Annick Goutal - Paris, 1992

Like most sane people with a solid grasp on reality, I hit the Annick Goutal boutique in Paris before I even had a place to stay (don't tell me I don't have my priorities in order). Lured by a pair of Goutal-designed earrings I'd seen in a magazine, I hit the gold-and-cream boutique off the rue de Rivoli (which should be re-named RUDE de Rivoli) to find a woman of un certain age, trying on the earrings and checking herself out in the mirror. I got this weeks later after the bag game started. 

Annick Goutal - Paris, 1992

This is from the Annick Goutal parfumerie and has the weight and feel of a fairly sturdy coaster.  The embossing on this is so deep it that in person it looks as if it were chiseled. Even though the Goutal boutiques and products have become almost disappointingly ubiquitous in France, I still can't resist a quick look in when I'm there.