Gift ideas Provence

We enter the artistic and fascinating universe of Sylviabiss as in a cabinet of curiosities. A collector of unusual, rare and precious objects, Sylvia recycles and customizes her treasures into works of art, unique and astonishing pieces, dream-catchers, talisman, witch mirrors, home-made necklaces. She explores all techniques, collage, painting, and combines various materials, pins, tacks, insects and butterflies, feathers and shells, to create strange and surreal objects of curiosity, masks, trophies and poetic bestiary. Her collections of metal pins, insects and butterflies, grigris and Iroquois skulls can be seen on her website and Instagram.

In total, several hundred of the most prestigious fashion and luxury brands with prices reduced by up to 70% are located at Mcarthurglen all year round. Eighty boutiques offer their top-of-the-range products. There is plenty to satisfy shopaholics, who will find a giant car park with 1,600 spaces to park their vehicles as close as possible to this temple of bargains. Of course you will find cafés and restaurants on the spot

Maryse di Landro perpetuates the traditional know-how of the since 1976 santon. The workshop then leads all hand, with their clothes. Each santon requires between 2 and 4 hours. You will have understood, here, the small figures are 100% made in Aubagne! It is this precision work of which you can discover in the workshop. Demonstrations of creation, moulding, cooking, decoration and sewing are offered in the course of this guided tour. And on the first floor, you will not find a museum with not less than 400 figures stage according to different themes (Nativity, the village of Aubagne, the combination of Provence...) as well as a fine collection of objects and clothes of the 19th century. Finally, a passage in the shop is mandatory: there are more than 500 models of different figurines, simple rooms and accessories of nurseries updated each year. Among the new 2014: the borie, electric mill, the bridge, Mireille and Vincent on horseback and Menton. You can also find many amenities provençal providing has pretty (soap, pottery, cicadas ceramic).

One is often apprehensive in front of a souvenir store, but the Boutique des Arènes really deserves your visit. A varied collection highlights the local products so dear to Provence. Honey from Provence, Provençal pottery, nougat and calissons will be accompanied by delicious local wines. A variety of postcards will make the choice difficult, but the plus of the house is that stamps are sold on the spot. Santons, soaps, Van Gogh products, quality items that you should bring back in your suitcases.

Brand new and beautiful drugstore just in front of the floating cinder block. A pretty corner shop that invites you to enter and discover the world of products sold here. The idea of this concept store? To make the old but today. So we find objects for the home, organic and zero waste (with containers, jars, natural sponges or soaps), vintage board games or loose tea. A very complete and attractive assortment, with a very friendly welcome. A real plus, you can also sit down for a moment, drink a tea, enjoy a pastry (made by "Aux Voisins"), organic jam sandwiches in the early morning. A nice place to calm down.

Fragonard, the famous Grasse perfumery, has for some years been developing other universes around the perfumes that have made the brand famous since 1926. From perfume and cosmetics to fashion, decoration and household linen, the art of living in Provence now inspires the company's collections. The Avignon boutique is a refined showcase where you'll find everything from classic perfumes to the latest fragrances, cosmetics, soaps and home fragrances.

Such bakery with the delicious smell, Lush has its fragrance... Rue Bédarrides, on the level of the 41 smells, fresh cuisine. The shop with shades of acid moved and enlarged by the same time. It offers cosmetics made in England, hand and made with fruits, plants or seaweed. In the centre of the shop, soap cake of all colours to the enchanting names: Delight of angels, polar Rays, My Sugar Cane... They are cut on request, and the stall of the cheese; however, the price with the weight fly away quickly! No preservatives, the products are often solid, avoid including paraben. They surprise us, including the serum for the face or the macaroons shampoos with pastel shades. You could eat! The summit: a moisturizer for body that serves as a soap... Friendly saleswomen have the pleasure of making you a small demonstration. We love it! The farmhouse adopts a approach of sustainable development. The palm oil is replaced by colza grown locally, thus maintaining 90 acres of primary forest.

The fashion brand made in Marseille , born in 1998, offers a wide range of products with a recognizable sailor or the number 13. Clothes in china blue, cotton, linen, sailor bags in recycled sailcloth, beach towels, kitchen aprons and even stamped espadrilles. Impossible not to fall for the "Beach of the Prophets" tank tops, the tee-shirts of l'Estaque. Very good value for money. Note also the address of Mazargues which offers end of series for even lower prices.

A store quite unique in its kind. Entirely dedicated to the cinema poster! Film lovers and lovers of the 7th art will be able to meet an enthusiast in the person of Eric Pelloni, and especially to unearth real nuggets. A great way to redecorate your home with a New Wave poster from Cinecittà or the incredible vintage Peplum posters. Almost everything is there, including very recent movies, musicals and the very well done website will give you an overview of the almost 30 000 references present. Be sure to stop by this store, for the pleasure of the eyes and the amazement that some pieces provide.

Whether one lives there or not, it is undeniable that Marseille, summer and winter alike, often gives the impression of being on holiday. It is with this in mind that this concept store, created by Guillaume Sicard, specializes in humorous clothing from Marseille and/or Provence. The printed texts are an ode to the local language, to speaking Marseille. The graphics are also original, the messages funny: "A la ouaneguène" or "Amendonné faut pas déconner". The collection is available for men, women, children and babies. Decorative objects and for the table.

We love small shop and handmade cosmetic products. Just pass the door to feel like cracking. The rays are greedy, subtle scents and healthy products. The massage bars are a nice surprise. Small black boxes hide treasures of care for body, hands and face. The makeup radius is in the air of time and the prices are very correct. So no excuses, do the good!

In this shop located on the port, a nice team at your service to make you discover regional products, gifts, souvenirs…

For more than 50 years, from mother to daughter, Boutique 12 is a family concept store, which has become the reference in Toulon for interior and exterior decoration. You will find a large choice to decorate your home and your tables with brands such as Pylones, Jardin d'Ulysse, Côté Table, Bougies la Française, Durance, Lucky Team... Classic or more colorful objects and gadgets, often illustrated or stamped Toulon/Mourillon. Ideal to find a gift idea for him, for her, for baby... in short, for everyone !

Annaëlle N'kaoua, Claire Lombard and Estelle Billet created this unique concept in 2021 by mixing each of their passions. Maison des Nines is a hybrid place that combines a canteen, a clothing boutique, and a niche perfumery. So you can enjoy seasonal gourmet cuisine, choose from carefully selected designer pieces, and find your ideal fragrance among 50 perfume references. The three partners organize regular workshops and, once a month, a dinner by a chef in residence. Their cuisine is also exported to different places and events thanks to Nines hors les murs, their independent catering service. Not to be missed!

Located in a small street perpendicular to the street of Rome, this house Brive is unique in its kind in Marseille. Apart from the Souvenir shop of Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde, where more books and tourist postcards are sold than real objects of sacred art, or that of St. Victor Abbey, the centennial institution makes reference. Even today craftsmen, working in monasteries or abbeys, continue tradition. Founded in 1870 by the sisters of Abbot Brive, the patron of the city and protector of the poor, financially assisted by a young girl from the Marseillaise bourgeoisie, La Maison Brive has remained in place, even where today we travel from the whole region to find all kinds of objects. Small statuary, paintings, icons, enamels, jewels of piety, bréviaires and images but also, more perishable, abeilles candles, brûloirs with incense, paper of Armenia… But also religious music.

The perfect setting for this elegant, refined and very Arlesian fragrance. The fragrances are divine:Eau d'Arles, fresh and slightly peppery,Eau de Camargue, full-bodied and masculine, Fortunette des Baux, with its scents of lemon and white flowers, and Ira Leonis (the wrath of the Lion), powerful with its notes of basil and rosemary among others. You'll also find many other items on site: scented candles, soaps and home perfumes, and precious jewelry. A perfect place to find a refined, exquisite gift.

It's a beautiful shop that you can smell before you see it. Indeed, you will discover countless soaps with the most delicate fragrances. Products of tradition par excellence, the soaps offered here come from family businesses that cultivate an ancestral know-how. Large blocks of soap, small soaps, liquid soaps... the choice is vast and if you don't know exactly what you want, the staff is there to advise you. You can even have your soaps cut to size. Yes, really a nice shop.

Here's a sparkling boutique where a collective of designers combine their art around women. Ready-to-wear, jewelry, accessories and even decorative objects (Christine's famous Flamants roses) are here to help you find the gift that will make all the difference, or to dress you from head to toe for the season. Audrey's colorful and feminine creations, Nadine and Clémence's precious and exceptional jewelry or Catherine's famous flamingos... Unique, handmade, timeless creations that will ensure your style stays true.

With about 40 years of experience, Baudoin Gassies, master craftsman, successor of the great family of the santon maker Pierre Léon Gaubert - Strauss, founded in 1850, manufactures and shapes santons of all sizes from 2 cm to 9.5 cm and is also the specialist of the 1.4 cm chip santon and the 20 cm and 30 cm santons entirely in clay. Several types of painted santons and santons to be painted, made of clay as the traditional pieces, are proposed to you. This is the ideal address if you are looking for an original souvenir.