In recent years, thanks in large part to social media, the peony has become the signature bloom of Paris in the late springtime. Countless stems of the flower, running a stunning colour spectrum from cream to musk to garnet, are stacked high in Paris’s food markets, their closed petals promising a glorious unfurling to come […]
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It’s Officially Terrace Season in Paris!
April in Paris might be how the song goes, but even the guy who wrote it knew that you ‘have to wait until May before things start popping.’ Come May, the cherry blossoms might have bloomed and gone, but many other flowering trees (such as Paris’s signature horse chestnuts) are at peak loveliness, and provide […]
How to Smell like a Parisian Springtime (Five Fabulous Fragrances)
Nothing beats early springtime in Paris for sensorial pleasure. There’s the silky feel of the sunshine, which suffuses the still-fresh air with hints of golden warmth. The sweet taste of tantalising new-season treats (such as fraisiers studded with spring’s first strawberries and macarons flavoured with zesty fruits). The delightfully easy-on-the-eye shades of blossoms and blooms, […]
A Pink Cherry Blossom Tour of Paris
The cherry blossom might be traditionally emblematic of Japan, but Paris has made the beloved flowering tree its own, too — especially the ‘Prunus Kanzan’ variety, whose exuberant flowers paint the city in pops of pink in early springtime. If you’re hoping to be in Paris for prime cherry-blossom viewing, time your holiday for the […]