Fragonard Perfume Museum Tour: Experience French Art of Perfume Making and Ancient Fragrance History

Immerse yourself in the art of perfume making and ancient fragrance history at the Fragonard Perfume Museum in Paris. Discover a unique collection of ancient fragrance bottles and create your own customized Eau de Toilette.

Duration: 45 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • 9 Rue Scribe - Immerse yourself in a unique scent-based adventure with a tour of the Perfume Museum (conducted in English).
    Move from theory to hands-on experience at the Flower-of-the-Year Scent Workshop (presented in English), where you’ll have the opportunity to craft your very own Eau de Toilette.
    As you explore the Perfume Museum (with an…
What's Included
  • Create your perfume in a 15-min workshop
  • All taxes, fees, and charges included
  • Enjoy live entertainment
  • Take home 12ml of your personalized Eau-de-Toilette
  • Discover scents during a 20-min English guided tour of the Fragonard Perfume Museum
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • Food and drinks
  • Transportation to/from attractions
Additional Information

Experience truly French luxury with a unique sensory expedition to the Fragonard Perfume Museum in Paris, conveniently situated adjacent to the Opera Garnier. This presents the ideal chance to explore an exquisite array of ancient perfume bottles. Engulfed in a Second Empire setting, guests journey through three millennia of history: Get acquainted with…

Location
9 Rue Scribe
Rue Scribe
Meeting at PERFUME MUSEUM Front desk
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Randee_b
Oct 24, 2024
Outstanding! - This experience far exceeded our expectations!! Our guide was very kind and knowledgeable. I loved learning about the different notes and the history of perfume. It was fun to make our own sample too. Highly recommend! Especially for teen/young adult girls.
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150rajibs
Sep 17, 2024
Make your very own perfume to take home - A truly memorable experience where we got to prepare our own unique eau de parfumerie under the direction of an expert perfumer. Learned a lot too about what goes into preparing various scents. The place is away from the main town of Grasse and we took a Uber to reach it. The guided visit to the shop after the museum tour was very stylishly done where we were introduced to different fragrances and other products. Overall, this was a highlight of the south of France trip. I highly recommend it as you leave with a bottle of your own creation ensconced in a small drawstring sack - perfect memento of your nasal creativity!
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Vpickyfoodie
Aug 31, 2024
Must do in Paris! - This experience was one of the key highlights of my trip in Paris. I learnt about the basics of perfumery, history of it and about Fragonard of course! You are also in a beautiful historical building and the team all all very knowledgeable. There is an opportunity at the end to purchase various sizes of perfumes at discounted rates!
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496rituparnam
Aug 28, 2024
Enlightened! - It was a great experience for me and my daughter. We learned about perfumes - Eau de parfum, Eau de toilette and Eau de cologne. The different notes used by perfumers to create perfumes. Perfumes used during olden times and the correct ways of spraying perfumes. It was an enriching experience.
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Ren_h
Aug 27, 2024
Excursion of the Year - Yoshi, our instructor and museum guide was terrific. She explained each of the components that make up perfume. It was so cool getting to smell the different notes and then smelling them all put together as the actual Lilas perfume. I thoroughly enjoyed being able to make my own version of Lilas and loved learning about the history of perfume as well as how it's made, how it influenced culture, and the different perfume terms and what they meant. I'd absolutely go back and do the tour and class again, as I imagine every year has a different flower or scent. It's such a wonderful souvenir to take home!
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Jameca_b
Aug 20, 2024
Awesome experience! - I had a wonderful experience. The workshop was insightful and fun. Also, it was very reasonably priced.
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Cathy_k
Oct 25, 2024
Fun making perfume activity - I did love making the lilac perfume and purchased all the lilac products. The tour had very limited information and is I was disappointed
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Tamara_b
Aug 30, 2024
Paris - Tour guide seemed like she was in a hurry. Spoke too fast. Class wasn’t what I was expecting. I was hoping to learn a little more about the perfume making industry.
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Tripvmp
Oct 22, 2024
I wouldn’t recommend this to anyone who want really learn about parfum and make your own parfum. - The initial explanation was rushed, leaving everyone in the room confused. The order of the activities didn't make sense either: we first made a perfume, then learned about the history of perfume. This left us with many unanswered questions about how perfume is actually made. The process was also disappointing—we merely modified an existing fragrance from the brand by adjusting the percentages of just three pre-selected essences. The result was a perfume that was unpleasant and completely unusable. Everyone had numerous questions throughout the experience, but the fast pace of the tour made it impossible to get any clarification. To make things worse, the entire activity was done standing up, with the perfume being mixed on a bench. There was no opportunity to sit comfortably and focus on the experiment. At the end of the experience, the brand takes you to a separate area where they try to sell you their own perfumes. If you're looking to create your own unique fragrance, this experience is not for you. They claim that simply adjusting the percentage of pre-chosen notes makes the perfume 'yours' and unique, but in reality, you don't get to choose the essences. I wouldn’t recommend this to anyone and would definitely suggest looking for a better experience elsewhere
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Meah_e
Oct 5, 2024
No refunds!! - My fiancé and I were unable to attend due to tickets to Paris being $230pp each way. We came from US/Philadelphia to Annmasse, France for a few days. It had always been a dream to visit Paris but unfortunately that price was not in the budget. I asked yesterday morning for a refund while we were still at the train station trying to find a way there. The next train wasn’t going to get us there until 3pm Which meant we would have missed the perfume making experience.
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up to 10 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).