Musée Rodin
19 boulevard des Invalides Paris 75007 Métro: Varenne.
Displayed in a former private mansion, its gardens and chapel, a major collection of sculpture, sketches, engravings and paintings by Auguste Rodin, along with works by his student Camille Claudel and paintings and sculpture from the artist’s own eclectic collection. Closed Mon.
Forge de Laguiole
29 rue Boissy d'Anglas Paris 75008
Home of the humble shepherd's folding knife that has become a coveted and trendy accoutrement. Laguiole—pronounced la-yole—is the name of a small town in the Aveyron region of central France, and a generic name for a folding knife made in the vicinity. Whether the blade is stainless steel or high carbon, and the handle in horn, wood, ivory or the aluminum chosen by designer Philippe Starck for one luxury model, the knife made by Forges de Laguiole is a collector's dream.Galerie Patrice Trigano
4 bis rue des Beaux-Arts, Paris 75006 Métro: St-Germain-des-Prés
Modern and contemporary art, offering works by Botero, Derain, Hartung, César, Arman, Hundertwasser, Red Grooms and Magdelena Abakanowicz.Robert le Héros
13 rue des Quatre-Vents Paris 75006
A leading design collective set up by four art school friends who reproduce their bold graphic designs on everything from cushions, curtains and wallpaper to funky bags and desk diaries.Bernard Steinitz
77, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré Paris 75008
Founded in 1968 by Bernard Steinitz, who now works together with his son Benjamin, one of the city’s best known galleries for top-level 17th- and 18th-century furniture and objets d’art, including exceptional carved wood panelling.Comptoir de la Gastronomie
34 rue Montmartre Paris 75001
A 19th-century épicerie with an Art Deco decor offering delicacies from truffles, foie gras and moutarde aux cèpes to Calvados, Armagnac and Champagne. Also serves a fine gourmet lunch.Frédéric Malle
37 rue de Grenelle, 7th; 21 rue du Mont Thabor, 1st; 140 ave Victor Hugo, 16th;
Three shops offering a selection of 17 special edition perfumes created by 9 renowned “noses”. Customers can test a whiff of the fragrances vaporized in tall glass cylinders, or a unique olfactory machine at the Victor Hugo address.Perrin Antiquaires
98 rue du Fbg St-Honoré Paris 75008 Métro: Champs-Elysées–Clemenceau
Founder Jacques Perrin and his son Philippe specialize in exceptional late 17th- to early 19th-century French furniture, painting, sculpture and decorative objects, displayed in a beautiful three-story mansion on the Place Beauvau.Jean-Paul Hévin
231 rue Saint Honoré Paris 75001 Métro: Concorde/Tuileries 3 rue Vavin Paris 75006 Métro: Vavin 23 bis avenue de la Motte Picquet Paris 75007 Métro: Ecole Militaire
Jean-Paul Hévin has been wowing chocophiles since he opened his first shop on the Ave de La Motte Picquet in 1988. Since then he's added two others, and at all of them you’ll find some of the city's finest chocolate—Hévin is a fanatic for the quality of his ingredients—transformed into some of the most imaginative shapes in town. The upper level of the rue Saint Honoré shop is a bar à chocolat, serving unusual chocolate treats at different times of day, including a chocolate cocktail.Alter Mundi
5 Boulevard du temple, Paris 75003 39 rue de Charonne, Paris 75011 135 rue Ordener, Paris 75018
A chain of fair-trade boutiques promoting ecologically friendly fashion, beauty products, home decor, ethnic jewelry, accessories and design items, from computer cases made from recycled posters and seatbelts to tagua-nut jewelry and Colombian black earthenware ceramics.Brimo de Laroussilhe
7 quai Voltaire, Paris 75007 Métro: Rue du Bac
A gallery founded in 1908, specializing in medieval and Renaissance furnishings including sculpture, paintings, tapestries and objets d’art.Bastien de Almeida
46 rue La Condamine Paris 17th
In Paris's Batignolles trendy district, a shop carrying stunning American vintage fashion as well as specialized books and DVDs. It even offers sewing classes. Closed Sun-Mon.