Happy 30th birthday to Eau d’Hadrien, a perfume which, while created of Sicilian lemon and Italian tangerine, somehow always smells like Paris in a Bottle. Annick Goutal, who died at just 53 in 1999, left a wonderful legacy of 19 fragrances, including Eau d’Hadrien. Now the figurehead of the company is her daughter, Camille, all [...]

Photos by Patrick & Oscar Rignell
Why Paris just before Christmas? It’s so pretty. Chilly though. Pack gloves.
TO STAY CLOSE TO CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
The Montalembert is a fashion favourite. At Christmas time, you can curl up by the fire, nibble on gorgeous Christmas treats (thanks to the great in-house chef) and then wander out to eat chestnuts [...]

Photos by by Paris Chérie
Hermès may have been founded in 1837, making it one of the world’s oldest luxury brands, but what we love - we love love love - is that it is so modern. We thought the flagship store at Faubourg St Honore Paris was a contender for our favourite place on earth, [...]

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The French may mock the Brits for a willingness to stand in a queue, but hello! - you could spend an entire weekend break in Paris standing in line - and that’s without any intention of joining that snake outside the Louvre to view the Mona Lisa.

A classic hot chocolate and [...]

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It is said that fashion’s biggest magazine brands, Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, can only be in the same room when there is a fashion catwalk between them. Yet both sides sit happily at Le Square Trousseau, a gorgeous Parisian brasserie near Bastille where the food is as good as the Belle [...]

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While the majority of air travellers tend to look rather ghastly in transit, you can stand out from the crowd in Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton’s pastel pale travel chic for spring, accessorized, of course by the smartest carry on handbags. At the Spring/Summer 2012 show, models travelled no further than [...]

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There are few hybrid car services in Paris but there’s one that has the Toyota Prius and sensational service. When I’m in Paris I choose Ecovisit Paris.
Ecovisit Paris. +33 (0) 177 137 999

Image Courtesy of The Hôtel des Sers
Paris is famous for it’s great hotels, small and large. A recent addition to the landscape, The Hôtel des Sers is in a restored mansion in a quiet street perfectly situated near the Avenue Montaigne. It’s that rare beast – a boutique hotel with perfect interior, wonderful service and [...]

Photos by Peter Hunt
Paris’s latest retail love affair is with the absolutely gorgeous Merci. A delightful mini department store that manages to be chic and relaxed al at once. The fashion edit is sensational but its other departments covering furniture, interior design, books and more make it a fully rounded 1500 meter gem. For [...]

Photos by Peter Hunt
One of my absolute favourite things to do in Paris is to visit The Museum of Natural History. The museum itself takes little time to view and is worth the visit simply for the main gallery of marching animals. Sensational.
Paris Museum of Natural History, 36 Rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 75005 [...]