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Gifts and Souvenirs

Paris has a wealth of stylish gifts and typical souvenirs, from most elegant tableware, found
designer accessories and perfume to French foods and Eiffel in Paris’s chic shops. If you
Tower paperweights. Shops on the Rue de Rivoli and around are wary of loading up your
major tourist attractions such as Notre-Dame or Sacré-Coeur holdall with breakable pieces,
many shops will arrange to
offer a range of cheap holiday trinkets. Les Drapeaux de ship crockery overseas. Luxury
France sells historic uniformed and costumed figurines. household goods can be found
For upscale mementos, try quality reproductions of artwork on the Rue Royale, where many
and jewellery in museum boutiques – the Musée du Louvre, of the best shops are located.
Musée d’Orsay, Les Arts Décoratifs or Musée Carnavalet. They sell items such as rustic
china and repro duction and
modern silver ware. Lalique’s Art
Gifts Parfums Caron also has many Nouveau and Art Deco glass
Printemps has excellent own- scents created over 100 years sculptures are collected all over
brand accessories, espe cially ago, which are unavailable the world. Impeccable silverware,
ladies’ handbags. The luxury elsewhere, so this is the place to including fine photograph
floor is ideal for window- find exclusive presents that you frames and even chopsticks,
shopping or high-end purchases will almost certainly decide to comes from Christofle.
such as Tiffany jewellery or keep for yourself. Beautifully For a great variety of porcelain
Cartier watches. It also stocks packaged perfumes made from and crystal, try La Cristallerie
small, reasonably priced items. natural essences are available Paradis, which stocks Baccarat,
For those wanting to take from Annick Goutal. Guerlain Daum and Limoges crystal, or
home gastronomic tasters, has the ultimate in beauty care, go to Baccarat itself. Baccarat
the famed food hall at Le Bon while the elegant shops of also has a boutique on the
Marché, La Grande Epicerie, L’Artisan Parfumeur specialize Place de la Madeleine. The
offers anything and everything in exquisitely packaged scents interior designer Pierre Frey
you might need for a gourmet that evoke specific memories. has a showroom displaying
feast or quick snack. They have also reissued fabrics which have been
Galeries Lafayette now favourites from the past, made into a fabulous array
boasts the world’s biggest including perfume made to of cushions, bedspreads and
lingerie department. exactly the same formula as tablecloths. Excellent quality
one that was worn at the court bed linen can also be found
of Versailles. Famed perfume- at Yves Delorme.
Perfume and Cosmetics
maker Fragonard sells an array Eiffel Tower cheese graters,
Many shops advertise of scents, soaps and candles porcelain doll umbrellas and
discounted perfume and from the South of France. dog-shaped pie-cutters add
cosmetics. Some, like Buly 1803, Frédéric Malle is another just the right amount of kitsch
even offer duty-free perfume to big name in top-of-the-range to any gift from design shop
shoppers from outside the EU, scent. Exclusive perfumes can Pylones. La Chaise Longue has
with discounts on the marked also be found in the beautiful a selection of well-designed
prices when you show your surroundings of the gardens of objets, along with fun gift ideas.
passport. The Sephora chain the Palais-Royal at Serge Lutens. Fleux boutique in the Marais
has a big selection, or try the Lutens, the company’s creative has quirky, artsy home goods.
department stores for a range director and a renowned Storie Shop and Muskhane
of designers’ perfumes. In parfumier, creates exquisite and stock hip and ethnic accessories
particular, the beauty depart- exotic scents which can only be for funky flats. The extensive
ment at Printemps (see p313) is bought in this particular store. interior design store at Galeries
one of Europe’s biggest, with Paris is also home to several Lafayette (see p313) has every-
one of the world’s largest haute cosmetics designers. One thing a proud homeowner
perfume selections. It stocks of the most renowned is Terry could need, from fancy mops to
many beauty brands that are de Gunzberg, whose store By cutting-edge three-piece suites.
hard to find elsewhere. Terry stocks fantastic products. Sentou stores are full of chic
If you fancy stepping back Personalize your gift by having designer pieces for Parisian
in time, Detaille 1905 is the a message inscribed on the living. Sentou Raspail, on the Left
place for you. This old-fashioned sleek, silver packaging. Bank, offers the store’s complete
perfumery filled to the brim range while Sentou Marais
with fragrant goodies focuses on lighting and furniture.
personifies Belle Epoque style Household Goods Kitchen equipment that can’t
and charm. The shop’s own Though certain items are be beaten, including copper
range of six main fragrances obviously rather delicate to pans, comes from E Dehillerin.
for women and for men are still carry home, it is difficult to A must-have item in many
made from original recipes. ignore some of the world’s Parisian homes is a scented

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