weekend of August, spanning three days of vibrant festivities. During this event, the local community comes together to honour the region's perfume creators, flower growers, and, of course, the beloved jasmine. You’ll long be whisked back to the French Riviera when you take one of their perfumes home. You can even choose from more than 100 essences to craft a personalised perfume, each spritz transporting you back to this enchanting town.
Above: the Duomo in Florence and fragrances from Officina ProfumoFarmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella Right: the Perfume River, Hue
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Incense-making In Jiuzhaigou, China, the history of incense-making has been an important part of Tibetan culture for centuries. Crafted meticulously by hand, these incense sticks are composed solely of pure herbs, spices, and flowers. Unlike traditional incense, there's no bamboo stick here to hold everything together, making them truly distinctive. There are many different types of incense, from rope incense to the famous Mindroling Monastery incense, for which the recipe is only known to a few lamas. The act of making traditional Tibetan incense includes grinding your chosen wood, herbs and flowers into a paste with water and stones before squeezing it out
