Jardins, Jardin is the annual garden show held in the Tuileries, devoted to the latest innovations and technologies in gardening. The 16th edition just this last weekend, featured 30 garden installations, 17 exterior design prototypes, and 8 design, landscape, and architecture schools. One hundred vendors displayed flowers, plants, outdoor furniture, planters, books, and many other garden related products.
The highlight of Jardins, Jardin was a special installation, Dans le Serres de Chanel/From the Greenhouses of Chanel. In southwest France, the house of Chanel grows white camellias on an exclusive 12-acre farm, for use in its skincare products. On a 200 square meter plot in the Tuileries, Chanel has created a miniature version of their camellia greenhouses from the foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains.
Upon entering the exhibition, a genial guide, shared in concise detail about the growing, care, and polyfractioning process by which the camellias are turned from flowers into a tailor-made active ingredient in their cosmetics. The guide also shared about how the camellia became the iconic emblem of Chanel, when Coco Chanel used a white camellia early in her career to adorn the clothes of her first collections in the 1920s, and how it also became her lucky charm. A journalist once asked Coco Chanel “What is the first thing you eat in the morning and the last thing you, eat at night and she replied “ A camellia in the morning and an orchid at night”. A video showed the gentle handling of the camellias from the garden to the factory and there were rows of camellia plants displaying their perfect, symmetrical white flowers. At the end, there was a greenhouse with glass beakers and test tubes, showing how the process by which the camellia flowers are extracted in to precious oils. The guide pumped a tiny dot of two of the extracts on my hand, which had the wonderful perfume of the camellias. At the very end I received of Hydra Beauty Micro serum.
After the my Chanel sensory experience, I visited the rest of the Jardins, Jardin exhibit, checking out the latest garden innovations along with stalls overflowing with the most beautiful late spring blooms.
August in Paris- My Marais Apartment for Rent August 16 to August 29
I am renting my Marais loft from August 16 to August 29 (Dates are flexible). Contrary to popular myth that Paris is closed in August, most shops, restaurants, and attractions are open in Paris, especially in the Marais. The weather is usually beautiful, temperatures in the high 70s to low 80s Fahrenheit during the day, dropping into the mid 60s at night. In case in gets warmer, I have an air conditioner in the bedroom and a large fan in the living area.
Minimum rental period is 7 days/one week, price 1500€ for 7 days/one week, 2900€ for 14 days/2 weeks.
Conveniently located by the Saint Paul metro, in the heart of the Marais, the apartment is a spacious one-bedroom 750 sq. ft. loft with 12 ft. ceilings, decorated in chic Mid-Century Modern furniture and sleeps two people in a Queen size bed. Amenities include washer/dryer, 16" flat screen TV, dishwasher, internet connection/Wifi and free long distance calls to the U.S. The apartment is located on the second floor with a large elevator
Please email me at [email protected] if you are interested.
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