Fragonard’s Musée du Parfum: a lovely little museum just across the street from L’Opera Garnier. It’s free to visit, if you’re ever in Paris. They have a few rooms of exhibits showing historical methods of extracting raw materials and making perfume, along with a collection of antique bottles from past centuries.

Our group also enjoyed a private perfume-blending workshop where we made our own Eau de cologne (a traditional scent based around citrus which generally also contains orange blossom, neroli, and/or petitgrain, and herbs such as rosemary and lavender).