store is one of the oldest in France. Galimard has been a landmark or history of the perfume store in Grasse. You can make appointment to make your own perfume and smell the way you like. The appointment to make your own perfume will last two hours of process. You need to make this appointment one month early to secure your spot in their lab. They also has factory nearby that you can take a tour. The tour includes tour to their lab, ancient equipment, show room, and more. It was great to smell the fragrance during the tour. We did got a few bottles back home. There are three different types. The most pure it the oil base.

So I've never made my own perfume before but we were in the area & I'd had Galimard bookmarked…read moreforever so I took a chance & they had reservations available for the next day so we signed up The rooms take up to 30 people but Mr & I were the only people there so it was like a private class - score! Explaining how perfumes are made up of the base, heart & head notes, there seemed to be hundreds of bottles containing different smells We started with the base note & I chose my favorite 4, their expert chose the mixing amounts and e continued to build from there until I had my very own perfume Needs to macerate for the next 3 weeks but from what I can tell so far, I rocked this! I can't wait to wear my very own scent, designed and named by me! My formula is stored there so whenever I want to reorder or change to perfume, shower gel shampoo or whatever product they offer, I can get it in MY scent How awesome is that?!

Great tour here! Loved the game where they had us " guess the scent "  we got to walk through the…read moreprocess of perfume, soap and cream formulation. The venue is clean and the employees are lovely. I wish I had taken photos!

Love their seasonal fragrances. Always a treat if in Nice or Paris. Enjoyed the perfume class in…read moreParis for sure! A great day for the girls

Went to this shop and the sales lady was so nice and sweet. She recommended some very good perfume…read morefor me and gave me samples after. I purchased some at the Fragonard before I went to Molinard but they didn't give me anything except a receipt. Lol. I like the perfume at Molinard more. I wish I got to Molinard first not Fragonard.

If you're into perfume this is the place and Grasse is the cradle. The original building where…read moreMolinard did all their testing and distilling is now a museum (over 100 years old) where you can take a free 25 minute tour and learn all about the dark art of perfume creation. Very cool old original machinery and maceration tanks inside...and lots of free smells. C'mon, when was the last time you were in a perfume factory?,

Great experience! Enjoyed the tour, especially learning about how soap is made the old fashioned…read moreway. Beautiful place to visit.

Saw online that there were free tours. When a group of us walked in, the employees let us know that…read morewe are free to give ourselves a self-guided tour, as everything is open. We went to the back, where we saw machines and work stations, kind of like a mini museum about perfume creation. Lots of good photo opportunities too. After we walked around (which only took about 5-10 minutes), we looked around in the shop and sampled many perfumes! All of which were great, but on the pricey side. Didn't end up buying anything, but would recommend this place if you're in the area. Lots of other shops and restaurants nearby, along with public transportation stations

Such a fun experience at the Parfumerie Galimard! Booked a perfume making class prior to visiting…read moreand had a blast. The staff walk you through the process and discuss the different "notes" of a perfume. You get 6 bottles to choose from for each of the three notes and smell them together as you go to ensure you're happy with the final product. They also keep your formula on file, so you can reorder in the future! Following the class, we also were able to walk around and learn a bit more about the factory and smell some of their signature scents.

I was vacationing in Nice and being from the states, wanted to pick up a perfume from comptoir sud…read morepacifique which is difficult to find there. ok, so to be clear I'm an American with basic French skills- enough to communicate what I am looking for and what I want to try, which is technically all I need. Being from the states, I'm used to buying perfumes at sephora or department stores, all of which have a liberal open door policy in terms of trying fragrances; not so with rose de france. All the perfumes are stocked behind counters and if you want to smell a fragrance you have to ask the associate to let you try some. Overall the lady I got was very miserly with letting me sample the various fragrances, she would take them out one at a time and would spray onto the test strips and only give me the test strips. I smelled 3 fragrances and felt obligated to rush and buy one because of her bored/annoyed attitude which made me feel as if I was inconveniencing her. Totally unprofessional. In general, French customer service leave a lot to be desired. This is more of a place to go if you already KNOW what you want and are looking to pick it up, NOT a place to play around and find your scent. That being said, the prices did seem cheaper than regular retail. purchased my 3.3 bottle for 49euro, reg price is 70 euro.

Excellent service and selection. Very knowledgeable staff! Customer service was outstanding. A…read moretrue hidden gem for those shopping for a unique opportunity to try a new fragrance, stock up on favorites or simply learn a bit about a new scent.

It was my last day for shopping in France and I was interested in buying a bottle of Portrait of a…read moreLady by Frederic Malle. After a trip to Galleries Lafayette in Nice came up empty, I looked up boutiques where the perfume is sold. Tanagra is the only mentioned location in Nice. This boutique is an old school perfumerie, ie not what you might've come to know or expect at a duty free shop or Sephora. Tanagra carries prestige perfume brands. The shop assistant spent a lot of time with me. She showed me Portrait of a Lady as well as other scents in the same line. She could tell I wasn't totally sold on any of them. Truth be told, they were lovely but all very heavy for my taste. After I casually mentioned that I liked Bal d'Afrique by Byredo (which they had), she made a new recommendation for me based on that. The recommended perfume was much better suited to me than Portrait of a Lady and I ended up buying it! My sales assistant was like a perfume whisperer! She took the time to get to know what I liked. She sprayed me with my new perfume before I left and sprayed a fan with my perfume as a parting gift. The experience and details were top notch! If you want to get off the tourist drag, check out this one-of-a-kind jewel!