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An Unforgettable French Housesit
Minding Luna in Grasse, the perfume capital of France
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As the second story in my series Housesitting Highlights, I want once more to show how housesitting is not only a budget way to see the world but also opens a world of experience you might otherwise miss.
This story concerns one sit only — in Grasse, France.
Grasse is in the enviable position of being considered a Provençal hill town, with the familiar tall, narrow architecture with terracotta tiled roofs, but it is also part of the Côte d’Azur, the French Riviera, as it sits in the hills above Cannes.
For some strange reason, this town on the hill always appealed to me… I was keen to get a housesit there.
Grasse’s claim to fame is that it is the perfume capital of France, with several top perfumeries situated there, using flowers grown in the perfect soils in the farmlands below the hill — blooms such as May rose, jasmine, tuberose, mimosa, lavender, and orange blossom.
