At a villa perched on a promontory above Grasse, I meet Fabrice Pellegrin, a world-renowned expert in the art and chemistry of fragrances. The son of a perfumer and grand-son of a jasmine-picking grandmother, he has created perfumes for many couture houses, including Diptyque.

He says early in his career “I put a lot of ingredients into my formulas. Now I have become more focused and precise. I want the raw materials to echo each other. The challenge is for each fragrance to be simple, direct, expressive, and balanced.”

— Read more in at Why Every Fragrance Lover Needs to Add the South of France to Their Travel Bucket List at Veranda.