ParisShopping

Gifts, Souvenir shopping in Paris

  1. A

    2 Mille & 1 Nuits

    The large ‘2001 Nights’ shop at the end of a courtyard just off rue des Francs Bourgeois has colourful gifts and decorative items with an Oriental (read: ‘Arabian Nights’) slant. Some of the stuff for sale – a silver cup with a handle made from antelope horn, for example – is just this side of kitsch, but it’s all good fun.

    reviewed

  2. B

    Le Boudoir et sa Philosophie

    Like a 19th-century powder room bursting at the seams, this kitschy boudoir’s philosophy is one of parlour games, floral prints and silky nightgowns. Overflowing with all sorts of things from soaps to carnival masks, it’s great for finding that esoteric, nonfunctional gift.

    reviewed

  3. C

    Boutique Paris-Musées

    This boutique stocks museum reproductions, especially of art and sculpture on exhibit at museums run by the City of Paris, such as the Musée Carnavalet and the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.

    reviewed