Ofr, Paris. In conversation with Alexandre Thumerelle

«For 15 years after we opened people would ask us what the name meant, until recently when I found sense in the three letters. We are Open Free Ready»

Lampoon Modes et vétements, retour aux textes

107Rivoli, Paris. Inside the Musée des Arts Décoratifs

The boutique takes the design outside the museum and its section to the consumer, becoming an intermediary between the story and our daily life

Smith&Son Paris. A tale of a street

Smith&Son Paris on 248 Rue de Rivoli, near Place de la Concorde, is the longest branch to have remained in its original setting

Librairie La Comète, Paris. One does not know but to take a leap

«What we carry is based on instinct. There are times when the print job is not up to standard, or the other way around. We trust the quality of the photographer and author at that moment»

Maxim’s Paris. Marking itself into the fabric of history as a space for known individuals in the arts

Resident director Pierre Pelegry has been a part of Maxim’s – the pinnacle of culture and the arts – since the beginning of his career, having worked there for the span twenty-five years

Tom Greyhound, Paris. Under the spotlight in a post-Colette world

Amongst the Marais, in 90 square meters of Parisian brick & mortar, is Tom Greyhound—the multi-brand designer concept store in a post-Colette Paris

Hotel Rochechouart: a Thirties hotel renovated in its original spirit

In a conversation with Orso Hotels founders, Anouk and Louis Solanet, to get to know their project to give life back to Parisian hotels that were meant to be forgotten

Perrotin, Paris. If an artist has ten books about their work, we prioritize those that do not

Books exist within the ecosystem in France, the tax on books is not the same as on other products. When supplying and sourcing, Lauriane Perrotin looks to a variety of contributors for each item

Chanel N°5 keeps only the essentials: the bottle, the packaging and the label are simple, without ornaments

Chanel N°5 Limited edition: the youth of imagination and the expertise of technology

A collection of seventeen limited-edition products featuring Chanel N°5 in their mix, a new recycled glass bottle and biodegradable paper packaging: Chanel’s pioneering approach

Hotel Lutetia, Paris. Art Deco’s twist

The Latin word Lutetia, believed to signify ‘marsh’ or ‘swamp’, makes us think of how european cities are not only history infused, but living history

Artazart, Paris. The micro-sector of Art publishing is not afraid of the market

Carl Huguenin and Jerome Fournel launched the first online library dedicated to graphic design, then expanded into brick-and-mortar – graphics and images remain at the centre, hence the slogan ‘Galerie dédiée à l’Image

Kilian, Paris. Mr. Hennessy unfolds the latest fragrances Apple Brandy and L’Heure Verte by Kilian

Refillable bottles have been the epitome of Kilian Paris since the beginning. Mr Hennessy is transported to a memory of his grandmother refilling her initial engraved perfume bottle – and shares his vision on the perfumery market

Ex Nihilo, Paris. A fragrance that features new compounds, made with enzymes: Akigalawood

The perfume industry is developing synthetic molecules with biochemists and bioengineers working to develop biosynthetic methods of producing fragrant compounds

Sana Jardin – perfumes from flower waste to give Berber women their own power

Sustainable production as a vehicle for social impact: for Sana Jardin, Berber and Amazigh women learn to upcycle floral waste. In conversation with Amy Christiansen

Brach, Paris. The design glasshouse

Born from a 1970s mail sorting center with a surface area of 7000 square meters, Brach hotel is designed by the French designer Philippe Starck

Yvon Lambert, Paris. On artistic recurrences

Yvon Lamberts returns to Marais, this time not as an art dealer but as a bookseller and modern publisher. «I want to do something more humanistic»

If the planet’s fate is intertwined with that of bees

Championing bee conservation by acting on traceability, environmental responsibility and female entrepreneurship, Guerlain has been working to strengthen its support to the world’s main pollinator species

Diptyque, Paris. Rebuses and inverted letters

Three guys cannot sell their drawings, so they open a two-windows shop in Boulevard Saint Germain: Dyptique

Librairie Sans Titre, Paris. An independent-publishers and artists’ hunter

Finding the spot was a chance event for Mathilde de Galbert, who discovered what she says «looked like a bookshop», while cycling around the neighborhood, one Sunday morning

Silencio, Paris. How artist member clubs are changing the scene

World Off, we are in – is the future experience ‘all inclusive’? Silencio in Paris, Kafe Mockba in Helsinki, Soho House all over the world. Inclusivity and a feeling of past

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Dover Street Parfums Market, Paris. A matter of cylindrical forests

The last stop on Rei Kawakubo’s entrepreneurial journey; a genesis of the Parisian adaptation of Dover Street Market, between architecture and idealistic reasoning

Le Comptoir de l’Image, Paris. Fashion photography, collector’s fever

«I look after my books, I keep some in custom sleeves and sometimes I restitch them all every night»

The Broken Arm, Paris. The blurred line between art and life

Simplicity of materials can draw attention to garments, artwork, literature and music on display: thinking can matter more than buying, according to the trio Joste, Lafarge and Steinmetz

The Woods Gallery, Paris. Hidden on Montmartre’s most-concealed street

Mail carriers cannot find the address to this modern-day Wunderkammer where each figure finds its own beastly and colorful avatar

Nose, Paris. Choosing perfume is a matter of science

Packaging and branding influence buying trends, especially when it comes to fashion. A blind test allows customers at Nose to find a fragrance that reflects them