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Paris Perfume Museum
The Musée de La Parfumerie Fragonard is Paris' fragrant Perfume Museum
Ah, leave it to the French to have a museum devoted to expensive smells. OK, so this is essentially a corporate shill for the Fragonard company, but at least it provides a glimpse into the history and rarified world of extracting oils and essences and using them to craft cloying scents.
The main museum, in an 1860 townhouse near the Opera Garnier, is packed with historic perfume paraphernalia.
Nearby, at 39 blvd des Capucines, they've taken over a classic 1900 theater and turned into into a mock-up of a 19th century perfume factory, complete with distillery devices in gleaming copper and demos on the fine art of making beautiful smells—naturally, with a Fragonard boutique attached.
9 rue Scribe, 9eme
Metro: Opera
tel. +33-(0)1-47-42-04-56
www.fragonard.com
Open daily (the Capucines museum is closed Sun)
Tips
- Planning your time: Interesting enough to spend 20–30 minutes here—maybe 45–60 minutes total if you visit both museums. (
on Paris Itineraries.)
- Free gift: Get a free gift at the museum if you have the Paris Sightseeing Pass
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This article was last updated in December 2006. All information was accurate at the time.
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