Do not be surprised if you see strange characters straight out from a movie of the 50’s between the Café de Flore and the Deux Magots. A zoot, an unforgettable philosopher, a secret agent of the DST, or a singer muse of the germanopratines nights : all these people are not there by accident …
The producer Bertrand Penninckx is known to have launched tours to a whole new genre, based on a scenario, fed historical facts, and run by a troupe of actors, singers, magicians, dancers. After Montmartre, he tackled consequently a new course: Saint-Germain-des-Pres.
Make a proper investigation, assisted by indices, and with a group. At every step, it is the shadows of Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Camus, Boris Vian, Picasso, Giacometti, Prévert and many others that show you the memory of these places. The opportunity to explore the area taking you to a real detective!

This is brand new, it’s beautiful: from May 30^th to July 31^st, the nail polish brand Kure Bazaar settles on the 1st floor of the Bon Marche and it offers manicures and pedicures “green”. The sipping fruit juice (organic, of course!)

Kartika Luyet, the creator of the brand, is a former model who, during her pregnancy, had the idea to design ethical beauty products. Two years later, here is a collection of 24 nail polish colors to flashy, composed of 85% natural ingredients (wood pulp, cotton, corn, wheat …)

Stiletto red or orange Afrika, just choose a color!

Fifteen years ago Marie-Helene de Taillac creates jewelry with strong identities, often copied but never equaled. His trademark? Colored stones in yellow gold. She lives half in India, has opened a store in New York, but has its own Parisian setting, not far from the hotel …

How did you start in the jewelry?
I have always loved fashion and jewelry. I wanted to study gemology in New York but my English was not good enough … So when I was 18 years old I left in London for two years, working for a jeweler called Butler & Wilson, this was the thing “in” at this time.
Fashion does not attract you?
In fact between the two I worked a little for John Galliano when he started. I had lots of friends who worked for him too, so it was pretty fun. Then I helped Victor Edelstein, who was the designer of Princess Diana. I organized his shows, and then it led me to work with Philip Treacy … It was a time when fashion was very funny, there was Cindy Crawford, Kate Moss, then everyone makes …
For you, a jewell, what is it?
This is something you live with and even live after you. I have this great chance to chose the jewel, and not ready-to-wear, because it has a certain durability, unlike fashion, where you have to work on very short seasons: what is worth a fortune beginning of the season, no longer has any value six months later. I work with precious materials, and on the contrary, I feel that the more it goes, the more my work becomes valuable. Time becomes almost an advantage …