5 unique gifts, perfect for Paris lovers in life-TravelAwaits

2021-12-06 20:05:36 By : Ms. Joy Zhao

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The holiday gift season is approaching, and soon you will have to choose gifts for special people in your life. Your French people and friends who love Paris will love gifts from France, so we have collected a list of our favorite websites selling French products and gourmet food.

Richard Nahem, an American blogger and photographer who has lived and lived in Paris since 2005, has recently launched a series of exclusive postcards of Paris’ iconic doors. Since 2007, he has photographed hundreds of doors, and his artistic photo postcards are printed on thick matte-coated cardstock, just like old-fashioned postcards. They come from the Eye Prefer Paris Etsy store in the form of three sets (9 postcards) or six (18 postcards). The six series include blue door, red door, green door, iron door, wooden door and elegant door knocker. Doors range from huge wooden doors in 17th century palaces to ornate metalwork in Ottoman style to Art Nouveau architecture. 

Each set of postcards is hand-wrapped with love and mailed in an elegant French blue envelope. During the holiday gift season, Eye Prefer Paris will attach a handwritten personalized note to the recipient. A series of three packs cost $35 plus $5 shipping, or a series of six packs cost $65, including free shipping. These lovely French souvenirs are exclusively available on Etsy.

Pro tip: Check out Nahem's cool Instagram Paris gate. 

Diptyque is one of the first companies that started producing scented candles in 1961. This year, they will launch special edition candles and products to celebrate the company's 60th anniversary. In recent years, Diptyque has expanded its product line to include a series of perfumes and eau de toilettes, skin care products, fragrance diffusers and blankets. 

On November 26, Diptyque launched the limited edition candle The Black Candle, which was only on sale for four days. The proceeds from the sale will be donated to the World Health Organization (WHO) to support its commitment to support the global fight against COVID-19. 

One of Diptyque's more luxurious holiday gifts is its 2021 Advent calendar, which is a collection of 25 scented treasures, packed in a gorgeous box, and is a great souvenir-priced at $425. Solid perfume in the form of balm is another popular product. During the holiday season, Diptyque is selling a limited-edition refillable box called Eau Capitale, which has a strong chypre rose fragrance. 

Three unique holiday candles include pine scents with log flavors, holiday pastries with biscuits and cinnamon flavors, and snowflakes with mimosa, white musk and iris flavors. 

All Diptyque products are made in France and they have a website in the US where you can order gifts that will be shipped in a few days.

As one of the most popular children's clothing brands in France, Petit Bateau has grown up and now also offers products in most adult sizes. Petit Bateau was originally known for its super soft high-quality cotton T-shirts, and also has a full range of clothing including pajamas, underwear, socks, dresses, jackets, tops, coats, sweaters and raincoats. 

During the holidays, Petit Bateau provided a lot of gifts for everyone from newborns to grandmothers. Among their popular gift sets, beautifully packaged in holiday boxes, there is a cute cotton dress with a heart-shaped print, a pair of gray knitted tights for girls from 3 to 12 years old, and a pair of brushed wool suitable for babies Work clothes with a classic French horizontal stripe-striped long-sleeved T-shirt. 

Dress up for Christmas with special clothes and costumes. Boys can wear a wool and cotton pullover with jacquard snowflakes on the front; girls can spin around the Christmas tree in sparkling dresses, white tulle skirts, silver stars and long-sleeved cotton tops; accessories include cute Bow ties, suspenders, headbands and headbands. 

Petit Bateau is also famous for its high-quality cotton and flannel pajamas. 

As this sentence says, the best way to enter a person's heart is through their stomach, French chocolate and macarons will prove this. 

Discerning Parisian gourmets enjoy chocolate at Maison du Chocolat, a brand that has some of the best quality chocolate in France. 

During the holidays, Maison du Chocolat filled pink gift boxes with selected premium chocolates, including ganache, truffles, pralines and chocolate chips. 

Another holiday gift is an edible handmade Christmas decoration with a red ribbon made of dark chocolate adorned with almonds, pistachios, caramelized hazelnuts, and candied raspberries. 

The ultimate chocolate decadence, 35 champagne-flavored truffles are packed in a beautiful blue-green box with a chocolate-colored ribbon on the box. 

Give up the usually disastrous fruit cake and give it a delicious combination of chocolate almond cake and lemon pound cake.

As the iconic macarons manufacturer and the inventor of the modern macarons, Laduree is working hard to create their holiday collection. 

The specially designed Advent calendar box contains 24 irresistible candies, including marzipan, chocolate candies, caramel and chocolate-covered orange peel. 

Laduree collaborated with the famous French jeweler Mellerio dits Meller to create festive packaging with Christmas tree green and gold decorations. You can order 16 or 24 macarons in the Meller box, or a gift basket containing four chocolate-coated macarons, Mellerio tea, chestnut cream (250 g) and a box of 14 chocolate cubes of various flavors .

In addition to classic macaron flavors such as chocolate, pistachio, coffee and vanilla, Laduree also offers more exotic flavors such as rose and cardamom, pear and chestnut, black currant, passion fruit, and their unique blood Orange and ginger vegan macarons. 

You can also extend Laduree's holiday experience in luxurious tearooms and cafes in Miami, New York, Washington DC, and Los Angeles. 

The foolproof gift for any pro-law is delicious French food. From mustard to meat sauce to French cheese, here are our selection of top gourmet websites. 

French couple Zoe and Bertrand moved from their hometown of France to the United States in 2014 and started a new business, Bon Appetit Box, selling first-class gourmet gift baskets. They fill their baskets with the best handmade foods from France, and provide disposable baskets and two-month and four-month subscription baskets. Noel Box is specially designed for Christmas and combines savoury and sweet foods such as pure butter, dry waffles, chocolate and hazelnut spread, caramel and nut nougat, sun-dried ketchup and mini chocolate chip Madre Lynn. Another product is the Holiday Box, which includes foie gras casserole, vintage-style Brittany butter cookies, cherry jam, truffle sea salt, and milk chocolate bars adorned with caramelized pecans.

Pro tip: Bon Appetit Box offers a 10% discount for your first order. 

Le Panier Francais is a company headquartered in the United States that specializes in delicacies imported from various regions of France at reasonable prices. Their extensive product list includes foie gras and meat sauce, biscuits and biscuits, chocolate, mustard and vinegar, pickles and olives. Festive specialties include the Eiffel Tower chocolate from Maxims, jelly bars from Francois Doucet, an Advent calendar filled with 24 individual milk chocolates, a limited edition Bonne Maman cranberry cherry preserve jar, and three chic mini-from Maxims A can with vintage, turn-of-the-century illustrations filled with mink and dark chocolate candies. 

Another great gift from Le Panier Francais is La Box. The subscription fee is US$59.99 per month, which can provide recipients with 8 to 12 pieces of French cuisine in elegant boxes each month. Price includes free shipping within the U.S.

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Richard Nahem is a former New Yorker who has lived in Paris since 2005. He is a travel writer and photographer, and has been publishing his blog Eye Prefer Paris since 2006, writing for Travel Agent Central, Passport Magazine, The Guardian, Bonjour Paris and other publications, and a luxury travel consultant. He mainly focuses on luxury travel in Europe. Richard also leads a private and personalized tour of Paris for clients who want to explore the less-traveled places in Paris.

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