ROSE ET MARIUS — Local services in Aix-en-Provence

Wow. Just wow. We had an absolutely incredible experience here. We did a perfume workshop to find the right scent for our body and it was amazing. I am so happy that they offered this workshop in english and the lovely woman who led it did a fantastic job. My friend and I both found an amazing scent that was just right for us. You get to create quite a large bottle of perfume that you get to keep and the staying power and quality is really fantastic. They even said that we can contact them in the future for a refill of our specific scent and they will ship it to us. Such an incredible value. They could have charged twice as much and it still would've been worth it. Highly,...

Rose et Marius has a beautiful shop in a convenient location in Aix-en-Provence. The very nice young woman staffing the shop on the day of our visit (a Monday morning) eagerly helped us under less than ideal conditions: her English was not fluent, my French was jet-lagged, and my husband does not speak French at all. I was already a user of the excellent products made by this company, but we were able to discover new scents. We bought three eaux de parfum, two soaps, and a candle. We will make a second visit if we get to travel to Aix again, but I’ll make sure I’m not in the throes of jet lag. Check out their website. Their international service...

We did the private session to make our own perfumes. The woman who led the session was lovely and patient. But the perfumes we made are really bad. Part of the issue was that the woman is not a professional nose and lacked training. I had made my own perfume before and it was interesting and with great explanation and guidance. Here it was: mix 4 things you like - each equal amount. We tried various combinations but it was quite arbitrary. The quality of the scents themselves is also low (which explains the low price). If you are looking for fun, it’s pleasant, but if you are looking to make good perfume,...