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15 C3
La Grande Epicerie
culinary temptations
Le Bon Marché, 38 rue de Sèvres, 7ème • 01 44 39 80 00
www.lebonmarche.fr Open 8:30-9 Mon-Sat
At Bon Marché's epicurean grocery, you can peruse
100-plus varieties of cheese, countless olive oils and
vinegars, and international foodstuffs (candy-coloured
Italian pasta, Zulu chilli sauce). Alternatively, snap up
take-away gourmet meals and pastries. All in all, a
treat for the eyes as well as the taste buds.
15 D2
Iris
Italian shoe box
28 rue de Grenelle, 7ème • 01 42 22 89 81
Open 10:30-7 Mon-Sat
Rue de Grenelle is a hot spot for shoe shops; there are
just so many places from which to choose, but this all-
white store is
the
place to visit if Italian-made shoes
are what your heart desires. Venice-based Iris manu-
factures shoes for Marc Jacobs, Alessandro Dell'Acqua,
Chloé and Véronique Branquino.
Bellissimo
!
16 E1
Carine Gilson
luscious lingerie
61 rue Bonaparte, 6ème • 01 43 26 46 71
www.carinegilson.com Open 10:30-1:30 Tue-Fri, 10:30-7
Sat, by appt Mon
French women pay attention to the little things in life
and this store has plenty of them, from lacey garters to
flimsy slips and vampy black satin bras. Each collec-
tion has a theme, for example the Russian ballet or
Klimt; in Gilson's hands, lingerie is an art form.
15 C2
Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle
37 rue de Grenelle, 7ème • 01 42 22 77 22
www.editionsdeparfums.com Open 11-7 Tue-Sat, 1-7 Mon
Editions de Parfums offers scents composed by nine
of France's most legendary “noses”. In this dimly lit
labyrinth, filled with topics, leather chairs and portraits
of the nine perfumers, you can stop and smell the
roses… and the lilacs… from vast glass “sniffing
tubes” that keep the perfumes unadulterated.
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