Live from Paris: Magical first Christmas at Samaritaine
[Music] what is it that really matters for me first and foremost it's being surrounded by the people i love my family my friends it's sharing the simple pleasures of life with them and having unforgettable adventures it's feeling small and humbled within nature's incredible beauty what really matters is being able to travel again thinking outside the box and meeting real people it's taking time to savor the present moment it's feeling the magic of centuries past and passing it on to my children filling up on inspiration for tomorrow what really matters to you [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] bonjour hello good morning everyone bonjour welcome welcome to another episode of explore friends live thank you so much for joining us today so uh for those who are joining us for the first time explore france live is a live from france where we're taking you to the most renowned places of france uh to end the mo the of the beaten track sites so today is an exceptional 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tuning in with us from bucharest this is going to be an exceptional live i i really enjoyed that uh as a community we get together for our love of friends and enjoying this beautiful moment together uh anglo tell urina yes bonjour betsy from non-touquette this is fantastic so everyone please don't hesitate to share this this live with your friends on your feeds that this is uh going to be exceptional this is the first christmas of la samaritan since they're reopening so over the past 150 years samaritan has sparked so many fond memories for many parisians and travelers alike from you know climbing their theatrical steps that lead you to its renowned glass roof art deco so wonderful to shopping for an expected gift uh in the company of loved ones so to samaritan uh for those who don't know is located in the building heart of paris its iconic landmark has become a must visit destination for locals and travelers to indulge in what is potentially the parisian experience so for its christmas samaritan is going to vibrate with magic throughout its whole space and this is what we're sharing with you today we're going to share a passion a passion for the arts of of plants the department store um we're going to invite you today to a stroll through its french gardens this is going to be a legendary life and we have a wonderful host today to uh to take us on this wonderful walk uh we're with our friend anna klutz creator writer uh and uh photographer and let's join our friend rena hello anna how are you hi tiana i'm so good how are you great oh wow this is wonderful view anna it's a beautiful day in paris today all right so anna take us take us through the day today what is the plan and where are you right now so i'm actually standing on paris's oldest bridge dating back to the 1600s the pontniff and i'm starting here because our story of the history of the samaritan actually begins right here in the second balcony of the corner wow and the story of les said out of 10 begins with a now famous french couple ernest and marie louise cognac j so in the 1870s mary louise was working at the first department store in paris in the women's department and ernest had a little stall right here selling fabrics and together the two of them had an idea to create a department store in paris where one could find everything and so about 30 years later just steps away on the rue de la monet le samaritan opened its doors and for the next century it became one of the most iconic department stores in paris one of the most famous department stores in the whole world it closed its doors in 2005 to undergo a teen year restoration it was bought by the luxury holding group lvmh and with the help of over 400 craftmans and artisans all over france it was restored to its former art nouveau glory and reopened its doors this past june now it's a department store but in my opinion it's also an open-air museum and a time machine back to the turn of the century so i'm going to take you inside but first i want you to realize where we are in paris because if you know paris at all you know we're in the heart of the city right now and just as you walk towards samaritan you are going to be seeing some of the most iconic beautiful landmarks in all of paris so behind me of course is the famous pedestrian bridge the pond you see the top of the eiffel tower you see the dome of the altitude frances this is the ile de la cite of course with plastophene sonoma de pre is just a few minutes away on the left bank over here on the other side of the water you see the concierge area peeking out over that bus that is where mary antoinette and louis the 16th were held prisoner before their execution in the place silicon core if you continue walking up the catalyst end the louvre is a five minute walk from here wow and the mare is about 15 minutes on foot as well so you really couldn't have a better location it would be impossible to take a trip to paris and not pass by last samaritan and if you're gonna pass by you have to go inside absolutely thank you for this wonderful history of la samaritana anna i wanna invite our friends if you have any questions for anna any comments please uh don't hesitate to uh share a comment with her glennis is saying right now paris is her favorite city in the world but everyone knows those iconic green book stalls where you can pick up some of the most wonderful vintage treasures in paris this is wonderful so um the reopening was was very recent so how long took the the the construction it was 16 years of restoration and it opened this past june and today is an extra special day to be here because the holiday windows were officially unveiled yesterday so we can take a look at those before we go inside this says paris sparkle which is very appropriate for all the twinkle lights yes paris sancti paris is shining so we have friends here who are julie says she she is pleased to relieve memories by watching this julie loves paris her parents family lives there [Music] oh wonderful uh honey is saying paris is almost too beautiful to be real the store i know i spent a semester abroad here in 2008 so samaritan had already closed so i never got to see the department store but i knew of sort of the the history and the importance of it and i would walk by and see the building closed and it's it's impossible to not admire this building um as i said it was built right at the turn of the century so it is a masterpiece of art nouveau architecture there's there's nothing like this in the rest of paris not to this scale not this not this much grandeur and it was very important to the original architect to attract customers inside so you can see the metal framework which is very reminiscent of the eiffel tower was softened by this vulvic lava that was formed into these beautiful shapes to really make the facade extraordinary and attract people inside and so truly as you're looking at it it's you're looking at a national treasure it's a piece of history and it's been beautifully restored you see the holiday windows here are so cute they all feature special parts of paris little things you can do in paris so this is of course the jordan and luxembourg where you can post your little boats around which is something i dream of doing with a child one day and this continues into the luxembourg gardens there's a tribute here to montmartre and the tuileries the windows are really lovely there's so many how beautiful this building itself is so of course we should continue inside but first i think there's a video from some footage of the opening day can we take a look at that as well yes absolutely let's let's let's watch the inauguration day of las american and uh we'll be back with you inside all right wonderful [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] isn't that video amazing i love it this is a splendid video everyone here shares the same sentiment janine everyone uh look at that i think it really communicates the emotion that people felt to have this landmark and this piece of their childhood and memory reopen its doors even even the president of france was here so it was a very big day i wish i had been here myself but i'm happy to be here now and what's behind me is truly the emblem of the store it is the original staircase that is so important to the architect and the team who did the restoration to preserve this because it's part of the art nouveau heritage of france there are the 270 original oak steps there's over 16 000 pieces of gold leaf that were hand-applied to this staircase it's truly a piece of art so france of course is known for its food and less american is all about the french art de vivre which is fashion but is of course gastronomy as well so in addition to the beautiful store and the wonderful fashion and beauty you find around you there's over 12 separate little spots all over scattered around different things but all french all specific to this store and unique concepts so that you can eat and drink and enjoy the full art of eve while you spend your time in that semester shopping i was saying that's my kind of shopping i agree it's always good to shop for a pastry while you're trying on jeans so when i walk up the staircase to the first floor and you can just see the details are so beautiful the slogan of the store when it opened became umphat's proof 2017. one can find anything everything at samaritan and it became so popular because for the first time people could try on dresses before buying them they could see clearly marked prices this was all new for the time and that's actually the original logo there which they've restored for part of the holiday decor [Music] very nice to meet you here nice to meet you thank you for talking to me yes i'm very happy and very uh very pleased to welcome you here um as you can see here it's like the the iconic barrier it's very luminous as our theme of christmas yes yeah so just to start uh i'm uh in the retail marketing team so i work here with the team to develop the theme to install the experiences in the store the animations and also the the brand partnership so for us it's a big day today as a it's the opening and that's beautiful yeah it's beautiful actually it's a theme that is inspired by the french gardens the jardin francaise so it's very chic it's very parisian as well uh and it's a really luminous as you can see uh and elegant but it also has this very samaritan touch there this uh just this little thing that is about fun just the yes the twist as we like to say it um and so here as you can see as you can discover we have this uh giant uh advent calendar which is not only giant actually it's a living one as every day uh starting on the first until the 24th you will have a town creer that could be here every day at 12 24 be on time please and at this particular time he will reveal the gifts of the day actually we participated with the selection of key brands from the stores uh also restaurants and our spa uh to make it like a very uh incredible for our customers and yeah i think this is the most luxurious advent calendar all in france i guess it is so wonderful yeah so we are very very pleased um to have it here to to have it here the this calendar and uh yes i hope that uh you like the tour i do thank you so much just keep your eyes open because i think that our fashion santa claus is here and he would love to meet you that sounds great okay i think we should search for santa so if we keep going through the store i want to actually take you back downstairs to one of my favorite parts i'm curious to know they're all wonderful but right off of the catalyst end is the concept store within the store so that's what i'm going to show you it's called lulu does anyone have any questions at home yeah we had a couple of questions earlier so one of the question um i was seeing uh was about um the rooftop um someone was asking if uh the rooftop is open the cafe on the rooftop is open yes it is i'll actually end the tour up there so it'll be a wonderful grand finale on the last floor um the rooftop is that is original it's iconic because the design of the store in a time before electricity it was so important to have light and so the roof was made out of glass it's called the variety and it was so that the store would have light all day long so beautiful so here we are in lulu and as i said this is the concept store within the store so it changes ideas and the actual things in the store change a couple times per year but this is such a fun part of the store for me because it's the perfect place to pick up little unique souvenirs the things you need that you didn't know you needed the perfect gift for a hostess if you've been invited to a dinner party for someone french and you can see the things here are some of the most like beloved and super french things like the adorable capouches that keep your uh hair that little bonnet to keep you your hair they won't get messed up in the rain so something like that you can pick up here that's just unique you're not going to find that most places but it's not just french things they have some cool things from all over the world there's bouquets of dried flowers there's jewelry of course soaps it's really a fun place you can spend hours in here because you're going to want to pick up everything and touch everything and it's such a fun mix of things you know there's roller skates alongside a wonderful luxury candle wonderful do those would make great great and luxurious uh sock stuffer of course and it's really something here is all budgets anyone can come in and shop here this is this is a luxury little collection of gifts but it's also so accessible to everyone fantastic have you picked some elements for for you and your loved ones oh yes i need to do my christmas shopping here before i had uh head back to america for thanksgiving so here's some of this my favorite things because these are the special samara 10 things there's a little compact to really take you back to the turn of the century to keeping your purse there's marshmallow chocolate covered marshmallow teddy bears which are a very important front little delicacy and snack there's beautiful jam there's a little christmas themed mug and my personal favorite what is more french than a little stuffed brie and a little stuffed rock of four that's okay i'm getting these for my nephew and maybe a set for myself as well so you can see this is such a fun mix of things down here and if there's really something for everyone there is and i think we have um many friends um who are in the audience with us who are going to visit the store uh visit perry sorry this uh this this holidays so thank you for sharing some ideas with them so everyone everyone knows now where to go what to do next time they're coming to lulu and pick some gifts so it is the perfect place to get souvenirs and unique gifts but if you're specifically shopping for christmas there's an extra pop-up in this store right now that is just fabulous christmas ideas so i'll take you over there if you want to see some special christmas things fantastic i hope a lot of people are coming for the holidays because paris is extra magical at christmas yes i i am going with my family who is coming with me and we can all do a tour with anna oh i'm so glad you're coming yes so uh there was a question about the location and how to get there anna which which subway is the closest the line seven pawn nerf stop is truly outside the front of the door and that will be the easiest way but if you're if you're on the k to the sun you truly cannot miss it fantastic yes so you can see here i'll walk all around and inside but this is a little christmas pop-up and i want to show you their advent calendar that is all beauty themed this is such a wonderful gift so you know the importance of the advent calendar tiana it's a very french thing every patisiere has one every chocolatier has one and this is a specific beauty one with wonderful little luxury beauty goodies and each day you open one and it's a different surprise so this is a wonderful gift for any beauty lover in your life and the front of it is so beautiful that you'll just want to keep it forever and put it on display every year at the holidays wonderful i i hope i get on time to to to uh pick one of these oh until when does the christmas um the the christmas season at la samara 10 last leicester decorations the christmas decorations will probably come down on the 10th of january the 10th of january so you have a lot of time oh fantastic this is a dear friend of mine we're doing a facebook live with the french tourism it's live and this is the creator of what i came here to show you it's my favorite place to pick up souvenirs in paris this is the artist himself he has an atelier in my marks and he is hand creates everything here which is where i go to to pick up all my things for all my friends and parents or all my friends in america that i want to bring something special from bear yeah look my new wonder world what's the new one wonder word beautiful thank you oh what a fun surprise i see you everywhere now oh fantastic so where can we find information for his art so uh they have this pop up here and then he has an amazing uh collaboration going with the store for the christmas and um we can put his i can give you his information later you can put it in the live link um he's immensely talented and he does all of this by hand it's all painted and it's really unique and beautiful things these books are one of my favorite they're these little like cash leaf so it goes on your bookshelf and it's this perfect place to hide your secrets your jewelry your chocolates that you don't want anyone else to eat oh i love this so um i didn't catch his name uh anna and this is this is amazing to run into him i know it it's perfect timing i'll put it in there it says okay i'm gonna just send it to everyone oh this this is beautiful it's beautiful and so unique and really captures the spirit of paris but it's such a luxurious keepsake you know true artists way it's wonderful great so the pop-up will be here until the 10th of january to answer that question again and between this and lulu i think you can do all your christmas shopping so i want to head downstairs now to the beauty floor is the largest beauty floor in europe there's over 200 brands here and it is oh my gosh do you see what i see i think we're about to meet french santa claus and elves [Music] here we have paranoel hello now a very french very similar 10 s paranoel i love it welcome anna hi how are you i'm very good yes can you tell there is this christmas spirit here i didn't feel the christmas spirit truly until right now yes i think the first santa spotting of the season really gets you in the mood well again sounds a little bit cheesy but honestly this is my favorite season me too yeah right this is the perfect season ever so before discovering the beauty floor let me introduce myself i'm francois i'm the manager of the perfume section and we are going through uh discovering the whole floor today together if you want to i'd love to yes let's go so we are now happy holidays happy holidays enjoy bon shopping so we are now on the biggest beauty floor in mainland europe uh we are over 3 500 square meters so we are really really happy to claim that and we have different section we have the perfume section we have the iconic and makeup section and the skincare section as well and we are very very happy to have la bouche do you know that brand i do i love it because you can customize you can customize everything and this is one of the blue beauty do you know that term no no this is well you know the green beauty trend but the blue beauty is about ocean safety and health as well so they don't use any um necroplastic or petrochemics in the formulas or in the packaging so that's wonderful yes it's wonderful and everything is made in france except the brushes that are made in japan with a specific knowledge there amazing yes right and we are now moving forward through the different makeup brands so you can tell there's a lot of french brands like boutique which is a very frenchy brand as well yes well all about everything i know you know yes right and we are now arriving in a really interesting spot which is our um makeup station this is where you can get your makeup flash for the evening uh if you have a party i had it done earlier yes i can tell you look amazing thank you so you can also take some makeup class here with our makeup artist so you can just come by and just ask for yourself this is really great so they can teach you how to use the proper brush the right color with your foundation this is just amazing i think every american wants to know how the french girl achieves the natural beautiful glowing look yeah so you can teach us those secrets right here some oh i can't because it's my secret someone cannot okay that could be the best part of the whole store and we are now arriving if you have a sweet tooth on del gio pastry so you can see there's a lot of amazing cakes and everything is inspired by the samaritan architecture in itself and do you know that specific cake here yes this is the noel yeah yes exactly so in france this is really typical we eat that for christmas season at the end of the dinner yeah and it represents the your log that you burn into uh what's the minute i forgot her food yes thank you i actually started saying and my american followers get confused when they say what's this yeah but yes this is iconic if you don't have this at christmas christmas is ruined and this one is particularly beautiful and it's i see it's all chestnut and tahitian vanilla i'm gonna have to come back and taste this you do have to okay i love that there's pastries in the middle of the beauty yes and also you can sit here so you can just enjoy your day in the summertime to the beauty floor and if you just want to have a break you can take a tea here and a pastry yeah it's wonderful yes and we are now in the skincare section but we also have different items such as hair accessories soft brushes you have amazing brands i love those headbands yes that's perfect for the holidays exactly it will fit with your dress actually i know it would make me very christmassy although i like that looks like a croissant that's amazing and it sparkles on plus i need that it's number one on my christmas list if anyone's shopping for me and we are now arriving to our which is our beauty salon when you can do anything that you want you can have hairdressing and also manipedi wonderful oh this is quite great and we actually use curvature brand which is a really green brand so there is nothing wrong in this nail polish yes yes i love this because especially if you're visiting paris you might need an emergency manicure you might need an emergency haircut and you don't know where to go when it's not your city absolutely so this is a perfect place to while you're all already shopping and taking in some history to come get a manicure and make sure your nails look as nice as your outfit does yes we should continue and we are now heading to a really really special place that i've saved for you okay this is this is our main spot for the high perfumery i even want to say that is jewelry as well okay obviously you recognize chanel of course we don't need to introduce that we need to introduce chanel yeah expect for yourself we are going that way i love the mix of these iconic brands and then smaller brands that maybe you haven't heard of absolutely just as important to france at the moment yes this is a mix of french brands and iconic brands so if you come here you always find what you want exactly and here we are voila okay so as you can tell we have exceptional perfumes so this one in mine is my absolute favorite because it is a jewelry you know why no no because everything is just jewelry you have rubies amethyst you have malakite on the top of the perfume and also if you look closely here there are diamonds and you know what they say diamonds are forever forever and a girl's best friend of course wow that's beautiful so this is quite amazing and we are really really pleased to have that kind of perfumes this is definitely the best beauty destination and of course if you are looking just for your own regular perfumes or just for gifts you have different brands all over the place so you can just find what you want and if you don't have any ideas and i must show you that if you're struggling to have an idea you can just use one of our many service just to take what you want okay obviously it doesn't work i have actually done this yes and i ended up with um my mind is blanking but it's one of these uh this is one of my new perfumes that i just recently bought i think i'm wearing it today actually it's babylon i have fabulous yes and i took the test and it paired me and so i came in i tried it i loved it and i thought perfect this is perfect it's great well thank you so much for this wonderful tour thank you so much for your time and i hope you enjoyed and i hope you see uh kim see you later i live very close so you'll see me a lot i hope so have a lovely day too and happy christmas happy christmas wow this is this is a great place so far it's amazing and you see if you haven't noticed it yet you'll see it everywhere there's so much space here it's not a claustrophobic shopping experience everything is beautifully displayed the store doesn't feel congested it really has that old fashioned department store feel but if you continue on the beauty floor it perfectly connects to the other building which is a completely different feel so now i'm going to take you into rivoli all right so from the beauty floor you can directly access vivoli which is the other side of las america it is a millennial playground of fashion and beauty and you can feel the change in the vibe right away here it's a little bit more urban it's a little bit more modern and fresh some of my favorite brands are here like my favorite french perfume brand and this is the section where all the beauty is organic and natural so there's something for everyone and even your man who is shopping with you is exhausted you can make a visit to the spa the sinkhole spa is here and you can get a massage facials any other beauty treatments they truly have everything so if we continue upstairs we'll be on the fashion floor is one of the many one of the 12 french gastronomic experiences throughout the store this is an episode that is beloved in paris i happen to love getting my roast chicken from there and this little concept is just one of the many unique concepts that is atlas and maritime to enjoy crunchy gastronomy hi hi how are you very nice to see you yeah i'm so happy to welcome you in la samaritan and especially in rivoli which is the brand new place in la samaritan so this is basically where you can find the most amazing brand for you bang you've been ready to wear definitely wonderful it looks so pretty for christmas yeah exactly we just prepare everything for you for your coming thank you so just if you want to have a look here we have women if you want to just maybe see some great yeah show me around what's the difference in this section versus the ponoff area what kind of brands am i gonna see in the rivalry area basically this is where you can find international uh brands and this is like sometimes designers you just look for and you can't find somewhere else we have a lot of exclusivity just if you have a look on the left for example it's perfect for winter time we've got la cene moi and la cenema is a french brand uh and this is especially full fair so everything is made in france and it's uh amazing it's a little french flag inside and this is something i can only find at le mans yes exactly that's so cool our customers love this this pieces so much it's really special to shop here for things you can only find here that you really go home with a souvenir that you could only have for less yes and this is always what we try to do every season we change brands and so we try to find brands we can't find everywhere else very cool and this is a new holiday pop-up right yeah yeah so it's a it's brand new this is a place where you can personalize your battle of champagne if you have a look just on the bottle just here you have the level of samaritan so you have it like a blue champagne and rosie as well and you can just put your some letters on the on the packaging of your of your battle i love that what a wonderful gift i love how all those champagnes can be personalized in the store it makes what's already a wonderful gift it's such a special personal gift yeah it's it's brand new and so we're pretty sure our customers are going to love it so much right i hope one of those is in my stocking if you and so rivoli is definitely a kind of concept store as well so it's not only about ready to wear about fashion and trendy thing this is a place where we want that our customers spend time spend time and enjoy time with us and so we have food and beverage places as well and just for example here we have sweet corn sweet corn can we take a look yeah of course i have a big sweet thing this is so fun yeah this is uh funny cookies and they try to just propose like um yeah i know what those are so it's wonderful to see and it's uh it's tasty as well and cupcakes are rare to find in paris so this is a very special thing yeah yeah this is i miss frosting a lot as an american here so yeah special cupcakes at the samaritan and i did have one of the best chocolate cookies of my life at ernest oh yeah a salty chocolate chip cookie at ernest should be on your bucket list of things to eat while you're here shopping so it's cool that our customers can just enjoy like ready to wear and spend time and just just take a seat and eat something that's so tasty yeah you can truly spend the whole day here yeah but we need all your meals you can have your beverages you can shop for unique things since perfect yeah and this is what our customers do especially the weekend and so and on the other way around you've got like the main so this is urban brand as well and we have uh like a strong concept like black just here this is a european brand uh japanese brand so we got international designers here and just if you have a look on one of our of our best brand here uh it's jacquis or casablanca just on the front yeah just here very cool do you want to maybe just have a look upstairs yeah what's upstairs yeah well upstairs this is um well you're gonna see it so like you will discover it yeah you will discover it here just another food and beverage place which is called source and it's all about healthy food and uh and your cookie as well you want this one yes you retain every cookie of the of the maritime can you tell me about the art on the walls because i noticed it's a huge part of the store there's amazing art everywhere it really lends itself to this feeling that it's museum in here yes exactly so it's a temporary exhibition you can find on every wall of the rivoli building so just for example here um this is an exhibition for during six months and it's inspired by the urban street arts and so we change it like every six months wow so it's always gonna be a new thing in six months and totally new artists will come in and create something new yeah so that's why i told you they were the concept stores and we tried to change and to make it like uh very different for our customers always a reason to come back yeah right school board um a place famous in paris where you can find sneakers and ready to wear and they have like shops in paris and here this is um an offer with sustainable products on this system of sustainable products and green products oh wow that's very cool so here on the first floor it's um more careful more trending and the grains you can find on the ground floor you've got four different areas on the left you will find at leisure brands especially if you if you have customers who like yoga and anything yeah exactly we've got leggings [Music] i love how just like on the planet side there's so much space it's not a congested apartment store everything's displayed beautifully and there's really room to shop everything it's completely open and we try to just put like red where the sneakers and different type of products to grab and go very cool and so on the other way just here you go straight christmas decoration again you can see like um outside is quite interesting because you can see um the building which is like um ancient or previous uh previous parisian building just outside and uh if you see the reflection with the glass that's concerned with the building of hiboli uh it's quite amazing because you can see like a nice reflection outside so from the stream it's beautiful what you're staring at and it's really an interesting contrast between the modern massage and the uh just here on the on your right you have the day and the dla this is the place where customers can experience uh sound so they just go in the box and they put the sound they want to test and so after if they like the experience of what they can buy like the the drill very cool and then the caviar box yeah and the caviar did you try it i have had caviar before but never here so i'll have to return what's nice with the speed caviar this is caviar of course but you can just eat him in baguette yeah but just as you can see like the small sandwich ah that's so cute that's a perfect little snack for when you're shopping and you get a little hungry i like how you've adapted something as luxurious as caviar for rivalry and you've given it that younger feeling they even have macaroons wonderful yeah inside okay so that was that he believed was a pleasure to welcome you here i'll definitely be back for some christmas show i think so so i'm gonna head back to the pont north side of blessed mary 10. what's up you'll feel that shift in the change in the energy right away as we pass back through and you also have beautiful flues as you're going own french predaporte brands there's sandro there's maggie there's uh everything here is the best things to wear um yes just wanted to make sure you're you're back okay hey he was breaking up before oh okay so we are back in the potner side of the store and we're actually on the floor right near the personal shopping area so lesson 910 does have so many different options for personal shopping you can have a personal shopper actually come with you through the store and recommend things and assist you while you shop you can come here of course if you have a specific thing like a wedding or a work event that you need the perfect outfit for and they even have a service where they will come into your home look at your closet and help you look at see what you're missing rework pieces create outfits for you that you didn't know you had make suggestions of the things your wardrobe is missing so that's a very unique thing and i think that's something i'm going to have to do myself when winter really kicks in and i need to figure out how to look cute while keeping warm and some of the brands here are among the most well-known predaporte brands and just like every other floor there's really something for everyone every style so less than out of ten if you follow them on instagram you should you can really get a sense of their marketing which has always been a bit quirky and unusual and outside the box from the start so i'm going to take you upstairs and you'll actually get to see some of the old samara 10 ads on television because they have an area that you'll see in just a moment where they're on display and this really gives you a sense of how this is a piece of paris history and these commercials are you know engraved in the minds of people and to see them again on display in the store brings back memories for parisians who grew up seeing these commercials on tv all the time fantastic um anna there is a question from our one of our friends um about the uh wheelchair accessible accessibility of uh nasa maritime um [Music] do you know okay yeah where the uh i know there are elevators that stop at every floor so for wheelchair accessibility um i i know there are elevators and um i'm sorry i can i can find out more for you but i do know there is an elevator that stops on every floor fantastic yes no uh perfect we'll definitely share more information on that on that question lorita so now this is the fourth floor see shoes one of the most important departments and here's the advertisements i was talking about so this is so cute because this goes back to the 60s and if you pick up this 60s style phone you can actually hear the adverb being you can hear the words and then they have the same here for the 70s and of course the 80s wonderful should we watch one of the adverts yes let's definitely watch one of the adverts i love them [Music] [Music] is oh somebody died [Applause] mr so wonderful that fun i loved it i love it too one of the most famous ads features king kong and the store actually has a little area where there's a green screen and you can pop yourself into the commercial and see yourself as the woman being crafted by king kong and putting us another 10 bag and you're actually appearing in the advert which is really cool so this is the finale this is this is the fifth floor easily one of the most beautiful things in all of paris in my opinion the uh so this is the glass ceiling we were talking about earlier this is called the variety this is original and was designed to keep light flowing through the store and if you look down at the floor the original floors of cinema 10 were glass and that was so that this light would permeate all the way through so they had restored the glass here as a sort of an ode to the original floors of the store and you can see all the restaurants they have a cocktail bar that where the top mixologist in france created the menu you can stop here and have dinner and this is actually open after hours so even after the store closes the cocktail bar is open until midnight each night there's a separate entrance and it's truly just beautiful so the last thing i'll tell you about is of course this art nouveau fresco which is was restored to amazing beauty it is 115 meters long it's the oldest largest art nouveau fresco that exists and it truly i don't know how well you can see through the video but it glows especially when the sun shines on it and it is just stunning to stand here and it's why i really consider blessing 10 as much of a museum as it is a department store because this is a work of art unlike anything you can see anywhere else in france this was actually restored with the help of some of the 400 craftsmen these were all these panels had to be taken off and sent to avenue to be restored and then arrived back so you can imagine what kind of project that was and from here you can really take in the grand staircase one last time and of course stop and have a cocktail and actually it's five o'clock which as you know tiana is time for apparel so i think i might go into uh the cocktail bar myself i think this is where our tour ends tiana fantastic thank you so much anna for this wonderful tour you are wow look at that look at this isn't it beautiful so beautiful the glass the drink you almost don't want to drink it it's so beautiful thank you so much i have a bush in the world to take home oh are you sharing this with us and now i will think about it [Laughter] thank you thank you for everything and this was so wonderful so we can we keep you for another maybe a couple of minutes just to see if we have a few last questions everyone of course and i can answer uh your questions now and we will also be um chatting back with you with so much more information on and going back to all your questions so if you have any more questions um i'm gonna give you a few more seconds to post them and um if not uh and make sure you follow the samaritan on instagram i'm sure you can dm them with their questions as well you can always dm me with questions absolutely so we we are actually putting less americans instagram in the comments for you to reach out to them for any questions you might have so on on their instagram this is uh this is where you can reach out to them and um and i think also you know don't hesitate to follow anna on her on her instagram as well um i think well people have um people want to know if you live in france anna i do i've lived in paris the last almost two years yes oh okay another question what is in your cocktail is it delicious my cocktail is delicious and i'm not 100 sure but i taste sanjar men and maybe the mixologist can tell me what's in my cocktail it was a surprise cocktail dedicated to france okay [Music] cocktail gastronomic yes look at this bar okay it is beautiful and if you can tell the glass inside has peacock feathers which perfectly goes with the mural which i don't think was an accident thank you so much anna for your time uh we are going to be writing back to all of you in the comments through to review everything and um so anna i hope to see you back uh soon with us thank you for this wonderful tour thank you to the team at la samaritan tarin agat thank you to our production team the world club thank you uh thank you naomi who's working here uh with with me in um in the on the production and thank you to all the ultimate samaritan for the wonderful um i i don't even know how to call this this was a wonderful dream voyage it doesn't even feel real it was so beautiful thank you well until everyone can get here themselves i'm so happy to share it virtually with you and i wish everyone a merry christmas happy holidays and i'll be seeing you soon tiana in new york yes thanks to you bye anna we love you bye bye thank you so much everyone thank you for tuning in with us and um so i hope you you get a little glimpse of christmas in paris at la samaritan we will be doing a few more wonderful life before the end of the year lots more surprises i think you know christmas in france is such a wonderful time and we want to share more with you so uh please don't hesitate to follow us whether you are following us on uh facebook twitter linkedin or our newsletter we will be posting wonderful surprises for the coming weeks so have a wonderful day thank you hope you enjoyed bye [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] you
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