Musée de la Vie Romantique
16 rue Chaptal Paris 9th Métro: Blanche, Saint-Georges, Pigalle
The small 19th-century home and garden of Romantic painter Ary Scheffer, with the artist’s paintings and charming mementos of his neighbors, the novelist George Sand and Chopin. Closed Mon.HIP Gallery
8 rue Saint-Roch 75001 Métro: Tuileries
HIP—for Homo Inventit Paradisium, or Man Invents Paradise—is a sleek new art, design, jewelry and garden concept store with a fusion restaurant near the Tuileries Gardens. It stocks exclusive limited editions and unique glass pieces by Czech architect and designer Borek Sipek, along with Alessi and Driade kitchen utensils, Mark Brazier-Jones furniture, contemporary sculpture, avant-garde jewelry and rare orchids.Mariage Frères
30 rue du Bourg-Tibourg, 4th; 13 rue des Grands-Augustins, 6th
Purveyors of fine teas for more than 150 years, offering some 500 different teas along with teapots, tableware and accessories, in their elegant, colonial-style tea salon/shops.Corto Moltedo
146-148 Galerie de Valois, Palais Royal Paris 1st
Corto Moltedo, the trendy flagship store showcasing the luxury bag line launched by American-Italian designer Gabrielecorto Moltedo, is the latest haven of Palais Royal hip. Moltedo describes his aesthetic as "pop-luxe" chic, combining the best of ancestral Italian craftsmanship (his parents were owners of Bottega Veneta) with exotic skins, sumptuous leathers and vibrant colors. More reasonably priced travel accessories include funky laptop cases shaped like giant cassette tapes.Maison de Victor Hugo
6 place des Vosges Paris 4th Métro: Saint Paul, Bastille
In the beautiful Place des Vosges, the author's home from 1832-48, with original furnishings, paintings, manuscripts and memorabilia. Closed Mon.Jean-Jacques Dutko
4 rue de Bretonvilliers, Paris 75004 Métro: Sully-Morland and 11 rue Bonaparte, Paris 75006 Métro: St. Germain des Prés
As well as his original gallery on the Left Bank, Art Deco and Art Modernes pecialist Dutko has also opened a big new space on the Ile Saint Louis, both designed by star architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte. On the roster: Pierre Chareau, Paul Dupré-Lafon, Jean-Michel Frank, Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann, Marino Marini.Bonton
5 blvd des Filles du Calvaire, Paris 75003 82 rue de Grenelle, Paris 75007 122 rue du Bac, Paris 75007
Three immense floors packed with fashion, furniture, interior accessories, toys, books, candy and cupcakes galore. Designer Valérie Mazerat has indulged her inner child to the max here, adding a cozy candy store-cum-café, a retro-style barber shop, a photo machine and cinema corner.Zara
374 rue Saint Honoré, 1st; 45 rue de Rennes, 6th; 44 ave des Champs-Elysées, 8th
Just a few of many Paris outlets of the Spanish chain, offering young and trendy fashion at bargain prices—for women only at the Saint Honoré address, men and women at Rennes and the Champs-Elysées, which also has childrenswear.
Café de Flore Boutique
26 rue Saint-Benoit Paris 75006
The souvenir and gift shop of the famed literary café of Saint Germain des Prés, offering its logo tableware, linens and even bistrot tables and chairs.Musée du Louvre
75058 Paris Métro: Palais Royal
The museum’s comprehensive collections cover the history of art from Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities to mid-19th-century European painting and sculpture, including Oriental, Islamic and primitive art and the monumental medieval remains of the Louvre itself.; information English/Spanish 01.40.20.53.17. Closed Tues.Georges & Co.
138 quai de Jemmapes 75010 Paris
The lustrous shop on the boutique-lined rue du Bac is devoted to the highest-quality contemporary materials manufactured in France and Europe for correspondence, diary-keeping, calligraphy, announcements, invitations and anything else that involves writing by hand. There’s an “ink bar” with refillable bottles in a rainbow of colors, a section for deluxe leather goods—notebooks, diaries, agendas, address books—and a tempting array of pens, elegant paper and envelopes in various weights and colors.Henri Le Roux
1 rue de Bourbon-le-Château Paris 6th Métro: Mabillon
Henri Le Roux, whose original shop is in Quiberon in Brittany, is the originator of the caramel au beurre salé (salted butter caramel), a flavor that has captivated French pastry- and candy-makers. He also won the title of Best Chocolatier in France in 2003. His first Paris shop carries all things chocolate, along with caramels in many flavors, pâtes de fruits, and a tasting bar with espresso and hot chocolate.