Smell, dream, design your own custom perfume at our historic mansion. Try your hand at the perfumer’s subtle techniques and discover the architecture of a scent, the ingredients that compose it, that complement or contrast with one another, as you create your perfect perfume. A superb sensory experience that can be tailored to all fragrance fans of any age, individuals or groups. 90 essences, 1 hour, 50 ml
Description
MAISON MOLINARD, from 1849 to today. It is a rare thing for a family business to uphold its exacting standards and maintain its original fervor as the decades pass. Yet, in Grasse, the perfume capital of the world, five successive generations have made emotion their raison d’être. Having earned the nation’s highest distinction as an Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant (“Living Heritage Company”), recognizing its rare and ancient savoir-faire, Maison Molinard continues to reinvent itself each passing day, forging a legacy in the fires of its passion for perfume.
LA CRÉATION DE PARFUM – PERFUME CREATION. A Molinard expert in perfume design interprets your fragrance dreams and helps you compose the perfect, personalized olfactory opus for you alone.
THEORY • Raw materials • Extraction methods • Perfume structure
PRACTICE • Personalized diagnosis • Essence olfaction and selection session • Developing the top/head, middle/heart, and base notes • Formulating the olfactory pyramid • Formulating the final composition in solution
Strong points
- Guided tour of the factory included
- Diploma
- 50ml bottle
- Free car park
Important information
Language
Other information
Portuguese, Spanish and German on request
Languages spoken
- German
- English
- Spanish
- French
- Italian
- Portuguese
Duration
60 minutes
Number of participants
- Maximum 20
Documents
Location
Where the activity is taking place
- 60 Boulevard Victor Hugo
- Grasse
Public transport
Bus stop "MOLINARD" on Victor Hugo Boulevard
Additional location information
Exit 42 "Cannes/Grasse/Mougins" on A8 highway
Towards Grasse on D6185 road
Exit at "Grasse Centre" then follow the purple boards named "MOLINARD"
Rating - 77 commentaire(s)
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
4/5 77
Beautiful perfumes and great experience for all ages.
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
Our family enjoyed the experience of making our own perfumes.
Personal opinion counts and is optimize by the teacher
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
I like, that we had a little bit longer than 60min time. Great that I had the chance to book the workshop for the same day. Many different fragrances as options. Great recommendation and suggestions from the teacher. I suggest to give everybody more information regarding the timing plan and options at Molinard. At the end my Flacon was not completely full. Should I have taken more fluid? One teacher was too less for 8 Person with two languages..
Unique experience
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
A great experience for all those who enjoy u quiet experiences on a holiday. Molinard was very welcoming and accommodating. We got late for our appointment as were driving from Nice and they accommodated us in the next slot. About the experience: the activity is an hour long where you are educated on the layers used in a perfume and then given a chance to shortlist the fragrances out of 90 something fragrances. Once you have shortlisted the smells you like the process of making your own perfume begins. At the end you get a certificate and a 50 ml bottle. They also save your formula in case you would like to order anytime in the next 30 years. A must for all those visiting the French Riviera.
Amazing experience
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
We had such a good time, even my 7 year old daughter who composed an amazing scent, had a fantastic learning experience. A great day in Grasse that created both a personalised scent and a memory to treasure for sure!
Average experience
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
Beautiful building and settings, it was spacious inside and well presented. Booking online and checking in was easy. The staff understood english. We did the perfume creation workshop and i would recommend this experience to friends. The choice of fragrances was vast and the final bottle and packaging was very pretty. The things that could of been better is that the host could of provided more guidance with regards to the blends we were choosing and giving us more recommendations as to what essences went with what. The final fragrances only lasts on the skin for an hour at the most, I would pay more if there was an eau de parfum choice where it would last longer on the skin.
Awesome
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
Absolute recommendation!
Interesting hour
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
I have always been interested in the world of fragrance and how a perfume is created so was looking forward to this experience booked at the last minute together with my daughter. We both really enjoyed this, and it has given me a deeper understanding of scents and the different notes of a perfume. My only disappointment was that we didn’t get that much in the way of interaction with the ‘nose/assistant’. I would have liked some suggestions to help me choose which scent goes with another or if I have made a good choice or not. But overall the main constraint was the time. It could have done with being a longer session of perhaps 90 mins as opposed to 60. But we were happy with our assistant and came away with perfumes we created ourselves which will serve as a lovely reminder of our visit to Grasse.
Good fun
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
Good fun. The instructor was friendly but a bit to serious.
Beautiful experience !
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
It was a beautiful experience and it looks easy on the beginning. But there are so many different bottels where you can choose from and some of them you will like and others not. It was nice to do it together with a friend and to make your own special perfume. After it you can always order your own perfume due the website. The people there are also so friendly and they all smile ! Thank you for the experience !
Great experience
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
Everything was clean an it smells great. I had nobody else in my group, so i had no stress. 1 hour is little too less time for preparing a perfume. I noticed that my helper had to look after two groups after 1 hour, and had less time for me. But every thing else was perfekt and my perfume is great too
Nice
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
It was really fun and unique experience. We wish we heard about the history of perfume and how the scents are made. It was very nice to leave with our own customized perfumes. I would recommend the one hour session, it was the perfect amount of time to make the perfume. I would recommend it to my family and friends.
Fantastic, Friendly and Fun
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
We found this to be a fantastic experience for all (Husband, wife and 2 16 year old girls). New experience for us all to create our own unique fragrance. Staff were friendly, unintrusive and yet helped you from making silly errors. A thoroughly memorable experience.
Wonderful experience!
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
I participated in the workshop with my mother-in-law and sister-in-law. It was a wonderful and unique experience, and a memory that we will treasure. Our workshop facilitator was terrific in guiding us through the process but also giving us space to explore. We all loved the fragrances we created. It was very easy to book the workshop online and it exceeded my expectations.
Just Devine!
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
All excellent! Would recommend 100%!!
valuable experience
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
I like the experience to make my own perfume, all stuff are very nice to me. I love perfume, and I also love to make my unique perfume, I will join the next workshop if I want to make another perfume. I like the experience in Molinard. Thank you Molinard and staffs experience with me.
Workshop l’Atelier
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
Liked the workshop (which I booked online very easily) very much. Before starting I wondered if I could create a perfume that I really liked, because there were many essences to choose from, but the help was very good. The result is a perfume I do like, it smells really fine. Liked the woman who gave the right advices, told me about the quantities of the essences to use and told me a lot about the essences I had chosen. Now I know more of what I like in a perfume. I’m very proud of what I created with her help.
Molinard Perfume Workshop
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
My granddaughter did the the perfume workshop and thoroughly enjoyed the process of creating her own personal perfume.
Unforgetable
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
I booked my workshop day before, because that day were all full! And I choose first possible hour! It was something special because I was alone! I enjoy very much in creating my personal parfum and my instructor was kind and professional! I loooove my mix of fragrances so I will definitly order my perfume again from Molinard!
Unique and fantastic experience
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
We had a wonderful time at Molinard creating our very own parfumes! The lady who run the workshop was very friendly and helpful, at the same time we always could make our own choices. The parfumes turned out very good! Plus, you can reorder them! A truly unique experience. Merci beaucoup à Molinard!
awsome experience
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
Easy to book and easy to reach by car. We'd been lucky because nobody else booked it at that time - so we could experience it as it was a private workshop. Amazing and highly recommended
15
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
Yes, I will recommend this offer to my friends
Wonderful experience
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
It was so much fun learning about Molinard (I'm a new fan, their perfume line is quite elegant) ... But the reason I took a bus from Cannes to go to this cute village was for the workshop. I ended up in my own class, which was a welcome surprise. I will warn you that it can be daunting in front of all those scents ... I didn't fully grasp the suggestion to not smell all of them, if I know for sure I won't like a smell I shouldn't try it. My nose got overstimulated so by the end it was hard to smell anything. But the guide was so wonderful and I trusted her to get me through the process so I'd end up with something I liked. She was a good listener and patient and asked the right questions to narrow down my scent preferences. I thought it was a unique experience and the bottle of perfume you end up with is quite large. Totally worth the price.
Creating my own perfume
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
A fun experience in a beautiful city like Grasse. I would recommend this experience for perfumes afficionados but also for beginners and curious people.
What fun?
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
This was an amazing experience and i truly believe one of the highlights of our 2 week tour of Europe! Very educational and perfect perfume made! Loved it! Wish we had something like this locally
Great workshop!
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
Loved the perfume making workshop here! I was lucky enough to be the only person in my workshop so it was like a private workshop. The instructor was so wonderful and knowledgable! It was a great experience.
My idea of heaven!
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
Booked very easily on line, had a great time smelling all the different elements of my fragrance. I then had fun creating my personalised perfume which smells fabulous. I think that there perhaps should be two people helping out as our “guide” was rushing from one group to another which meant that we were sometimes waiting a while to be helped. Apart from this I would heartily recommend this workshop.
Great!!!!
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
Perfect organization, nice and friendly assistance - we recommend such a workshop during your stay in Grasse !!
Excellent!
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
Me and my partner went to this workshop in grasse which is a lovely town. We really enjoyed our experience and our new fragrances smell wonderful ! We would do this again.
Must do experience at one of the best perfumeries
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
The teachers are very patient and helpful in guiding us to choose the fragrance
parfums
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
I liked very much my experience in L'atelier, the informations and the instructor, mainly because It was in portuguese and we can understand all that she said. Thank you very much Caroline and Molinard
an idle hour that tires your nose
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
Would have liked more of an overview of how perfumes are made. Would have like more understanding of which things go together best.
Loved this!
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
An absolute highlight of our trip to the Riviera! Julian was great fun and very informative—and we love that we can re-order our scent! Highly recommended!
Difficult to Find but Worth It
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
This was an absolutely fantastic experience and I would love to go back and try it again if I am ever in the area. This small workshop was difficult to find if you are arriving by train at Gare de Grasse. But once you find it the perfume masters were very informative and helpful when crafting your own perfume and the tour guides were very informative. All around a great experience.
Learned a lot in a short time
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
We were 4 friends doing the one hour workshop. It really sped by as you need to smell 90 items if you don’t already know what you like. I would have liked to spend more time honing the amount of each scent to add to get the smell I preferred. But it was great fun, just rushed!
Beautiful experience!
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
It was really beautiful experience, and I have totally unique souvenir from Frnce - my very own perfume!
Nice experience
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
I enjoyed my time at Molinard creating my own bottle of perfume. I did arrive ahead of my scheduled time, but I was able to get in early. I believe Paula explained things and helped me out (I apologize if that wasn’t her name, as she was delightful). I had fun and highly recommend this!!
Wonderful time making perfume!
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
What a fun experience!
What a great opportunity!! Highly recommended experience.
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
My husband thought of and arranged this unique appointment mid-May during our trip throughout Provence. Met with Justin who was simply lovely to learn all about customizing your perfect one of a kind perfume from testing of about 100 scents that you respond well to. He was highly knowledgable, patient, and easy to understand and comprehend his shared knowledge from years of perfume making expertise. Follow his steps and he won't let you go wrong. I have to say I LOVE my new custom perfume. I think my husband enjoyed watching the learning, narrowing down, and then the assembly process equally as much as I enjoy getting compliments from friends and coworkers who admire and inquire about my new scent I got to take home. I'll certainly order more of my new scent that they now have on file for me in years to come. Would return and do this all over again without hesitation. This experience and fun memory is worth much more than the price of admission. GO!
Unforgettable experience
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
This is the second time I attended this workshop at Molinard with Gabi and I must say it is a unique creative experience. You are provided with a vast range of quality materials, and guidance from the perfumeur but also, you get the chance to let your creativity fly. The perfume I created is absolutely wearable and compares to those on the high street. They also keep your formula so that you can reorder later. Have a nosy around in the shop afterwards, Molinard has some real gems to offer!
I recommend to everyone
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
I made the 1 hour cours and I'm so happy that I've booked it. Great expirience and how wonderful to have my own individual perfume with the essences I like. Booking on the website of Molinard was very easy and the instructur Julian was very friendly and helpful. I really recommend to everyone to make this expirience.
Perfume creating
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
Wonderful experience in Grasse, will recommend to my friends back in NZ
Perfume, history & fun !
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
My husband and I both enjoyed the afternoon at Molinard. We did the tour which is full of information & history. We also did the custom perfume class which was great & worth the cost.
Lovely perfume making experience
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
We loved our guide Julien, who helped us craft our own scents, layer by layer. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who loves perfume.
Amazing Experience
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
Coming to Molinard was such a fun and unique experience during my trip to the south of France. Booking was easy, and I was even able to start early (as I arrived a bit early). The professional nose who helped us was entertaining and educational. He was so helpful in creating my own personal scent, which I really do love so much.
Great experience
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
Making your own parfum was a great experience. Kind people who knows what they were doing.
Experience surprenante et enrichissante
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
Activité à faire seul, en couple ou avec les enfants. Vous découvrez les secrets de la création d’un parfum et créez le votre avec l’assistance d’un responsable de Molinard. Se laisser aller à la recherche des senteurs de base qui vous inspirent pour ensuite les combiner et en faire votre parfum personnel. Le prix du stage équivaut au prix d’un flacon d’eau de parfum de 50ml et vous repartez avec 50 ml d’eau de parfum de votre composition. Comme votre formule est conservée, il vous est possible de recommender votre parfum à tout moment. Je recommende cette expérience unique à tous le monde.
Lovely experience, highly recommended!
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
After taking a fascinating tour of the Molinard factory, a friend and I arrived at the perfume-mixing lab for our hour long workshop. Our instructor was friendly, knowledgeable and very helpful. She explained the process of mixing scents together to form a perfume with top notes, heart notes and base notes. I am generally not someone who wears much perfume, but at the end of the workshop we all came away with a beautiful glass, spray bottle of our own personal scent. I like it so much, I am actually wearing it nearly every day. It was great fun and I’d recommend it to anyone interested in something different from the ordinary. There were even men mixing scents during my workshop!
Excellent!!
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
I came back twice already to create my own personal perfume out of 100 ingredients...lovely! So interesting and nice people helping you how to do it.
Lovely experience
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
So easy to book online before travelling to France. Great to learn about the different processes in making a fragrance. Julian was very patient and helpful. Would highly recommend if you love fragrances.
All my favourite scents into One
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
I love the idea of creating own perfume. Paula is very nice and very helpful giving suggestions on my creation. Excellent experience!
Personal Perfume Making Session
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
Our overall experience at Molinard was wonderful! Melanie was our lead and she was so warm and personable that it made the whole experience fun and worthwhile! We booked online the same day - super easy! I would definitely recommend.
Great morning
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
Loved the Personal one on one experience. Never felt rushed. Definitely a must when in the area. A great introduction into the world of perfume.
A really fun experience!
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
We had a really enjoyable afternoon making perfume at Molinard. Our hostess, Paula was absolutely brilliant, very knowledgeable and so patient with us. Thank you Paula, it would not have been the same without you.
OMG, The best!
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
My niece and I created our own perfume with Melanie and she was just wonderful. In fact the whole Molinard experience was! we booked it online above 12 hours in advance and had no idea what to expect. Melanie was so knowledgeable and helpful. We loved every minute of it. The only nice little touch would have been if we could have named our own perfume! We decided this was the highlight of our trip other than spending time together.
Unique and happy experience
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
Like this activity lots and will definitely recommend!
Great experience, will probably do it again.
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
Booked this activity to do together with my sister-in-law, as a present. But I thoroughly enjoyed it too. Booking was fairly easy. Everything was as expected, even better than expected. We liked the setting, and the activity instructor was very good and good fun too. Good value. You get to bring your own perfume home. I definitely recommend it.
Fantastic experience
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
This was a 60th birthday present to myself and it was worth every centime. My already high expectations were exceeded. The range we were offered was beyond extensive and Mélaine our workshop leader guided us through to the process with patience and good humour. Her knowledge and expertise allowed us make a genuinely worthwhile product and my daughter and I were giddy with the whole experience. I would highly recommend this as a family, individual or even hen do activity. Afterwards we took the tour and the staff are incredibly helpful and friendly. Doing the workshop gives you a 20% discount on Molinard products. Thank you Mélanie and Molinard.
Very informative and good course
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
I like the workshop very much. The booking was very straightaway. I will highly recommend this workshop to others. However I don’t think the children’s workshop is of as good as the adult one’s. It could have been a bit more fun with other children.
Fantastic Experience
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
I had a wonderful time learning about the history of Molinard and having the opportunity to make my own custom perfume. What a unique experience! An easy day trip from Cannes. While you're in Cannes be sure to check out the historic part of town and the cathedral.
Amusing and informative
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
I liked everything about it. The staff was knowledgeable and friendly and it was great fun to get the smallest glimpse into how the parfum-making process works. I would absolutely recommend this. You walk away with an entire bottle of parfum in the end that you created!
Amazing afternoon at Molinard in Grasse
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
Absolutely LOVED the whole experience. What girl doesn’t want to make her own perfume? Highly educational and entertaining, and felt like royalty. Also love that I can reorder my perfume anytime and the recipe will be kept on file for me. Would do it again!
Visit to grasse
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
I went with my son. We loved the whole experience. The staff were lovely, helpful and we felt very welcome.
One of most amazing experiences in south of France
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
Very friendly and professional, the host of workshop was fantastic ! Thank you for this experience that we shared with all our family.
Perfumed fun
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
Really enjoyed my hour under the patient guardianship of Julien who very patiently guided me through the process and answered all of my many questions. I was the only person who had signed up for the course but it still went ahead anyway! It was great!
What an experience - A MUST in the south of France!
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
For me it is the second time to do the L'Atelier de Parfum Workshop and it's always a pleasure to come to MOLINARD. For the creation of 50ml eau the parfum and a 1h workshop with introduction in the world of parfum the price value of €69 is more than fair. Despite the workshop, the store in the MOLINARD condo is really a shopping-paradise. I love the products! Not only the perfumes are HEAVENLY, but I like the 24 beauty collection too - the hydration creme is just AMAZING! Would recommend a visit for shopping and OF COURSE a workshop to experience the production of a perfume. Everything is easily to book online. See you next year!
i am fascinated
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
i felt very good supported by monsieur Julien. the essences were very good in their Variety. i like my perfume very much and the best of it is !!!! , that i can order it again. and so will i do soon. a difficulty was to recognise the right amount of essence in the Pipette. i tried to be carefully but it was hard to see the mark of 1/2/3 ml. also i regret that i did not write down the formule of my perfume. on my diplome there is only the Name of the essences. i hope when i reorder it, i will get the formule and can give it a Name. all in all, i am very satisfied about the experience and when i come once more to Grasse, i will make it again and all my Friends, i hope, will do it also
An amazing perfume by...me!!!
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
I enjoyed it very much and I would highly recommend it to everyone..
Great experience in Short Time
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
It was a wonderful experience to make my own Parfum. I had no idea but while trying I found a great one for me. It was very interesting to get to know the details and differences of the essences. Therefore I would wish more time to get more information before making the own Parfum to be not so under stress while finding and preparing it. Maybe a little seminar of 15 minutes before the workshop would minimize the questions and time stress which occurred. I would recommend this experience to everyone who is interested in good Parfum!
A lovely experience.
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
It took a while for us to actually get into the activity but once in, it was a wonderful experience. I would definitely recommend this as an experience during a visit to Grasse. I created a perfume that was individual to me and that I think I will continue to use and it was an experience that I will treasure.
A unique and fun experience with a little bit of learning
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
I knew nothing about perfume, but the staffs' explanation was good and simple, so I enjoyed the time there! I was not supposed to try all the scents, but I did by curiosity! After selecting the flavors, the staffs helped me if the mixture was good and also helped me with the blending. I really like my perfume and use it on my scarf once a week!
Perfect Experience!
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
I would recommend this experience to everybody who likes fragrances! Very friendly and well trained consultants! An interesting and very amusing hour!
Unique experience in the Perfume Capital of the World
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
While on a three day trip to Nice, I made it my mission to visit Grasse (the perfume capital of the world). In my research about Grasse I found that I would be able to make my own perfume (Dream Come True.) I went forward with booking online with Molinard due to its open availability although it was the most expensive among the other perfume houses I researched. Once there it was a bit unorganized with where to exactly check in for the class but once I was seated at the class every thing went smoothly. I took my perfume making very seriously and the instructor while thorough was often pulled in other directions to lead other classes that were going on at the same time or translate. I had a good experience here however I would have appreciated a more personalized experience for the price I paid.
Fun to do your own parfume
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
Good expertise
Wonderful experience
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
Highly recommended. A really fun as well as interesting experience. I would do this again.
Great experience!
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
Thank you forum this beautiful experience! I enjoied a lot! And so Happy to have my personal perfume!
amazing!
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
highly recommended
Excellent time and unique activity!
Note globale Qualité/prix Fun
My boyfriend and I had a great time doing the perfume atelier at Molinard (and he honestly enjoyed it at least as much as I did!). This activity was a great way to try something new, and come home with a unique memory in the form of a perfume bottle. The experience was way more personal than we thought it would be. Our guide was Julien, and he was wonderful! Very knowledgeable, friendly, and good English too. Would highly recommend you try this experience!