Paris Advent Calendrier

All Paris is obsessed with advent calendars in November and I've caught the bug. I made the perfume map into an advent of sorts, but you need 30 24 apertures for the 30 24 days before christmas, starting December 1st.

As a general rule the advent calendar is a house with lots of opening windows. This one is from Patisserie des Reves, filled with hidden candies"

Every year l'Occitane does a whimsical house full of cosmetics. I waltzed out yesterday morning planning to pick one up. Ha! There isn't a single one in all Paris.

'Rupture of stock' they call it. These are limited editions. Grab it when you see it. You snooz, you lose. La Mere de Famille's annual candy-filled house is long gone. Boo hoo

You can still pick up a Nuxe-filled block of Parisian houses. Monoprix commisioned it and they are still around at 50€ a pop. Ouch.

Chocolatier Arnaud Larher's row of village houses looks inticing (29€) and still in stock. Yum Yum

Jeff de Bruge candy shop is almost out they told me. Last one.

Another top chocolatier, Chapon has stacked little boxes lined up like a Christmas tree.

A rather modern design from Maison du Chocolat. Advent calendars are either candy or cosmetic-filled or DIY.

You can buy plenty of reproduced old designs and fill them with whatever you want.

The carrousels are lit up in all the parks at night in Paris.

Le Bon Marché's windows have a snowball theme with flocans (snowflakes). This would make a nice advent calendar no?

More pretty lights

Every year at place Saint Sulpice, G.Thuillier has nativity pieces.

A real house with edible chocolate-covered marshmallows near Galeries Lafeyette. La Grand Epicerie also has edible houses covered in snow.

I know what I'll be doing next November. No more 'Johnny come lately' waiting to to catch the Avent calendars. Thanks for reading Parisbreakfast. If you like this post and want to support it, buy Paris letters and watercolors (no rupture in stock so far) or forward to someone who might enjoy it.