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I've been to Paris before and this sub has always been super helpful in figuring out what to do, so thought I'd contribute a tiny tip. There were HUGE lines for Cedric Grolet, but if you're willing to splurge, book afternoon tea at Le Meurice. You get to try tiny versions of many CG pastries, delicious savory options, AND you can include a pot of Alain Ducasse hot chocolate. Total win in my book because I got to try more pastries, sit in air conditioning-and no line! You do need to prebook but I booked the day before with no issues.

I took the advice of this sub and chose Jules and Jim, I was very happy with my tiny but super cute and well thought out room. Excellent ac, and an easy walk to my morning activity which was Carnavalet for a few hours of history, followed by a jaunt to Sens Unique for perfume sniffing. I then ubered over to MFK and Jovoy which were around the corner from Le Meurice for more perfume shopping, and then a late tea service.

Mfk has amazing customer service and gave me the flowers you can see in my pic! So nice, I expected maybe snobbishness but they were the opposite. Also Sens Unique has a great shop dog named Bisou who did in fact, give all the kisses.

I'm transiting through Paris this weekend and had a day to indulge my fragrance addiction. I had wonderful experiences at all 3 stores I stopped at - first, Sens Unique and the most wonderful shop dog Bisou who did in fact give lots of kisses. I picked up Etat Libre d'Orange - Remarkable People, Jul et Mad - Fugit Amor, and Laboratorio Olfattivo Mandarino. This last one smelled like drenching yourself in fresh mandarins - one note but in the best way and it made me super happy to sniff it. The other two had better sillage and more balance.

From Jovoy I picked up Heeley Zest de Gingembre, and Jovoy's own Remember me.

Finally the MFK haul. The shop folks are so so so nice. They gave me flowers! The ones in the pic in a custom etched vase. I told them they could put whatever they wanted on it so they wrote from Paris with love. The flowers are gorgeous and I'm sad I won't be able to bring them with me! I picked up Amyris Femme and Absolue Pour le Matin. They gave me tons of samples and a free votive in the Pour le Matin fragrance. Plus they will etch your bottles for free. 10/10 shopping experience.

I shouldn't buy any more perfume this trip but I'm planning on going to Printemps tomorrow...just to look/sniff. Lol.

What would you look for if you were me and you saw ^? Any favs or hated from my buys?