The authentic hammam experience in this beautiful 1920s mosque has become popular with parisiennes, so avoid weekends when the volume of traffic makes it less relaxing than it...

This hammam is hard to beat - spotless mosaic-tiled surroundings, flowered sarongs and a relaxing pool. The exotic 'Forfait florale' option (€139) will have you enveloped in...

Among scented candles, potpourri and charms, you'll find the best vanilla perfume Paris can offer - Mûres et Musc, a bestseller for two decades.

The city's oldest department store, opened in 1848, is also its most swish and user-friendly, thanks to an extensive redesign by LVMH. Luxury boutiques, Dior and Chanel among...

In the magnificently appointed Printemps you'll find everything you didn't even know you wanted and English-speaking assistants to help you find it. But fashion is where it...

Under the arcades of the Palais-Royal, Shiseido's perfumer Serge Lutens practises his aromatic arts. A former photographer at Paris Vogue and artistic director of make-up at...

Facials involve delicious concoctions of basil, lavender, lemongrass, ginger and plant essences. Also on offer are reflexology and a selection of massage styles, from Thai to...

Opened by Stéphane Jaulin, the former beauty director of Colette, a beautiful feng-shuied Haussmannian apartment is the setting for facials using organic beauty guru Dr...

This is the ultimate gentlemen's shaving shop: stock includes duck-shaped loofahs, seductive dressing gowns, chrome mirrors, bath oils and soaps.

This retail and leisure development housed in old wine warehouses is a relaxed place to shop, with the advantage of late and Sunday opening. Squarely aimed at tourists and...

Terry de Gunzburg, who earned her reputation at Yves Saint Laurent, offers made-to-measure 'haute couleur' make-up by skilled chemists and colourists combining high-tech...

The renowned and much-imitated one-stop concept and lifestyle store stationed a mobile 'superette' outside while it went into rehab in summer 2008. Expect the same highly...

Invisible from the street, this minimal space is a temple to fragrance, selling its own delicious lines of perfumes, gels and candles. Sniff out the Eau Interdite, a curious,...

Step back in time at this shop, opened, as the name suggests, in 1905 by war artist Edouard Détaille. Six fragrances (three for men and three for women) are made from...