At the Middle-Age, Grasse specialize itself in the leather tanning. The leathers from Grasse got a reputation of very good quality. But the leather smelt bad, which the nobility does not appreciate at all. It is Galimard, tanner in Grasse who has the idea to create a perfumed pair of leather gloves in baths of scents (rose water, spicies), according to the oriental method. He offers a pair to Catherine de Médicis who is seduced by the present.
Therefore, the tanners perfume the leather skin and the perfumed gloves became famous at the Royal Court and in the high society.
The rare scents from Grasse (lavender, myrtle, jasmine, rose, wild orange flower, mimosa) make Grasse the global capital of perfume.
