The Ultimate French Trip, Complete With Organic Cosmetics

Vive la France, land of Chanel, Champagne and the Champs Elysées. If you think you've experienced everything that the evocative country has to offer, think again ... and sign up for GoLearnTo's Make Your Own Organic Cosmetics Course in France's Languedoc region.

The GoLearnTo course — which runs over four days in some of France's most beautiful countryside, particularly this time of year — teaches students how to make ECOCERT organic beauty products, using ingredients like violet, mint and verbena, all harvested from The High Languedoc National Park, about an hour's drive from Montpellier. These naturally fragrant flowers and herbs lend themselves towards perfume, but you'll also learn how to make lotions, lip balm and body scrub. And, of course, you can take home all your creations. (Just make sure to check your luggage on the way home, since you'll be making way more than 3 ounces of these organic goodies.)

The trip doesn't include airfare, but it does include lodging and meals featuring local specialties and organic wine. (And, this being France, you can bet it's all delicious.)

As French holiday experiences go, this one is très magnifique.