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VOYAGEURS & CURIEUX Map Art & Antiques
01 43 26 14 58; 2 rue Visconti, 6e; 2-7pm Tue-Sat; St-Germain des Prés
Jean-Édouard Carlier’s primitive art shop looks and feels like an 18th-century cabinet of curiosities collected from around the world: chalices made from coconut shells, unusual feathers and beads, and odd masks.
GALERIE HÉLÈNE PORÉE Map Art, Jewellery
01 43 54 17 00; 1 rue de l’Odéon, 6e; 11am-1pm & 2-7pm Tue-Sat; Odéon
Exquisite ceramics, glassware and jewellery is showcased at this thoroughly modern art gallery, host to six or seven shows a year.
LIBRAIRIE LE MONITEUR Map Books
01 44 41 15 75; www.librairiedumoniteur.com; 7 place de l’Odéon, 6e; 10am-7pm Mon-Sat; Odéon
This specialist bookshop sports books relating to design, architecture and urbanism, including the annual French–English Paris Design Guide published by bilingual design mag Intramuros.
TASCHEN Map Books
01 40 52 79 22; 2 rue du Buci, 6e; 11am-8pm Sun-Wed, to midnight Thu & Fri; Odéon
Illustrated books on art, design, architecture, fashion and urban culture is what this innovative book publisher is about. Equally striking is its shop design by Philippe Starck. Bargain buys begging to be browsed fill stands on the pavement outside.
TEA & TATTERED PAGES Map Books
01 40 65 94 35; 24 rue Mayet, 6e; 11am-7pm Mon-Sat, noon-6pm Sun; Duroc
More than 15,000 volumes are squeezed onto two floors at this secondhand English-language bookshop with tearoom.
VILLAGE VOICE Map Books
01 46 33 36 47; www.villagevoicebookshop.com; 6 rue Princesse, 6e; 2-8pm Mon, 10am-8pm Tue-Sat, 2-6pm Sun; Mabillon
With an excellent selection of contemporary North American fiction and European literature, lots of readings and helpful staff, the Village Voice is a favourite.
SHU UEMURA Map Cosmetics
01 45 48 02 55; 176 blvd St-Germain, 6e; 11am-8pm Sun-Wed, to midnight Thu & Fri; Odéon
Curly fake eyelashes, lime-marmalade lip gloss (yep, it’s green), 71 shades of lipstick and badger-hair make-up brushes: this Japanese cosmetic boutique founded by the Hollywood make-up guru who painted Shirley Maclaine’s face in the film My Geisha (1962) is extraordinary. Treat yourself to a 1½-hour lesson (€150) at its make-up school.
HUILERIE J LEBLANC ET FILS Map Food
01 46 34 61 55; www.huile-leblanc.com; 6 rue Jacob, 6e; 11am-7pm Tue-Sat; St-Germain des Près
The Leblanc family has made the smoothest of culinary oils (almonds, pistachios, sesame seeds, pine kernels, peanuts etc) at its stone mill in Burgundy since 1878. Taste and buy.
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LEFT-BANK GALLERIES
Meandering rue Mazarine and surrounding rue Jacques Callot, rue de l’Echaudé and rue de Seine are a feast for the soul with their vibrant art and design galleries.
Galerie Downtown (Map; 01 46 33 82 41; www.galeriedowntown.com; 33 rue de Seine, 6e) Designer furniture has been this gallery’s exclusive forté for 25 years.
Galerie Loevenbruck (Map; 01 53 10 85 68; www.loevenbruck.com; 40 rue de Seine, 6e) Larger-than-life pop art.
Galerie Onega (Map; 01 40 46 81 25; 60 rue Mazarine, 6e) Street art and graffiti – a bold statement indeed.
La Galerie Moderne (Map; 01 46 33 13 59; www.lagaleriemoderne.com; 52 rue Mazarine, 6e) Original designer furniture and lights from the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s.
Pièce Unique Variations (Map; 01 43 26 85 93; www.galeriepieceunique.com; 26-28 rue Mazarine & 4 rue Jacques Callot, 6e) Permanent collection of works and installations by contemporary artists; its single-room gallery on rue Jacques Callot showcases one (usually very large) piece especially created for this pièce unique (unique room), illuminated until 2am.
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PIERRE HERMÉ Map Food
01 43 54 47 77; www.pierreherme.com; 72 rue Bonaparte, 6e; 10am-7pm Sun-Fri, to 7.30pm Sat; Odéon or Luxembourg
It’s the size of chocolate box, but once in your tastebuds will go wild. Pierre Hermé is one of Paris