I luoghi antichi del piacere

The building was created in 1837. It place once reserved for sadomasochism. Mistress Christine received his clientele, whip in hand, whip marked with his name. The neo-Gothic façade always visible, hidden rooms equipped with irons, chains, gibbet, easels, a complete arsenal for amateur thrill. "Nothing is missing" said one of the house

Nothing appears on the beautiful white facade of the building. Found on the ground floor a theater was that of Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone. And discovers a staircase representation of the removal of a Sabine, she is naked, and a little further a sculpture of women dressed in ancient. It was a high-end brawdy-house. During the Second World War, it was reserved for German officers, as five other brawdy-houses in Paris: Les Beautiful Hens, The Sphinx, The Chabanais and The One-Two-Two

The house opens around 1857 it will be held by the most famous madam of his time: The Farcy who will end his life as lady and benefactress of the city of Montargis. Toulouse-Lautrec's will meet her very often. The restaurants "with office" (private room) frequently sent emissaries seek professional women to spice dinners for good society. The building no longer exists, but the memory of its founder in fact a mandatory step of our pilgrimage.

The former mansion of Prince Murat in 1924 became a bawdy-house. Modest beginning, the company took off; the house will have 22 rooms (the hayloft, the torture chamber, the Egyptian room, the car of the Orient Express, etc .... It practiced a trip around the world erotic pleasures. Women were superb and the restaurant was excellent. It received all the celebrities of the moment and who wanted to be seen. It was with the Sphinx and the Chabanais one of the institutions the most luxurious and most famous of his time: in 1938, 60 girls, 300 visitors and 150 bottles of Champagne per day. Requisitioned for the officers of the German army, it will become a place of relaxation for the Gestapo and the quislings. In 1946 the building will be sold to the National Business Association of Hides and Skins France, the furniture is auctioned. The building is quite banal, nothing remains of the institution receiving the finest pre-war French society and international.

The building dates from 1700. The Mills House, also called White Flower, hosted the painter Toulouse-Lautrec, he occupied a room in the year, he had set up his studio and there has made many of his canvases on which you can see the decor places (the salon of the rue des Moulins, These ladies refectory, The sofa, etc). He has decorated with a fresco the toilet 2nd floor. The place was known for its Gothic-inspired room, it would be practiced black masses. The Païva’s bed, a famous courtesan of the nineteenth century adorned one of the rooms. It was a famous luxury hotel for its torture chamber. He was also requisitioned for the German general staff. Its contents were auctioned in 1946 but the collective unconscious has probably preserved traces of its existence because the price per square meter is much higher in this building than in neighboring buildings.

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.

By itself rue Blondel was a long time a jewel of street prostitution. At the 32, The Beautiful Hens were an institution of very good quality, popular for his "tableaux vivants”: "the distraught nun" or "the awaking bride". The decor was one of the most remarkable of the whole Paris, there were some mosaics of red earthenware, they are now classified but difficult to access. Only a mosaic portrait still stays in the entrance, the staircase has retained its elegance. The most other mosaics were covered. If you ask the shop next door, it is sometimes possible to enter. Maybe you can see the living room and ceramic tables

We visited brothels luxury that made the glory of gay Paris, they have nothing to do with the slaughter houses where poor girls brutalized by alcohol and fatigue were doing 60 sessions for a pittance. We end our tour with one of them. There were a dozen in Paris in 1938. They were reserved for the lower class people and foreign workers. Founded in 1871, The Mill Gallant also received tramps, it consisted of two parts: The Senate at a constant price of 10 francs and the Chamber of Deputies, the rate hovers around 15 francs depending on the quality of proposed choice, no room, no privacy. Right now nothing gives more to imagine what existed in this place, it became a beautiful building of good standard.