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Sephoria: The immersive beauty event arrives in Paris for the first time

It’s an event to be marked with a milestone for beauty fans. Sephoria, the immersive beauty event straight from the United States, is preparing to hold its very first edition in Europe, and more particularly, in Paris! Here is all you need to know. It's official. Sephoria is the beauty destination of the year! It arrives for the first time in Europe on October 6 and 7, 2023 in Paris! If you've never heard of Sephoria, prepare to be dazzled at the beginning of October by this activation, certainly more anticipated than the Olympic Games for some makeup aficionados. The LVMH group brand is preparing to make its Parisian debut with great fanfare. Sephora's exclusive beauty event Born in Los Angeles in 2018, Sephoria aims to be a unique beauty experience. It allows consumers to discover in advance the exclusive brands and new products to be published in Sephora stores and online. Beauty fans, consumers and professionals are invited over 2 days in a previously defined space. Thus, they will immerse themselves in the sparkling world of beauty...

Smiley celebrates its 50th anniversary with great fanfare at Galeries Lafayette

50 years after its appearance in the columns of the daily France Soir, Smiley moved to the Galeries Lafayette to celebrate an anniversary more festive than ever. – The story of Smiley Smiley was born in 1971, when the journalist Franklin Loufrani imagined it, in order to accompany the good news, in the columns of the French newspaper France Soir. Having become over time the figurehead of a generation of new optimists, Smiley's influence extends to a myriad of fields. Music, social movements, popular culture… 50 years after its creation, Smiley shapes the way we perceive happiness and express it through iconic products around the world. – An anniversary event at Galeries Lafayette Thus, since February 21 and until April 3, Smiley is packing his bags at Galeries Lafayette to celebrate his 50th birthday! On the program: creative collaborations in fashion, beauty, design and gourmet, exclusive offers, immersive animations and 100% feel good experiences… Attention riders and other gamers! In the atrium of the Men's store, you will discover …

Feminalise: Feminine “Paris”

The 16th edition of Féminalise will be held from April 6 to 8, at the Parc Floral. Notice to all producers and oenologists who would like to participate in this competition, registration is now open, until the beginning of March. Last April, we told you about the Féminalise right here. Like every year, this competition, which puts women back at the heart of oenology, is back as an unmissable event for the most experienced oenologists and other professionals in the sector. FÉMINALISE is a global wine competition, created in 2007 by Didier Martin. The particularity that makes it a unique concept? Its jury composed exclusively of women, and from all over the world. Importers, salespeople, wine merchants, restaurateurs or even sommeliers… These 750 tasters are chosen on the basis of their application with the main criterion being their tasting abilities. They are either knowledgeable professionals or seasoned enthusiasts. – The novelties of the 2022 edition Despite strict sanitary constraints, the 15th edition of the Féminalise was able to take place without incident in 2021… and again for this year! If the jury must always taste the wines, …

5 exceptional new places to discover in Paris

With the extension of the curfew and the reopening of places of culture, life is picking up a bit in Paris and it must be said, it feels good. For the occasion, we have listed the 5 new spots, freshly inaugurated, not to be missed! - La Samaritaine Initially scheduled for April 2020, the reopening of La Samaritaine had been postponed due to the health crisis. We now know the official opening date of the department store on rue de Rivoli, and it will be June 19! Closed since 2005, due to asbestos and numerous deteriorations, la Samaritaine undeniably represents one of the addresses whose reopening is particularly awaited. While waiting to be able to admire this architectural jewel of the Pont Neuf with your own eyes, we reveal what will await you in the smallest of the department stores. Starting with the huge 20000 m2 shopping center bringing together more than 600 brands, combining both luxury houses but also young designers and exclusives. Next to this ...

Cédric Grolet x Netflix: the unique collaboration to discover at Galeries Lafayette

Until December 31, Netflix and Galeries Lafayette invite you to discover the universe of “Voyage to the Moon”, the latest production from the streaming giant. In the Parisian department store, you can also find the gourmet pastry shop of chef Cédric Grolet, inspired by the feature film. To promote its latest production "Voyage to the Moon", Netflix has put the small dishes in the big ones. The pitch of this family Christmas movie? Fei Fei is a young girl passionate about science. Endowed with unwavering determination, she set herself the goal of building a rocket to go to the Moon and prove the existence of a legendary Lunar Goddess… A magical adventure rich in adventures that Galeries Lafayette wanted put forward! If you can binge-watcher the realization of Glen Keane since last October 23, it was surrounded by a beautiful promotional campaign: a pop-up store at the entrance of Galeries Lafayette Haussmann in which you can dive in the world of cartoons as well as ... discover the gourmet creation signed Cédric Grolet ...

When luxury brands mobilize to fight the Coronavirus

In this period of global health crisis, many brands have decided to put their activity on hold and lend a hand to the government, to fight against the Coronavirus epidemic... Focus on these great initiatives that we can only welcome! – LVMH has manufactured hydroalcoholic gel and offered 10 million masks to French hospitals Once again, LVMH was one of the first to react to this crisis. “Faced with the risk of shortage noted in France, Bernard Arnault asked the perfumes and cosmetics branch of LVMH to mobilize its production capacities to manufacture and offer the public authorities large quantities of hydroalcoholic gel”, we could read in a press release from the world No. 1 in luxury. The group's production sites dedicated to the production of perfumes for Dior, Guerlain and even Givenchy have therefore been mobilized for the production of hydroalcoholic gels. These were subsequently distributed to hospitals. Just last week, Bernard Arnault's group also reached...

A look back at the 2016 Luxury Show

On July 6 and 7, the Salon du Luxe took place, a professional meeting punctuated by conferences, workshops and meetings. For this second edition, the luxury fair has come to life thanks to passionate and fascinating professionals, but also thanks to the very exclusive services of My Private Opéra. The luxury fair is also an opportunity to discover new products or services made with exceptional know-how, and this in particularly varied fields: high photography, gastronomy, design, technology... Two days of discoveries, good mood, encounters, know-how, which perfectly sum up the three “e”s of Luxeee: exception, excellence and emotion.