Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Return to Royal Monceau


In June 2008 I posted a photo of the inside of the Royal Monceau hotel prior to its complete renovation. Well, here we are, 2 years after, the work is done and the hotel is about to reopen soon... I had the chance to visit it yesterday evening and to wander in a couple of rooms, the bar and the lobby. Stunning. Philippe Starck managed to combine luxury, modernism, classicism and "Frenchism" . It's impossible to explain in words and hard to show in photos. You will have to come and check for yourself... BTW, did I mention the Patisserie (including the Macarons) is made by Pierre Hermé?!

25 comments:

  1. Pierre Hermé! Oh la la!
    That will hook me for a visit for sure!

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  2. Wow! This looks amazing. And the macarons don't hurt either! :)

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  3. All I can think to say is holy crap!

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  4. Yep, it's dripping in Frenchism! Which happens to be one of my favorite "isms."

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  5. Thanks for showing us this over-the-top "Frenchism."
    Love the chandeliers! There's no way I'm ever staying here, but maybe I'll stop in for the macarons. :~}

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  6. Beautiful chandeliers! (I see you in the photo...) I had to look hard to see where the reflections began.

    I also really liked the view looking down the middle of the stairway that you have in your animoto.

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  7. Gee, I tried to book a room but they're all full. Oh, well. So much for slumming it for fun...

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  8. Okay...I know I had a couple of glasses of Rose'...[Languedoc]..but these chandeliers seem to be reproducing! Hmmm...I think I'm starting to like this new approach M. Tenin! ;-)

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  9. wow,wooow,WOW !!!
    Stunning - I'm breathless - and sorry, since I will never be able to stay in these georgous surroundings.
    I don't even think I would have the nerv to go there for macarons, lol.

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  10. O.M.G....... :) This is SO 'OTT' and absolutely incredibly gorgeous!
    MERCI Eric for this glorious shot - I am coming from breakfast and feel this almost irrestible urge for some macarons in well lit surroundings.... - kind to the skin and putting a shine in the eyes! lol....
    I might have found it HERE!

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  11. Delicious decor and no doubt the macaroons . Maybe have a peek in the lobby on my next visit to Paris . Great animoto!

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  12. At first, I thought there were just THAT many chandeliers! But now I realize it is a reflection and only 1/2 that many...still a lot and still very beautiful. Add macarons to this? *swoon*

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  13. I love the work of Philippe Starck and I love macarons so....I guess this is going into my to do list next time I visit Paris!

    Loved the animoto!

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  14. The patrons of the Royal Monceau
    in their hotel rooms,
    swinging from the chandeliers and eating macaroons.

    Very nice, but I think I'll stick with my suite at the Crillon.
    -It's the view, darling!

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  15. VERY, VERY COOL, Eric! Your presentation was as cool as the hotel. I "wanna" come visit Paris again!!!! I have been there 6 times and con't get enough. You-all wonderfully creative, ingenious and decadent. Life is fun in France...especialy Paris.

    Votre amis, Elaine

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  16. My friends and I usually call it Frenchiness! Indefinable, but you know it when you see it, right?
    ;-) Looks like absolutely the perfect apres-musee-mid-afternoon-rest-your-toesies-while-you-sample-a-macaron-respite-site. Can't wait!

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  17. Lights everywhere, glamour is a as good in the reflex than in real life.

    Regards

    Valery

    [Barcelona Daily Photo]

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  18. It was Hitchcock himself who always was to be seen in the films he made... and Eric himself in this picture! Cheers from Tilburg.

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  19. @Jeff "Gee, I tried to book a room but they're all full. Oh, well. ". Liar, they're not opened yet LOL!

    @Peter. Yes, true as Joanna noticed, I'm in the photo ;-) I know it's against the proper rules of photography, but I really don't care!

    @Drummond "Very nice, but I think I'll stick with my suite at the Crillon.
    -It's the view, darling!" LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!

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  20. This is great! The place and the shot.

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  21. Lovely photo and yum to the macarons!

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  22. OMGosh! That's such a fantastic shot and just screams, "calendar!". Hello Eric! I love this. Hope you get a chance to stay there sometime.
    -Kim

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