I love a new discovery…especially one as heavenly as Buly.
Buly in rue Bonaparte in Paris is an old parfumerie and skin care house re-invented.
Buly opened in April… imagine a French version of Italy’s Santa Maria Novella.
Husband-and-wife team Ramdane Touhami (the former co-owner of Cire Trudon) and Victoire de Taillac-Touhami (the former head of communications for Colette) are the re-inventors.
The French Pharmacy has reached new heights.
Entering the store is like walking back through time… the presentation of the products is sumptuos and old world.
Timbers and marbles, waxed and shined.
Decorative and luxurious.
I wanted to feel and smell everything.
The candles in their marble cups with co-ordinating scented matches… the soaps, the hand and body lotions… even the toothpastes.
Every product was packaged so temptingly… they were irresistable, to the touch.
I tested the fragrances… fortunately Buly was not over run with customers and the lovely sales assistant indulged me.
My favourites… Tuberose and Bergamot, especially Bergamot.
The scents are light and fresh… alcohol free and gentle on the skin.
Buly is one of those shops that makes you greedy… I could have happily taken one of everything.
It was impossible to leave Buly empty handed.
I did succumb to the Bergamot fragrance.
Buly says this about the correct use of perfumes,
“Good perfume adapts – to the person and the personality. It must neither precede nor follow the wearer too intensly; it shouldn’t emanate too imperiously.
Thus, it neither inconveniences but always delights.
Modest as well as faithful, it imposes nothing. It lingers but never clings – it is politely perceptible.“
If you are planning to be in Paris, this boutique is an exquisite destination.
Buly
6 rue Bonaparte
75006 Paris
+33 1 43 29 02 50
