"My Little Paris": A dream working space in Paris 9ème...

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Have you heard of the most popular Paris guide site『My Little Paris』? It's been two years since I moved to Paris, and I have been a subscriber of "MLP"'s newsletter since a year ago - for the hidden spots, weekend flea-market, designer's private sale...all the most "now" and "IT" happening/info in the city of Paris that a real Parisian must know. (It is also good for practicing my daily french reading...)

Just a while ago, as one in a million of their readers, I was luckily invited to MLP's office in Paris' 9th arrondissement for the launching of "My Little Box" in Japan. There, I met miss Fany, founder of My Little Paris, in the cutest ever apartment-offices in Paris.

5 years ago, Fany started My Little Paris by sending the Parisian lifestyle newsletter to 50 of her friends from home after work. The word of mouth spreads quickly, in 5 years, MLP hit more than a million subscribers without a single advertisement, also the office was moved from Fany's very own apartment to a former residence 5-floors-flat. However, the atmosphere of "working from home" and "letters between friends" hasn't changed ever since. The top floor rooftop garden with a Sacré-Coueur view , the open kitchen cafeteria, the meeting room where all the lovely Parisian woman's ideas were inspired and created, the office of MLP founder Fany's... the entire cozy home-like office is decorated with MLP's official illustrator Kanako's works from the ceiling to the floor.

The rooftop garden with the view of Sacré-Coeur de Montmartre
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Inside the open kitchen you can find the cute mugs with illustration of the staffs on drawn by Kanako, MLP's official illustrator.
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The screen inside the former living room displays the current number of the subscribers to My Little Paris and My Little Box.
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At the end of the corridor is Fany's office
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A few "My little Boxes" were on her desk
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Let's check what are inside the box:
My Little Box
Here the theme of this month's surprising beauty box is "My little Riviera box": a red suitcase tag with a pair of sunglasses for your summer voyage, a travel size Rene Furtere hair mask for damaged hair after the beach, foot care cream, after-sun body cream, and a small "My Little World" booklet containing beauty, fashion, and city guide information.
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As a "Beauty" box, My Little Box sometimes contains beauty product samples from MLP's partner brands such as YSL Beauté, Givenchy, Kérastase etc. as a surprise to be sent to its subscribers.
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The visit to the office continued after checking the "Little Boxes". From the lower floor meeting room where some Parisian girls were having a happy discussion on the next boxes, the engineering department with a big sign "GEEK" decorated on the wall, to the recording studio and the office of the paper-print published "My Little Paris" editing team. Smiles and laughters are seen and heard everywhere - where MLP and MLB were made, inside the family-like dream company.
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*A short video for the Japanese Little Box debut in September:


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xxx Love from dream searcher A.

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1 comment:

  1. Interesting post! Thanks for sharing your experience to us in Paris.

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