Made in France Bastide Soap Aix en Provence
Ashley Tinker · Inspire · Shopping & GiftsArts de la Table, Bastide
We are blessed here in Provence to have the best ingredients when it comes to producing scents (and eating!). Grasse is the perfume capital of the world; not surprising considering the endless fields of lavender, roses, fruit blossom and wild scented herbs that create the varied landscape that is Provence. The smell of this place is incredibly distinctive.
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