{"id":230,"date":"2020-05-22T09:43:09","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T07:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesfrenchquiches.com\/?p=230"},"modified":"2020-05-22T09:43:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T07:43:10","slug":"do-you-know-leau-de-menton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesfrenchquiches.com\/en\/do-you-know-leau-de-menton\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you know l\u2019Eau de Menton ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since the 15th century, the town of Menton, a small city located on the Italian border near Nice, has been growing lemon trees. At its peak, Menton exported millions of lemons to England, Russia and even America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The culture of lemon trees is not as huge nowadays. Lemons from Menton are picked by hand and do not undergo any treatment after their harvest. They are celebrated every year during the Lemon Festival and in 2015, they obtained an IGP label that recognizes their specificity. Menton Lemons are recognizable by their very bright colour, their very tasty juice and their sweetness: &nbsp;neither too acid nor too bitter. Menton Lemons are a unique product that great pastry chefs particularly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube alignfull wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Eau de Menton, effet fra\u00eecheur garanti!\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6u7eqEAn_no?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2>From a lemon fruit to delicate Eau de Menton<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Gastronomy was the first to be interested in lemons from Menton . It\u2019s only in 1947, when a Parisian perfumer named Louis Berneux settled in the South of France that the destiny of this extraordinary lemons changed. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He then created the famous <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bringfrancehome.com\/gb\/cosmetics\/253-authentic-eau-de-menton.html\">Eau de Menton.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Bring France Home, we love l&#8217;Eau de Menton. Its fragrance is light and very refreshing. When they get in our shop, most of our customers tell us \u201cit smells very good in there\u201d and it\u2019s a pleasure for us to reply:\u201cAh ah, it\u2019s because we use Eau de Menton, do you want to try it?\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We even have a few regulars from the neighborhood who just come on a daily basis, pretend to just say hello and take advantage of their visit to &#8230;be perfumed with Eau de Menton. This eau de toilette has some magic and it suits everyone. It\u2019s so delicate. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spaniards, Americans, Japanese, Australians, Brazilians, everyone loves it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Even crooks love Eau de Menton<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Last summer, a naughty gentleman who called himself Marcos tried to \u201cscrew us\u201d with a big order of Eau de Menton. Since we are not part of the year&#8217;s losers, we could anticipate what he was aiming at and we did not fall into his trap. We even had fun letting him think that he was successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To remember this, we now have a secret name for Eau de Menton, we call it Marcos water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In any case, if you&#8217;re strolling in Le Marais and you feel like a little freshness, do not hesitate to drop a head in our little shop. We will be pleased to perfume you with the fabulous Eau de Menton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If you mention that you\u2019d rather have Marcos water, you\u2019ll get a 10% discount since we shared our little secret with you.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube alignfull wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Gamme Eau de Menton\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NCNbC_lR0M0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>L&#8217;Eau de Menton, the only Eau de Toilette who makes you feel being on hollidays on the French Riviera.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the 15th century, the town of Menton, a small city located on the Italian border near Nice, has been growing lemon trees. 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