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Paris’ first Six Senses spa is an illuminating lesson in style and sustainability [ Report by Julie Vuong ]


o call the new Six Senses spa in Paris a ‘high street’ spa is somewhat missing the mark. While it is a small urban hideaway that serves the metropolitan market, this city escape is a step up from the norm. Even the location – steps away from the Louvre with Place Vendome in the


distance – demands special attention. Like many urban spas it’s tight on space, but that’s where the similarities end. Six Senses Rue de Castiglione, which opened in December 2009, is a lesson in spa design that says size doesn’t matter.


It may even be a model spa of the future: the spaceship-like treatment rooms or ‘cocoons’ (two double and four single) are made from light oak and lined inside with back-lit paper to glow like Japanese lantern. But it doesn’t fall into the trap of placing style over substance. According to Clare West it embodies everything the Six Senses brand stands for. Experienced in the art of wellbeing having worked as a specialist for Wheway Lifestyle, Marriott A&C and TUI, West joined Six Senses in 2006 serving as Managing Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa. West was instrumental in the development of the Paris spa as Holistic Advisor and it was her duty to implement Six Senses’ forward-thinking philosophy dubbed SLOW LIFE.


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