At his eponymous boutique—notably the flagship on Place de la Madeleine—the master craftsman sculpts chocolate into fanciful creations, using several ingredients, including honey and almonds, sourced from rural French farms. Grab a T-shirt printed with his handwritten notes, or a box of marbled truffles that look like bite-sized planets.

While best known for their ethereal handmade ceramics using 18th-century techniques, we’re obsessed with their hand-drawn greeting cards, notebooks and diaries with letterpressed sections and local addresses, and retro Paris guides hand-printed on their very own press. Locations in the 1st and 6th arrs.

A historic tea company that was founded in Paris in 1854, their atmospheric flagship store in the Marais offers a huge selection of loose-leaf teas to take back with you. Their iconic black tea canisters look great on any shelf.

French women take their hair rituals seriously, and these handcrafted brushes come in an array of bold, lacquered finishes. Ask their salespeople for help finding the right combination of color and bristle for any hair texture and style, and get the brush monogrammed for yourself or a friend!

A boudoir-like boutique in the heart of the 6th, where you can pick up made-in-France silk slips and lingerie hand-finished with lace—perfect for anyone looking to bring a little je ne sais pas back home.

Operating out of its Palais Royal storefront since 1790, they’re one of the last remaining military medal shops in the city, makers of French and foreign official sashes and badges for the likes of Napoleon III to Emanuel Macron. Shop from their collection of vintage medals, or pick something cool from their huge selection of ribbons and rosettes.

Named after the iconic island in Normandy, the brand was founded in 1913 to dress the region’s workers, artisans and farmers during World War I, and now have a flagship in the 3rd arrondissement (and a smaller shop in the 1st). We particularly love their version of the blue French chore coat, which is just the right amount of tradition (it patinates beautifully) with a more tailored fit.

A fan store-slash-fan museum in a bright yellow boutique near the Eiffel Tower, which continues to make exquisite classic and bespoke fabric hand-fans using traditional techniques. Ask to see their historical collection—it’s amazing.

This Parisian institution in the 6th is like a marvelous museum of taxidermy, entomology, skeletons, and other natural specimens—though the more practical take-homes are the shop’s quirky tote bags and T-shirts.

Purveying art materials since 1887, they are most famous for their collection of oil-paint sticks, which you can pick up in sets of 12, 24, or 120 classic and iridescent colors.

With various locations across the city, they will vacuum-seal any amount of demi-sel croquant butter you can’t find anywhere in the US. Bring home extra to freeze and eat for months to come.

The madeleines from the ground floor café come in seven flavors, each uniquely filled with different kinds of jam, curd, and caramel. Customize your own gift box with whichever ones evoke your own nostalgia.

Bean-to-bar chocolates that truly live up to the hype–don’t skip their dark-chocolate-covered orange peels or anything with praliné.

A Japanese-inspired calligraphy store with an excellent curation of paper goods and cards, calligraphy quills, inks, stamps and sealing-wax sticks. Co-owner Hitomi Takeuchi offers private calligraphy classes in their second-floor studio, so visitors can also bring back a lifelong practice in script and letter writing.

Founded in 1800 by King Louis XVI's pharmacist, the atmospheric shop resembles an old apothecary. They’re best known for their chocolate pistoles—thin coins engraved with historic crests designed to disguise the bitter taste of medicine for Marie Antoinette—which customers can take home–sans medicine–packed in their signature blue boxes, along with chocolate truffles and other sweets.