THE CHABANAIS

Opened in 1878 as the One Two Two, this received only the cream of international society, kings, officials, artists (including Marlene Dietrich). The client entered a cave, there were waterfalls. It was on the first floor the living room called "Le Salon Pompeii decorated with mirrors and Roman sofas and with frescoes. The rest is up to the rider. At the Universal Exhibition of 1900, the home received an award for its Japanese room. His most loyal customer was the future King Edward VII of England, he has in the Hindu room his own bathtub made in copper with a mermaid with big breasts at the front (he filled with champagne) and chair of pleasure. The base price of a benefit was 100 francs (500 euros). The brawdy-house became an office building, but the marble staircase and the wrought iron doors of the two stairs are always there. We discover in front of the store 12 " Au Bonheur du Jour, a gallery dedicated to the history of eroticism.