Domaine de la Cascade Parfumée takes seminars, executive meetings, business lunches and team workshops for up to 40 people, and can be hired in full for weddings, receptions and family celebrations. The estate grows perfume plants on 1.7 hectares in the Saint-François historic district of Grasse, about 1.5 km from the town center, around an 18th-century bastide of 1,000 square meters. It is reserved for adults.
Seminars and company events
Work sessions take place in the Pavillon d'Affaires, a 150-square-meter space with daylight, carpet for acoustics and a projection screen, which seats up to 40 for a meeting or a business lunch. Team-building happens in La Verrière Sensorielle, a 45-square-meter room inside the old greenhouse, built around a handmade glass still. Groups can learn the basics of distillation and essential oil extraction, pick Centifolia roses and organic jasmine in the morning, or tour the scented gardens with the team. Cooking classes with guest chefs and private tastings can be added to a custom program, which makes a one-day board meeting easy to extend into an offsite with a theme.
Weddings and receptions
The whole estate can be hired for a wedding, a birthday or a family gathering: the bastide, the olive grove, the infinity pool, the gardens and the Atelier-Verrière for the reception. The esplanade looks toward the Estérel massif. The website does not give a guest capacity for private hire, so confirm numbers with the team. Proposals and honeymoons are also arranged.
Rooms and capacities
The Atelier-Verrière, a former horticultural greenhouse, holds the meeting area of the Pavillon d'Affaires and the distillation area of La Verrière Sensorielle. Outside, the terrace, the garden of aromatic plants and the esplanade serve for breaks and drinks. A private, enclosed car park sits inside the estate. The estate also rents its stone walls, greenhouse and gardens for film, advertising and fashion shoots.
Accommodation
The estate has five suites of 45 to 50 square meters, and Le Mas, a separate 50-square-meter house with two bedrooms and its own bathroom for a family or a small group. A pool and a spa for seven complete the stay. For larger groups, the team helps choose partner hotels of high standard nearby.
Catering
Breakfast is included for guests staying on site. The kitchen serves an organic table d'hôte with produce from the estate's own vegetable garden, a brunch and a five-course dinner. For events, menus are built into the program on request.
History and setting
The bastide dates from the 18th century, and the Atelier-Verrière was once a working horticultural greenhouse. The estate is an organic farm certified by Ecocert, with more than 200 Centifolia roses, jasmine, tuberose, lavender and about 100 citrus trees. Water from a private spring feeds the cooling ceilings. Grasse is known for its perfume trades, whose know-how is recognized by UNESCO.
Getting there
Nice Côte d'Azur Airport is about 33 km away. Guests without a car can use a shuttle between the estate and the center of Grasse, which is included in the stay.
