I’ve already spoken about the fantastic Galimard Perfume Factory & Museum tour we had whilst on our visit of the perfume house in Grasse, the culmination of which is an amazing shop!
Now there were in fact two Galimard shops, the bigger multi-level one located in their factory and museum building (at the end of the tour) and the second smaller one in a different building (close-by) which held the Galimard Perfume Workshop. In this post I’ll be showing a mishmash of both stores.
Both shops had various elements of the manufacturing process as display pieces. In the factory/museum building’s shop there was a glassed-off organ (like a piano but with perfume notes) which gave any non-participant of the Galimard Perfume Workshop a good idea of how a nose would work.
In the smaller Galimard shop you could see a lovely copper concentrateur sous vide (vacuum concentrator) with soaps displayed in faux enfleurage wooden trays at its base as their centre piece.
When you enter either store you would be forgiven to believe you’ve entered an old-timey confectionary store with all their wonderful array of colours and smells. And although some soaps have been moulded into fruits like lemon slices or candied apple…something tells me they wouldn’t be as delicious!
The bigger store in the photos is the one with the rounded glass counter on its second level, with an assistant and plenty of perfume paper strips at the ready to aid your perusal.
The smaller store (photographed below) may have been smaller but was no less well stocked. And whether you find yourself in the bigger or smaller Galimard shop, it is bound to be a feast for the eyes and senses.
Whether you do one or both, these stores are definitely worth experiencing for yourself if you can.
What shape would you mould your soap into if you could? I’d want to do a chocolate bar like Zoella’s Fizz Bar.
Any confectionary you would love to be made as a soap? Palmolive’s Chocolate Passion has me covered! ;)
Have you come across any non-edible products that you really wish would be? I know dessert-shaped candles are having a thing at the moment and I’m all for it!
xxxemma