Shopping in Paris

Paris does not sell things so much as canonize them. The Right Bank spine from the Faubourg to the Palais-Royal is where luxury learned its manners — maisons that have dressed courts and outlived them, arcades where a glove or a fragrance is still treated as a small act of civilization.

The walk: Paris in Three Hours — Saint-Honoré to Palais-Royal — 3 hours.

The walk: Paris — The Left Bank: Bac to Bonaparte — 3.5 hours.

Tiered houses of Paris

• Chanel Icon
  Mademoiselle's tweed-and-camellia empire — 2.55 bags and No.5. chanel.com
• Charvet Icon
  The oldest shirtmaker on earth (1838) and the last on Place Vendôme — Proust's, Churchill's, JFK's collars; acquired by Chanel in July 2026. Bespoke pilgrimage, not e-commerce. charvet.com
• Hermès Icon
  Paris saddler of Birkins, Kellys, and silk carrés — craft above all. hermes.com
• Berluti Icon
  Parisian shoemaker since 1895 — Alessandro lace-up, Venezia leather, and patina artistry. Now part of LVMH. The summit of French men's shoes. berluti.com
• Breguet Heritage House
  Founded 1775 in Paris, now Swiss-owned — the watchmaker of Napoleon, Churchill, and Tsar Alexander. Tourbillon inventor and the most historically significant name in horology. breguet.com
• Galeries Lafayette Icon
  The Boulevard Haussmann monument — the 1912 stained-glass dome, seven luxury floors and Paris retail’s beating heart. galerieslafayette.com
• Goyard Icon
  The most secretive Parisian trunk maker (1853) — the Goyardine canvas, hand-painted chevrons, and no advertising. The ultimate discreet luxury. goyard.com
• La Samaritaine Icon
  The Pont-Neuf art-nouveau palace reborn — DFS luxury retail under the restored peacock fresco. lasamaritaine.com
• Le Bon Marché Icon
  The Left Bank’s cathedral of taste — the world’s first department store, 1852, now LVMH’s most curated address. lebonmarche.com
• Moynat Heritage House
  Paris trunk maker since 1849 — older than Louis Vuitton and Goyard. The Réjane, Gabrielle and Gaby bags. Now part of Richemont. moynat.com
• Printemps Icon
  Boulevard Haussmann’s domed grande dame since 1865 — seven floors beneath the art-nouveau cupola. printemps.com
• Fauré Le Page Heritage House
  1717 Paris armurier-turned-leather house — scale-motif canvas and "arm yourself with style". faurelepage.com
• Mes Chaussettes Rouges ORBIS Pick
  The cardinal’s socks — Gammarelli of Rome’s papal hosiery, sold from Paris with sock-scholar devotion. meschaussettesrouges.com
• Arthus Bertrand Heritage House
  Parisian medal-maker and jeweler since 1803 — christening medals, Académie swords and fine gold charms. arthusbertrand.com
• Atkinsons Heritage House
  London perfumers since 1799 — the bear-and-crown house of English eccentricity, revived with 24 Old Bond Street. atkinsons1799.com
• Galimard Heritage House
  Grasse since 1747 — among perfume’s oldest houses, where visitors compose their own scent. galimard.com
• Guerlain Heritage House
  The 1828 dynasty of French perfumery — Shalimar, Mitsouko, Habit Rouge and the bee bottle; five generations of Guerlains, now LVMH’s scented crown. guerlain.com
• Histoires de Parfums Heritage House
  Gérald Ghislain’s library — perfumes as dated novels: 1804 George Sand, 1740 Marquis de Sade. histoiresdeparfums.com
• Houbigant Heritage House
  The 1775 house that perfumed Marie-Antoinette — Quelques Fleurs, the first true floral bouquet. houbigant-parfum.com
• Molinard Heritage House
  Grasse family house since 1849 — Habanita, the 1921 scandal-scent, and Lalique-bottled history. molinard.com
• À la Mère de Famille Heritage House
  Paris’s oldest confectioner (1761) — the Faubourg-Montmartre shopfront of every sweet French childhood. lameredefamille.com
• Compagnie Coloniale Heritage House
  French tea since 1848 — heritage blends in the Republic’s oldest tea house tins. compagnie-coloniale.com
• Dammann Frères Heritage House
  Tea merchants under royal privilege since 1692 — the Jardin Bleu blends of French tea history. dammann.fr
• Nicolas Heritage House
  France's neighborhood wine merchant since 1822 — a cellar on every corner and online. nicolas.com
• Anthony Peto Worth a Detour
  Paris's Anglo hatter — panamas, trilbies and felts from the little shop on rue Tiquetonne. anthonypeto.com
• Niccolò Pasqualetti Hidden Gem
  Tuscan jeweler-designer of ambiguous beauty — LVMH-shortlisted objects between genders. niccolopasqualetti.com
• Cire Trudon Heritage House
  Wax merchants since 1643 — candles for Versailles and Napoleon’s coronation; the green-and-gold busts still cast in Normandy. trudon.com
• Debauve & Gallais Heritage House
  Chocolate since 1800 by the pharmacist to Marie-Antoinette’s court — the colonnaded shop unchanged, the pistoles still ‘medicinal’. debauve-et-gallais.fr