Top 10 Gift & Specialty Shops in Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Ile-de-France

• Founded in 1840 and located in the most elegant area of Paris, close to the Champs Elysées, Librairie Auguste Blaizot is the most famous Antiquarian Bookshop in France with its 1930's atmosphere. • It has become renowned as "the place" for the most eminent personalities of the artistic and intellectual world to visit. • Claude Blaizot comes from a long line of Antiquarian Booksellers. He is a well known expert and firmly preserves the tradition of offering only the highest quality works. • Claude Blaizot also offers advice, expertise, collating, care and restoration of books, he organises auction sales. He is also an Art Editor. • Librairie Auguste Blaizot specialises in french literature and provides a considerable choice of the most beautiful books. Here you will find first editions and illustrated books together with decorative bindings. • The regular exhibitions provide invaluable assistance to writers, artists, bookbinders and contemporary editors, and its expertise in decorative bindings is appreciated throughout the world.

In the 8th arrondissement of Paris, between Place de la Madeleine and rue Saint Honore, la Cave de la Madeleine proposes a superb selection from the most beautiful French wine-growing regions. Louise will welcome you with pleasure and passion. She will advise you about the essentials of French vineyard, the treasures to be discovered and the perfect wine and food pairings.

A stylish clothing boutique featuring high quality casual wear.

Treat yourself to a gourmet break with our timeless ganaches, our praline collection, our selection of delicacies and our ganache macaroons.

A wine shop decorated with the (empty) bottles of belonging to some of the most influential people of the 20th century, like the Fourcaud-Laussac drunk by Salvador Dali, or the Grand Vin de Léoville drunk by Richard Nixon.

The Nines is a shop recently opened specialized in men's accessories: it gathers the brands The Cufflinks Shop, The House of Ties, The Belt Factory and The House of Socks. There is also a nice selection of formal shirts, scarves.

Home of the famous Birkin bag, the Hermes flagship offers the widest selection on the planet. But if you want to purchase one of these iconic sacs, arrive well before the 10:30 a.M. Opening time.

The Tod’s brand is known for shoes and luxury leather goods, with styles that have became icons of modern living; Tod’s is known in the luxury goods sector as a symbol of the perfect combination of tradition, quality and modernity. Each product is hand-crafted with highly-skilled techniques, intended, after laborious reworking, to become an exclusive, recognisable, modern and practical object. Some styles, like the Driving Shoe and the D bag, are cherished by celebrities and ordinary people worldwide, and have become icons and forerunners of a new concept of elegance, for both women and men.