shopping for 'normal people'

In all my visits, I%26#39;ve never really found where one shops for branded toiletries and perfumes etc. Obviously places like Samaritaines and Printemps etc, are never discounted and are like our Selfridges and Harrods. What is the Boots or Superdrug equivalent?

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%26#39;What is the Boots or Superdrug equivalent?%26#39; --%26gt; There is no special place for discounted perfumes in Paris. (Normal) people shop at Marrionnaud or Sephora, or in smaller stores. Good prices can be found at the airport sometimes.

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There are no normal people in Paris!!!

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You could try monoprix - there%26#39;s one in the Champs Elysee they usually have a section for cosmetics and toiletries etc.

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Kasthor, that is one of the main reason I want to move there!

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Hehehe but remember it is much easier when you are rich which means also you%26#39;re not normal anyway! ;)

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For perfumes it%26#39;s definitely Marrionnaud or Sephora and then there is Nocibe.

Unless you hit the supermarkets like Cora or Carrefour for toiletries ,but it is also possible to go in the drug stores or what they call para-pharmacies which are relatively cheaper.

And there are millions upon millions of normal French people sterotypes don%26#39;t apply to french lifestyles .There are the Rich which are know as Jet set .

The middle class who go shoppping at Galeriie Lafayette etc.

And the average jo who buy wise and go to shop at Galerie Lafayette when there is sale and everything is dog cheap.

Then the poor who live in the cities and live off of welfare.

Then the homeless and the Gitans (gypsies)

They are called the SDF%26#39;s Sans Domicile Fixed

Which is the saddest think to see.

Other than that everyone just buys there supplies here and there .

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Galeries Lafayette is rather on the expensive side like Printemps and Le Bon Marché.

Middle class goes to BHV.

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Parisiens also go to %26quot;Pharmacies%26quot; for skin care products and perfumes. There is one on rue du four (75006) and they carry a lot of brands with very good prices.

Otherwise, you may also go to %26quot;de-tax%26quot; shops in town, and if you know how to ask, you could get 30 to 50% off (provide you pay cash).

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Luc,

You can%26#39;t move to Paris. We need you on this side of the deep blue!

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