Artemisia museum — Attraction in Forcalquier

It is a great museum and it was a great experience. Everyone in the area and who is a little interested in the amazing variety of herbs, plants and flowers and their usage in Provence must go here. This museum is dedicated to show the versatile uses of plants in Provence and throughly explains it in an interesting and understandable way. Not only about the plants itself but also about the history of developing the unique applications (From making herbal infusions, medicine, perfume and also Alcohol). Even for children there is an interactive task on every step of the exhibition.

Also: if you are interested in doing workshops or hearing lessons at the university - do it! I have never seen such an amazingly equipped as well nicely and luxurious designed lecture hall. I am definitely coming back to take classes in...

We took a perfume making class this morning and learned so much! It was so much fun mixing our own perfume from the many bases we had to choose from. I would highly recommend...

Nous avons pris 4 places pour la création de parfums. (3 adultes et un ado de 14 ans). L'atelier dure 2 heures. Il comprend l'histoire des parfums, la façon dont leur composition a évolué dans le temps, un test à l'aveugle de différents représentants des familles de composés d'arôme, l'explication de l'équilibrage d'un parfum, puis enfin la création d'un parfum personnel à partir d'une quarantaine de composés d'arômes avec l'aide et les conseils qui vont bien. Chacun repart avec un flacon de 100ml de parfum de sa création. Un atelier très...