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True to its 180-year-old business model, Hermès still makes its leather bags by hand in France, each one crafted from start to finish by a single artisan—the Birkin starts at $12,000 and can run upwards of $200,000. Of its three Paris stores, this flagship is the biggest and busiest, its wares ranging from furniture to perfumes; helpful salespeople serve coffee to customers waiting in line for leather.

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Vienna’s architecturally rich Inner City can lead to a visual overdose on baroque wonders. Those who venture to districts beyond its historic heart will find a great little discovery in the Hermesvilla in the Lainzer Tiergarten, a nine-square-mile wooded landscape and former imperial hunting grounds with resident boar and deer. The smaller of Franz Joseph’s retreats, the Hermesvilla was a gift to his beloved, quirky wife Sisi, who called it her “palace of dreams.” It is said that Franz Joseph built it to keep her from running all around Europe as she was wont to do. The interior still holds many original furnishings, and the small statue of Hermes in front of the villa inspired its name. (Note that the villa is closed in the winter, roughly from early November to late March/early April.)

With window dressings drawing every shopper’s eye to the colors and lines of their display, Hermès always attracts my attention when I look to see what new patterns and prints they display. Set in Avenue at Etihad Towers, the shop has an accessible location for hotel guests, business people who work at the Towers, and shoppers who intend to purchase fine materials and luxury goods.

In May 2016, Hermes’ 30-year-old flagship store in Singapore reopened to much fanfare after a 15-month overhaul. The revamped sales space has an additional floor, a new separate section for furniture and an art exhibition space. The 670 square meter store also features a new minimalist exterior, mosaic-tile flooring and custom-made cedar wood Venetian blinds. Come browse the French luxury fashion house’s clothing, stationary, equestrian gear, sofas, jewelry, fragrances and of course scarves. ‘Aloft at Hermes’ is the new art exhibition space, which is run by the Fondation d’entreprise Hermes. The foundation supports a variety of arts initiatives and develops its own programmes such as exhibitions and artists’ residencies around the world.

The great macaron debate may forever wage on, but from the first time I tucked into a small box of Pierre Hermé's diminutive cookies, perfectly crisp on the outside and melt-in-your-mouth soft on the inside, I knew I’d remain loyal to his interpretation. Perhaps best known for his unique flavors—foie gras and chocolate, lemon and fennel, vanilla and basil, among many others—it’s his Ispahan croissant, with rose almond paste and crushed raspberry flakes, that really keeps me going back.