Eze: Fragonard Factory Guided Tour with Perfume Workshop

Elevate your travel plans by a notch at the Eze village, between Nice and Monaco, to visit the Fragonard Perfume Factory for a fragrant experience.

A journey into fragrances

In the charming village of Eze rests the Fragonard Perfume Factory, a modern structure with ancient formulas for making perfumes. The tour to the factory includes a visit to the cosmetics laboratory where you get to see the making of different products like creams and skin care essentials. Here, you can find the process and formulas needed to make that one precious bottle, each undergoing expert perfumers and the “master nose” before it hits the market. Learn about the uses of the perfume organ, and how the perfumer comes up with signature fragrances, which sometimes take years to formulate. Find around 200 different essences created by this perfume organ, accompanied by a Fragonard book of formulas. Let your guide enlighten you with these interesting excerpts on this 30-minute tour before you attend the mini perfume-making workshop.

Create a customized fragrance

Discover secrets of perfume-making at the workshop where you learn about olfactory memory development and identifying different scents. Learn how to blend scents and recognize the 3 blended compositions that go into the Flower of the Year eau de toilette. During this workshop, you can personalize your perfume with assistance from your teacher and take back a 12ml spray that works as a souvenir from this enchanting visit.