About this experience
Paris is the capital of unique stores and boutiques, adorned in various styles and selling extraordinary items. On my tour, you will discover the lively historical Paris, explore the contents of antique shops, and admire authentic signs. I will narrate the history of these goods, the habits and customs of Parisians - transporting you to the past and unveiling the daily life of the French capital in the 18th-19th centuries.
What to Expect
The Everyday Life of Paris
My tour is not just accompanying you for a shopping spree in inconspicuous shops: you will see Paris in all its splendor, understand how Parisians lived in past centuries. You will find out where it's best to buy authentic copper cookware, where Balzac bought smoking pipes, and which tobacco shop Marat, Robespierre, and Napoleon frequented. Explore the first pharmacy in Paris and visit where antique music boxes are sold, resurrected by the skilled hands of a restorer.
According to Vintage Recipes
We will visit a pastry shop opened by the pastry chef of Louis XV and indulge in the very pastries that brought him unparalleled fame and honor. In one of the capital's first candy stores, you can purchase candies as souvenirs that have delighted children and adults since 1760. And for those who want to decorate their interior royally, I invite you to a shop with incredible candles created during the reign of Louis XIV - they are very popular as they are made according to an ancient recipe!
100 Beauty Secrets
I will share with you the secrets of Parisian fashionistas and tell you how the city's women adorned themselves in the past. We will peek into a boutique where refined umbrellas have been sold since 1785; this is also where hats, ribbons, laces, and other accessories were purchased. We will not overlook the store of the first powders - this is how the beauties of the capital powdered themselves in the 19th century! And the cozy boudoir of the beautiful Celine will tell and show where and how self-respecting ladies kept their decorative cosmetics and perfumes.
