Absolutely best thing to buy in Paris that you can't get in the states.
Nov 7th, 2001, 07:20 AM
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High fashion clothes and accessories <BR>wonderful jams, jellies, mustards, honeys,chocolates <BR>handmade housewares and linens (not to mention the famous china and crystal houses which do export to the US) <BR>Books from the various museums <BR>Mona Lisa refrigerator magnets <BR>Eiffel Tower snowglobes
Nov 7th, 2001, 07:31 AM
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FYI If your considering purchasing perfume, either for women or men, take a look at this web site I just found. <BR>http://www.classyperfumes.com/ <BR>Lot cheaper than the Paris prices.
Nov 7th, 2001, 08:09 AM
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Unpasturized brie! and other smelly yummy cheeses, French wine that isn't sold in the US...good French food served by good French waiters in a great atmosphere .. I know, they have French restaurants here too, but somehow they just aren't the same 
--perfumes- brands and scents not sold in the US, I think of Paris whenever I use the perfumes I got there -all French women wear perfume.Poilane bread, hot chocolate from Laduree, the best pate compagne,oh boy, somebody stop me! C
--perfumes- brands and scents not sold in the US, I think of Paris whenever I use the perfumes I got there -all French women wear perfume.Poilane bread, hot chocolate from Laduree, the best pate compagne,oh boy, somebody stop me! C
Nov 7th, 2001, 08:39 AM
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Candace <BR>Jennifer is correct, many if not all <BR>of the sold-in-France versions of <BR>French perfumes have different formulas than those exported to the US. <BR>I have been told this myself by <BR>perfume salespeople in the US, as well as in Paris. Plus, I know from my favorite brands that those I've bought in Paris are stronger and persist longer. Some of the cosmetics, like <BR>Lancome, have different formulas as well. <BR>
Nov 7th, 2001, 09:42 AM
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Candace - I do not have any documented proof. I have learned this through conversations through perfume clerks here in the US and in Paris. It has something to do with the fact that the French use potatoes in their perfume production and the US will not allow the import of such products due to the pasturizing (weird, I know, but this is what I've been told). I am by no means a perfume expert, but I know from personal experience that French perfume is much more to my taste and you can't find anything like it here in the US.
Nov 7th, 2001, 11:26 AM
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All kinds of neat stuff - Paris is a shopper's paradise.<BR><BR>Elvira, funny you should mention Badoit. I finally got around to putting our vacation pictures from last Spring in an album and, low and behold, there's a great snap of our cafe table in Sancerre with a bottle of badoit on it, and a bottle of wine in the clear cooler. It sure made me wish I was back there.<BR><BR>Randy, have you purchased anything from that perfume website? You wouldn't be advertising something here, now would you? ;-)
Sep 14th, 2002, 01:33 PM
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I've heard about the perfume thing, too!<BR><BR>As for other things in paris, I love the unpasteurized cheeses and the pates available. The variety of mustards. The selection of wines--even French table wine is better! Cute shoes. Cute men (OK you can't buy those). I'm sitting here drawing a blank because the list is just too long!!
