Carla Bruni’s Secret Beauty Drink
Paris's beautiful people, long known for their ability to smoke and drink into the wee hours without incurring telltale wrinkles or extra pounds, have an unlikely new hot spot: the city's first "detox hotel." At...
Paris’s beautiful people, long known for their ability to smoke and drink into the wee hours without incurring telltale wrinkles or extra pounds, have an unlikely new hot spot: the city’s first “detox hotel.” At the Gabriel, located in the Marais, guests can experience various treatments, including Carla Bruni-Sarkozy’s new obsession, the Biooster Grog, an orange-and-herb beauty drink said to have a powerful detoxifying effect on the skin. But, fittingly for the City of Light, Hôtel Gabriel isn’t quite as pure as its clinical white decor suggests: It’s also become something of a hipster watering hole. “You can have whiskey at the bar,” says owner Jean-Pierre Marois, “and detox the next day.
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