Au Nain Bleu
252 blvd Saint-Germain Paris 75007
The city’s most famous toyshop, with a vast selection of playthings deluxe.A la Mère de Famille
35 rue du Faubourg Montmartre Paris 75009
The city's oldest candy shop has been in the same lovely chandelier-lit boutique since 1761. The shop's vintage feel, coupled with a modern mission, give an irresistible flavor to their chocolates, caramels, marshmallows and more.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.Jean-Jacques Dutko
4 rue de Bretonvilliers, Paris 75004 Métro: Sully-Morland and 11 rue Bonaparte, Paris 75006 Métro: St. Germain des Prés
As well as his original gallery on the Left Bank, Art Deco and Art Modernes pecialist Dutko has also opened a big new space on the Ile Saint Louis, both designed by star architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte. On the roster: Pierre Chareau, Paul Dupré-Lafon, Jean-Michel Frank, Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann, Marino Marini.Mariage Frères
30 rue du Bourg-Tibourg, 4th; 13 rue des Grands-Augustins, 6th
Purveyors of fine teas for more than 150 years, offering some 500 different teas along with teapots, tableware and accessories, in their elegant, colonial-style tea salon/shops.Guerlain
68 ave des Champs-Elysées Paris 75008
The beautiful original shop of the classic perfume and cosmetics house, opened in 1914 and renovated several years ago, with an upstairs hallway entirely covered in gold mosaic and a crystalline perfume fountain for refilling your flacons. There’s also an excellent beauty institute.Musée Nissim de Camondo
63 rue de Monceau Paris 75008 Métro: Monceau.
An early 20th-century reconstitution of an 18th-century private mansion, filled with an exceptional collection of 18th-century furniture and art, built by the Camondo family, Sephardic Jews who were bankers in the Ottoman Empire and moved to Paris in 1868. Now part of the semi-private museum group Les Arts Décoratifs. Closed Mon-Tues.IKKS
114 ave de Champs Elysées Paris 75008
The flagship shop for IKKS (the pronunciation of the letter X in French)—first launched in 1987 as a junior line, IKKS now has 230 outlets worldwide for its cool and casual urban attire for men, women, boys and girls.Musée du Louvre
75058 Paris Métro: Palais Royal
The museum’s comprehensive collections cover the history of art from Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities to mid-19th-century European painting and sculpture, including Oriental, Islamic and primitive art and the monumental medieval remains of the Louvre itself.; information English/Spanish 01.40.20.53.17. Closed Tues.Galerie Bernheim-Jeune
83 rue du Faubourg St-Honoré Paris 75008 Métro: Miromesnil
The gallery that organized Van Gogh’s first Paris exhibit in 1901 and later presented Cézanne, Matisse and others is still run by descendants of the founder and still exhibits contemporary artists.Jeu de Paume
1 pl de la Concorde Paris 75008 Métro: Concorde
A small museum in the Tuileries Gardens now devoted to temporary photography exhibits. Closed Monday.Senteurs de Fée
2 rue des Haudriettes Paris 75003
A tiny olfactory haven filled with an aromatic range of room perfumes, scented candles, bath salts and body creams, all made with essential oils.