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Nachrichten.fr · 05/27/2026

When a Village Smells Like Roses: La Colle-sur-Loup Celebrates Its "Rose de Mai"

There are places in Provence that smell of lavender. Others smell of pine, sea, or warm stone. And then there is La Colle-sur-Loup – a village near Grasse that smells of roses in May. Not just any rose. But the Centifolia, that legendary "Rose de Mai," whose petals have been used for centuries in the great perfumes of southern France. Anyone strolling through the narrow streets of the village in…

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