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1. Anonymous
   Posted on 14 January 2008

   Hello,
   This is a beautiful and very interesting boutique in the Montmartre area in Paris. Just in front of the Sacré-Coeur. It is situated Rue Tardieu 75018. I do not remember the name, sorry. Beautiful bottles, ads. A place for all people who are in love with perfume history and pretty bottles. Amand

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2. Anonymous
   Posted on 14 January 2008

   Amand, huge thanks, hopefully that is enough information for anyone who wants to find the shop. Wish I could visit…the pictures were wonderful.

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3. Anonymous
   Posted on 14 January 2008

   The French Yellow Pages list a restoration shop called 'Belle de Jour' (7, rue Tardieu, 75018). They're specialized in “Flacons de Parfum. Vaporisateurs. Parures de Toilette. XVIIIème – XIXème – Art Nouveau – Art Déco.”

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4. Anonymous
   Posted on 14 January 2008

   Thanks so much M, it has been added to my “Shopping Trip to Paris” dream list.

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5. Anonymous
   Posted on 14 January 2008

   Hmm… I'd never heard of that boutique, but then the 18th arrondissement wasn't the most salubrious area in Paris, iin the past – lots of 'belles de jour' and 'belles de nuit' around. It looks like it's been gentrified – like the Marais. I might visit next time I'm there. Thanks for posting about it, R.

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6. Anonymous
   Posted on 14 January 2008

   J, some of those vanity sets looked mighty tempting, although as I haven't a vanity table and my dresser top is covered with the remains of whatever laundry I haven't put away yet…well, you see I don't need a vanity set!

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7. Anonymous
   Posted on 14 January 2008

   You have just talked yourself out of the need to go there, R. Well done!

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8. Anonymous
   Posted on 15 January 2008

   What is really sick is that I didn't see it that way at all — I'd still take that green vanity set, LOL…

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