Remark made by first person in French resort (7)
I believe the answer is:
mention
'remark' is the definition.
(mention is a kind of remark)
'first person in french resort' is the wordplay.
'first person' becomes 'i'.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'french resort' becomes 'menton' (town in French riviera).
'i' placed within 'menton' is 'MENTION'.
'made by' is the link.
(Other definitions for mention that I've seen before include "Make reference to" , "Allude to" , "state" , "Cite; quote" , "Acknowledge" .)