LE NARCISSE BLANC
A sublime 5* hotel imagined by the owners of Maison Favart in homage to Cléo de Mérode, Parisian, dancer at the Paris Opera, muse and model of Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec or Nadar, who was nicknamed Le petit Narcisse and whose Cocteau said she was the Beauty of the beauties.
Central but discreet, it is a truly Parisian address. The 30 rooms and 7 suites combine luxurious and refined art deco and art nouveau decor, imagined by designers Laurent & Laurence, in collaboration with decorators Thierry Martin and Thibaut Fron.
To drink tea, several small lounges give the impression of being almost in a pied-à-terre: the boudoir lounge, the glass-roofed lounge adjoining the reception and the library lounge.
The clean-lined Spa offers a superb 13-metre swimming pool, a hot tub, a hammam, a sauna, a fitness room and bespoke Carita and Kos Paris treatments.
But at the Narcisse Blanc there is also a restaurant, the Cléo, a superb address for lunch or dinner. Chef Bruno Aubin surprises us with a contemporary, organic and creative cuisine that has many followers, residents or visitors. The wine list was drawn up there by the Best Sommelier of the World 2000, Olivier Poussier.
