Grasse

Spent the morning in bliss, reading for leisure!! I have now finished "Pompeii" a right rivating read by Robert Harris - I bought it at the Pompeii Exhibition at the British Museum and finally got round to reading it. Really enjoyed the fictional story behind the facts - and learnt alot of Roman aqueducts in the process - without a consistent water supply the Romans would never have been able to conquer as many countries as they did and the engineering was just spectacular!

Afternoon - off to the world famous Grasse to sample the heady bouquet's of the home produced brands - there are 3 famous perfumeries in Grasse, Fragonard, Molinard and Galimard, and we took the Fragonard tour learning about the Nose and the Brain - also found out the method of essence extraction in the book Perfume was correct.