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.Yves Saint Laurent
6 pl Saint-Sulpice Paris 6th
The main womenswear store of the company founded by the late designer, known for the fashion revolution that put women into pants suits and sexy smoking jackets.Fragonard
39 blvd des Capucines, 2nd; 196 blvd St Germain, 7th; 51 rue des Francs Bourgeois, 4th, and others
The famed perfume house based in Grasse, in Provence, has a handful of Paris shops offering not just dozens of fragrances, scented candles, cosmetics and soaps, but also great gifts, exquisite embroidered linens, jewelry and accessories. There’s a perfume museum at the Capucines address.Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin
76 rue de Turenne, Paris 75003 Métro: St-Sébastien-Froissart
One of the city’s hottest contemporary galleries, showing works by Sophie Calle, Maurizioo Cattelan, Wim Delvoye, Takashi Murakami and Jean-Michel Othoniel.Galignani
224 rue de Rivoli Paris 75001
The city’s oldest English-language bookstore, founded in 1802, offering books in French and English on a wide range of subjects, as well as a extensive selection of art books and magazines.Michael Kors
279 rue Saint-Honoré Paris 1st Métro: Madeleine/Concorde
The opening of Michael Kors's first store in Paris coincided with his 30th anniversary in the business. His glittering boutique on the rue Saint Honoré is already a hit—an impressive showcase for the all-American Kors blend of classic lines and forthright glamour. The first floor houses bags, shoes and accessories, along with the more affordable “everyday” line; stars from the latest runway collection are upstairs, with prices starting at around €1,000. A welcoming staff makes shopping here a pleasure.Le Thé des Ecrivains
16 rue des Minimes Paris 75003
A tea emporium with beautifully packaged teas designed to be sipped while reading certain authors—Tea of the American Authors combines flavors of orange and bergamot with lime, Tea of the Chinese Philosophers is a blend of green and black teas spiked with poppy and lotus.Musée d’Art et d’Histoire du Judaisme
Hôtel de Saint-Aignan 71 rue du Temple Paris 75003 Métro: Hôtel de Ville
A beautifully renovated 17th-century private mansion in the Marais district, converted into a museum of Jewish art and history. Closed Sat.Musée Gustave Moreau
14 rue de La Rochefoucauld Paris 75009 Métro: Trinité
A small museum in the former home of the 19th-century Symbolist artist. Closed Tues.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.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.Didier Aaron
152 Boulevard Haussmann, 75008 Paris
A gallery founded by Jeanne Aaron in 1923 and now run by third-genenration expert Hervé Aaron, one of the city’s top dealers in museum-quality 17th- to 19th-century paintings, furniture, and objets d’art.