The town GRASSE is considered the world's capital of perfume. It obtained two flowers in the Concours des villes et villages fleuris contest and was made Ville d'Art et d'Histoire (town of art and history).
    GRASSE has had a prospering perfume industry since the end of the 18th century.
  GRASSE is the centre of the French perfume industry and is known as the world's perfume capital (la capitale mondiale des parfums).
   Many „noses” are trained or have spent time in GRASSE to distinguish over 2,000 kinds of scent.
   GRASSE produces over two-thirds of France's natural aromas (for perfume and for food flavourings). This industry turns over more than 600 million euros a year (Wikipedia).