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From New York by London and Milan to Tokyo, the Dyptique candles hung heavy in the trendy houses around the world. The main branch is in Paris, on the Boulevard Saint-Germain. It is a showcase for its incomparable perfumes : tuberose, spearmint (garden mint), cedar wood, eglantine, mimosa, fig tree, pomander, feu de bois (wood fire), musk, sandalwood, lily of the valley … each one keeps its promise and makes us remember the scent of a garden after rain or the scent of a wood fire in winter …
Perfumes reinterpreted for high-quality cosmetic care products, but also iconic eau de toilette, original objects and, for some time now, household cleaning products with divine scents.
The most illustrious café in Saint-Germain-des-Prés. It was the favourite spot of the intelligentsia of the 30’s, from Surrealists to editors, artists and filmmakers and it became the meeting point of post-war Existentialists. There gathered Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre, Boris Vian, writers and artists such as Ernest Hemingway, Juliette Gréco Brigitte Bardot, Roman Polanski, Françoise Sagan, Romain Gary as well as the world of fashion. Nowadays the Café de Flore still caters for a subtle blend or artists, writers, intellectuals, politics and anonymous people.
The twin of the Flore, or its enemy, also has its literary Prize, created in 1993 and which is the first one to be awarded in January. So how to decide between the Café de Flore and Les Deux Magots ? Everyone has to decide according to his tastes. Maybe we will choose Les Deux Magots to have a cup of tea or a hot chocolate made in the traditional way and for its terrace during spring or even in winter when we look desperately for the first rays of sunshine.
A bit of North American gastronomy in a chic and cozy decor or on the magnificent patio when the weather is nice. We taste a lobster from Maine or a crab from Maryland, we eat a good hotdog, an organic burger or a steak from Colorado to finish with a cheese cake. Without forgetting the tradition of the doggy bag when leaving !
Cassina is probably one of the design editor (publisher) which owns the largest (richest) catalogue of design history : Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand, Frank Lloyd Wright, Franco Albini or Pierre Jeanneret mix with Ron Arad, Gaetano Pesce and Philippe Starck, in a minimalist and sophisticated space created by Piero Lissoni.
Located next to the Emporio Armani boutique, in a minimalist and chic decor, you can enjoy a delicious risotto here all day long, or simply a real Italian coffee. But for foodies, Massimo Mori’s cuisine is also worth taking the time to have lunch or dinner there.