1. Autour de Christophe Robin; Paris's most sought-after beauty gurus-all under one roof.

Imagine sitting next to Sophie Marceau the next time you get your hair cut, with Ludivine Sagnier seated nearby (reading a magazine, perhaps),

as Lou Doillon and Audrey Tautou breeze by on their way to the pedicure station. If you're at Autour de Christophe Robin, celebrated colorist Christophe Robin's new supersalon on Paris's Left Bank, you just might. As the secret weapon of iconic French actresses and ingenues-and visiting luminaries like Kirsten Dunst and Penelope Cruz-Robin has been whispered about in elite Parisian circles for well over a decade. Now he's got all of Paris buzzing once again, uniting the city's most noteworthy talents-the top gurus, the trickiest to book-under one roof. "Over the years, my clients began sharing the same small group of experts for their facials, their makeup, their massage," says Robin. "I began dreaming of having everyone in one place." On the roster, there's Joelle Ciocco (the facialist to whom Monica Bellucci entrusts her complexion), makeup artist Mina Matsumura (a fixture at Cannes who works with Catherine Deneuve and Virginie Ledoyen), osteopath and massage therapist Gregor Schultz (a longtime favorite of John Galliano's), and jet-setting pedicurist Bastien Gonzalez, who has come to be as much of a celebrity as his clients. A rotating circuit of guest stylists-like local editorial talents Crystelle Barde and Frederic Souquet-pops in to give cuts. Robin, who regards his faithful clients "as family," took pains to impart the ...