Some shops have outlived the countries that chartered them. Buying from a house in its fourth century is the closest retail comes to time travel.
Age alone earns nothing in this atlas — these houses remain excellent, which is the point.
From the Atlas
- Philipponnat Mareuil-sur-Aÿ / Online
Clos des Goisses — the steepest, sunniest wall of Champagne, family-farmed since 1522. open in the atlas → - Antica Farmacia Pesci (dal 1552) Beauty, Fragrance & Wellness, Rome / Online
Roman pharmacy trading since 1552 — herbal preparations from five centuries of counters. open in the atlas → - Canson Annonay / Ardèche / Online
Fine art papers from Annonay since 1557 — the Montgolfier family mill behind every artist's sketchbook. open in the atlas → - Aritsugu Nishiki Market, Kyōto
Blades since 1560 — sword-smiths to the imperial house turned kitchen-knife masters; your name engraved at the Nishiki counter while you wait. open in the atlas → - Farmacia SS. Annunziata Beauty, Fragrance & Wellness, Naples / Online
Florentine pharmacy dated 1561 — house-label creams and colognes in antique liveries. open in the atlas → - Champagne Gosset Épernay / Online
The oldest wine house in Champagne (1584) — vinous, age-worthy cuvées without malolactic. open in the atlas →