French pharmacies are celebrated for their streamlined, serious skincare (think multi-purpose repair balm Homéoplasmine, original cleansing water Bioderma Sensibio H2O, and the A313 skin-toning retinol cream). But if you scrounge around the shelves for long enough, you’ll also come across some irresistibly pretty buys that double perfectly as sweet souvenirs … 1. Roger & Gallet […]
Katrina Lawrence
Pre-Planned Paris: What to Book in Advance
Yes, Paris is the ideal city for spontaneity and serendipity, for winding about cobbled streets and roaming the boulevards to see where whimsy takes you. But Paris is also a city of bucket-list experiences that thousands of visitors are hoping to tick off. That’s why the most satisfying sojourn in the City of Light usually […]
10 Reasons to Visit Paris in the Autumn/Fall
Paris is always so wonderfully Paris in any season (cue Cole Porter crooning I Love Paris). But there’s just something so extra-exquisite about the City of Light in the months of September through to November … Un. You can breathe more easily. Because there are fewer crowds, there seems to be more, well, air — […]
Agatha Christie’s Parallel Parisian Life (and some Cosy Christie-esque Mysteries Set in Paris)
I have a theory that if you were to group Agatha Christie fans and Paris lovers in respective circles, you could create a Venn diagram with quite the overlap. Okay yes, Agatha is celebrated for cosy murder mysteries that mostly unfold in quaint ivy-sprawled, rose-scented, quintessentially English villages … Bear with me here … It’s […]