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Cerise: New England Cottage Fragrance Spa in Paris

Originally from Connecticut but taking Paris as her adoptive home, Lauren Creecy has created the first Fragrance Day Spa in Paris: Free Persephone. The concept? Beauty treatments for han...

Free Persephone: a day spa like in New York

The Free Persephone fragrance day spa is a little bubble of spring and well-being. In its brightly colored tea room, under the tree at the manicure counter, or in the flowery armchairs dedicated t...

5 cool and inexpensive places to get your nails done

With its country-house feel, this salon allows you to escape the chaos of Paris for a moment. On the menu? 100% green products for a gentle manicure, performed on a large wooden table with a cup ...

Manicure 2.0 challenges traditional institutes

Lauren Creecy, an American who recently moved to Paris, believes in the 5-star manicure. Three months ago, she opened Free Persephone a vast beauty space with a surprising New England vacation home...

A treatment at the Free Persephone Spa

After celebrating my 10th anniversary living in the Marais, you know very well that I'm a Right Bank girl... my friends make fun of me but I don't care! So when I go to the sideobscureleft it's de...

Inspirelle: Paris’s First Fragrance Day Spa

It was a cold and rainy night, my mom was visiting from Hong Kong, and I wanted to offer her (and me) a memorable mom-and-daughter moment of indulgence. I’d heard of ex-New Yorker Lauren Creecy’s ...