When the League of Nations – forerunner of the UN – was established in Geneva in 1937, it wasn’t too difficult to notice the drawbacks of a hotel complex that was in dire need of more rooms. And so in the place of a grocer, a wine vendor, and a bicycle merchant, it was decided...
Made of a macaron biscuit that unites the acidity of raspberry with the smooth taste of rose, the Ispahan is held together by the flowery flavor of litchi. The enrapturing exoticism that it exudes is reinforced by a crunchy meringue. In the early 90s, Pierre Hermé launched the cake that would later spawn the Ispahan,...
The author of this organic madness? Antti Lovag, a visionary Hungarian artist who defines himself as an “habitatologist”. In 1977, he was entrusted the construction of this unique project by Pierre Bernard, a rich industrial type… who unfortunately died before it was finished. So, seduced by the site, Pierre Cardin bought it up in the...
Construction of the Eden Roc was completed in 1870. Built in pure Napoleon III style by the founder of French newspaper “Le Figaro”, Hippolyte de Villemessant, the residence was meant for writers seeking inspiration. But the hotel owes its mythic dimensions to Antoine Sella, who gave the Eden Roc the reputation of being a prestigious...
Harry Cohn, founder of Columbia Pictures, is said to have one day remarked: “If you’ve gotta have problems, do it at the Château Marmont.” There’s no better quotation to sum up the spirit of this “refuge of the celebrities”. Secret, mysterious, closed, and steamy… ever since its construction in 1929, the Château Marmont, perched on...
Throughout the years, the Martinez has become an institution, an institution that dominates the Mediterranean with seven stories. The hotel was built in the 30s and still preserves its Art Deco allure from those days. Today, the palace combines this sophistication with modern comfort and technology. Among the hotel’s services, the piano bar L’Amiral, the...
When Louis Ernest Ladurée opened his bakery on 16 rue Royale in Paris in 1862, the great fashion of the Second Empire was increasingly numerous and luxurious cafés. The Ladurée brand didn’t quite get tongues wagging yet, but the La Madeleine neighborhood where it set up shop was rapidly growing as a number of French...
Didier Gomez started with the particularly luxurious atmosphere of the neighborhood to conceive the new Sofitel Paris Le Faubourg, located at 15 rue Boissy d’Anglas in the upscale Saint-Honoré neighborhood. By choosing to associate reminiscence for a former 18th-century ‘hôtel particulier’ with the codes of the luxury fashion houses located in the vicinity, the interior...
The Beverly Hills Hotel has been illuminating, housing, and enflaming all of Hollywood for over a century. It was imagined like a palace; an oversized architecture of 5,000 m² initiated by Elmer Grey in 1911, with surroundings of tropical gardens and exotic flowers – creations from landscaper Wilbur David Cook… The hotel would soon attract...
The Conciergerie de Marrakech has been on the prowl in and around the city for a long time now to discover hidden gems, soaking in each establishment, testing each provider, and evaluating each landscape… always with the same objective in mind: calibrating and conceiving rare and unique moments that will remain engraved in your memory...
