Early Life, Family and Training Marie Raymond arrives in the world on 4 May 1908 in La Colle-sur-Loup. Born into a middle-class family situated between a pharmacy and flower shops for the perfume industry, her early environment is shaped by the scents and commerce of the French hills. She begins her formal training at the Institut Blanche de Castille in Nice. This academic foundation leads her to the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, w…