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'''Grasse''' ({{IPA|fr|ɡʁas}}; [[Provençal dialect|Provençal]] {{
Considered the world's capital of [[perfume]],<ref>[http://www.ville-grasse.fr/tourisme/bienvenue.html Page Bienvenue] sur le site de la ville de Grasse (in French)</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Collins|first1=Ross|title=The Scents of a City|url=https://www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/~rcollins/travel/Grasse.html|website=www.ndsu.edu|publisher=Fargo-Moorhead Forum|access-date=9 May 2016|date=January 1995}}</ref> Grasse obtained two flowers in the ''[[Concours des villes et villages fleuris]]''<ref>[http://www.villes-et-villages-fleuris.com/leconcours/palmaresdep/P06.htm Palmarès du Concours des villes et villages fleuris dans les Alpes-Maritimes] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224045927/http://www.villes-et-villages-fleuris.com/leconcours/palmaresdep/P06.htm |date=2009-02-24 }} (in French)</ref> and was made ''Ville d'Art et d'Histoire'' (City of Art and History).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vpah.culture.fr/vpah/paca/grasse-pr.htm|author=Ministère de la Culture|title=Fiche de Grasse appartenant aux villes du réseau ''ville d'art et d'histoire''|access-date=3 June 2007|language=fr|archive-date=3 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103072225/http://www.vpah.culture.fr/vpah/paca/grasse-pr.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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* '''[[Galimard]] Perfumery''', established in 1747 by Jean de Galimard, provided the Royal Court with ointments and perfumes. It is the third oldest perfume company in the world after [[Johann Maria Farina gegenüber dem Jülichs-Platz|Farina gegenüber]] and [[Floris of London]] and was revived after the war by Gaston de Fontmichel and Joseph Roux.
* '''[[Molinard]]''' was established in 1849 and their perfume bottles were made of [[Baccarat (company)|Baccarat]] [[Lead glass|crystal]] and [[Lalique]] glass. Clients can create their own personalised perfume during the Tarinology fragrance course workshop.
* The '''[[Fragonard (fragrance)|Fragonard]] Perfumery''' was established in 1926 in one of the oldest factories in the city. Its museum {{Ill|Villa Musée Fragonard|fr|Villa Fragonard}} displays rare objects that explain the history of perfumery, covering 5,000 years.
* '''International Perfume Museum'''. Opened in 1989, the museum traces the evolution of techniques during the 5,000-year history of perfumery and the large contribution of the Grasse area to perfume making. It was renovated and expanded (doubling in size) between 2007 and 2008.{{Citation needed | reason=No sources listed, though the existing citations might cover this. | date=September 2020}}
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