Bonjour my Francophile readers, I had fun selecting some French-inspired gift items for you. Some are humorous and totally cliché (although truthfully I really wouldn’t mind an authentic Laulhere Heritage Bérêt in my favorite color Fushia 🙂 some truly celebrate … Continue reading The Ultimate French-Inspired Gift Guide
There are so many delicious perfumes but for this list’s sake, I selected 10 Classic French Perfumes. Perfume or Parfums and Eau de Parfum is a luxurious necessity that has the power to uplift, inspire, comfort, arouse, captivate, intoxicate and seduce. … Continue reading 10 Classic French Perfumes
There is an art of gift-giving in France, faire un cadeau is an exquisite art built in the French lifestyle, etiquette, and savoir-vivre. For example, it is still considered lacking manners to show up at someone’s house as a guest “Les … Continue reading The Art of French Gift-Giving
Sometimes it’s better to be totally ridiculous than totally boring. I think it was Marilyn Monroe who said something like that. In this case, I’ve compiled a list of totally ridiculously stereotyped and cliché French items that would make the … Continue reading Top 10+ French Cliché Gifts
This selection of items is specifically Made in France to promote French savoir-faire and sustain our French Heritage and economy. Most are old traditional French Maisons that represent the best of France’s artisanship and craftmanship and are still operating in France. … Continue reading Made in France Gift Selection
To me, nothing says Summer like the sweet fragrant Monoi oil of Tahiti or “Huile de tiar ” also known simply as “Fleur de Tahiti”. Monoi de Tahiti is a precious and exotic cosmetic oil manufactured in Polynesia following traditional … Continue reading Monoi Oil or “Fleur de Tahiti” is Summer in a Bottle!
Brigitte Bardot aka BB epitomizes the natural beauty or la beauté au naturel of the French woman. It is a beauty that cannot be bottled, manufactured, created with contouring, highlight and blush ;), but rather it is beauty “au naturel”. … Continue reading French Women Prefer Beauty “au naturel” !
For all Carambar Lovers Where can Carambars, (you know aka. the French caramel iconic candies) be found in the USA? Well, today thank goodness they are readily accessible and of course, found on Amazon.com (remember, French A L.A Carte Blog is … Continue reading For all Carambar Lovers
L’apéro short for l’apéritif is the French classy American Happy Hour. Where does the word apéritif come from ? It comes from the Latin “aperire” which means to open and in that sense to stimulate your appetite before a meal or … Continue reading L’apéro French Style
Les bonbons de notre enfance, les vrais bonbons de France aux parfums naturels (que l’on ne craint pas de donner à nos propres enfants – la plupart sans couleurs chimiques ni additifs!) Je me souviens en me lêchant les … Continue reading Les bonbons de France!!!
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