Last Minute Shopping – Sephora

Hopefully all my readers are safely tucked away, either at home celebrating with loved ones or out enjoying themselves at holiday festivities. For those last minute shoppers, or even for those who carefully plan every gift only to receive an unexpected present from a kind neighbor or co-worker, Sephora is a great choice for an impulse gift. Their stores have tend to have a nice selection of fragrances, as well as numerous non-fragrance items like cosmetics and specialty creams and shampoos.

A friend of mine in France and I were recently comparing notes on Sephora. While the one in my local mall is decent size, one of the Paris Sephora stores measures 2,500 square meters! For the rest of us, that’s equal to 26,910 square feet!!! While I would have no problem picking out a nice gift at my local store, I think I would get lost in the Paris store in the fragrance section alone! But then perhaps that is LVMH’s strategy (yes, they own Sephora as well).

Please check out the photos below for a store by store comparison. I will let you – my discerning reader – determine which is which! Happy Holidays!

Store #1

Store #2