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Sensory Lounge

UNUSUAL ACTIVITIES AND WORKSHOPS IN PARIS

ESPACES SENSORIELS INSOLITES DANS LE MONDE

WHAT CAN YOU DO IN PARIS?

The Dans le Noir? sensory Lounge, in the heart of Paris, offers enjoyable, convivial sensory workshops led by unexpected experts. Alone, as a couple, in small groups, for a special occasion or simply to have fun, come and share this unique sensory, convivial and human experience that challenges your certainties and preconceptions.

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Tasting Delicatessen workshop, aperitif tasting, olfactory workshop and perfume course or wine tasting workshop, it's up to you! Rediscovering your senses, freed from the omnipresence of sight, also means questioning received ideas, your relationship to taste, and reclaiming your judgments, desires and choices. This approach makes particular sense in the world of wine. A surprisingly modern, convivial and exciting moment to enjoy or to offer as a gift.

Sensorial Space also offers a selection of dozens of "High Sensory Intensity" products, rigorously selected by our sensory experts, in absolute darkness of course! A good idea to offer a souvenir or a gift with real meaning.

NEW IN 2020: Discover our Dans le Noir? Sensory Escape Games and enter the world of darkness with an unexpected guide for a series of unforgettable adventures. Follow our Blog and be the first to know!

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ACTIVITÉS INSOLITES À PARIS
TASTING DELICATESSEN WORKSHOP
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WINE TASTING WORKSHOP
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PERFUME WORKSHOP
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Challenge your senses

Focusing your attention on aromas, scents, textures, temperatures and sharing your emotions is an unusual step that frees our impressions and emotions from the tyranny of marketing, packaging and appearance.

Thanks to the tasting in the dark of authentic products selected in absolute darkness, awake your palate, your nose and enjoy pleasure of touching. In this sensory case, guided by an expert, question yourself about: what's in the box? An original approach questioning our choices and our consumer guidelines!

Unusual activity in Paris or original gift

Thematic tastings, aperitif & diner Tastings, everyone will find his way between learning experience and conviviality. A funny and convivial entertainment to do in Paris, alone, in couple or in group for flavors lovers.

FAN OF TASTING

Tasting workshop of 1h including 40 minutes in the dark.

Tasting of 7 surprise products (food & drink)

From 2 to 9 people:

Price: € 39 / person

Over 9 people, the tasting will be held at the restaurant located close to the Sensory Lounge.

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APERITIF & DINER TASTING

Tasting workshop of 1h30 including 1h in the dark

Tasting of 10 surprise products (food & drinks)

From 2 to 9 people:

Price: € 49 / person

Over 9 people, the tasting will be held at the restaurant located close to the Sensory Lounge.

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TASTING WORKSHOP

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WINE WORKSHOPS

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Wine without labels

Wine workshop of 1h30 including 1h in the dark.

From 4 to 9 people. Beyond 9 people, workshops for groups of up to 16 people can be organized in the restaurant dark room.

Price: € 49 / person

Customized tasting possible (amateurs, wine clubs, privatization, producers, product presentations, professionals, ...). Contact our sales team.

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BLIND TASTING

Focus your attention on a wine’s taste, recognise a grape variety, decipher the aroma of a region, the strength of a tannin, the delicate nature of a bouquet, evaluate the balance, the silky and heady textures, the supple or structured body of a powerful wine. That's what you’ll discover when you visit the Dans le Noir ? Sensory Lounge, with its sensory expert Tiffany Kendziolka, in partnership with teams from the Dans le Noir ? restaurants & his sommelier Fabio Sutera.

Tasting five rigorously selected wines in pitch darkness, accompanied by an unexpected guide, giving you the opportunity to question yourself with a delightful, surprising experience!

 

An enjoyable, educational activity, to enjoy or to offer as a gift

Themed tastings, a workshop to discover wine through the nose,... our team offers you a wide range of wine-based sensory experiences.

An original activity open to everyone (over 18y.o): beginner, amateur, wine club, enthusiast, oenologist or sommelier. An experience you can do alone, with a partner or in a group, in the heart of Paris.

You can also enjoy a wide range of wine activities and professional workshops: brainstorming, team building, promotion of your wine, evaluation and product development. An ideal gift for wine lovers and professionals by reservation and also available as a gift voucher or gift box.

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Perfume : emotions & memories

In the heart of Paris, the Dans le Noir ? Sensory Lounge offers perfume courses and perfume workshops unique in the world in pitch darkness to share your emotions or boost your memories, find your nose and help you to choose your favorite perfume.

Our team led by Tiffany Kendziolka, sensory expert (Master2 graduate at ISIPCA), offers three kind of courses or workshops:

« The Perfume & You » is a real perfume course. Guided by an expert graduated from one of the best perfume schools in the world, let yourself be surprised by the olfactory opulence of a bark, a spice or a flower petal. From the aromatic to the boisé, explore five great olfactory universes and identify your favourite discovering delightful raw materials and fragrances.

« Oriental & You » offers you to deepen your knowledge of perfume through a journey to the heart of the Orient, through materials and fragrances emblematic of this universe. Its olfactory value and complexity will have no secrets for you. This expert course allows fans of this olfactory universe to go much further in the exploration of this fragrance family through the experience of pitch darkness.

« La Malle aux Parfums » is an original workshop and an opportunity to socialize. Let yourself be surprised by buried or forgotten olfactory emotions. An experience to be guided by our senses through memories. A unique occasion to socialize through a perfume experience, guided by one of our sensory expert.

After any perfume workshop, choose a box of three perfumes from your favourite family to refine your selection and sharpen your nose! Each box contains 3 bottles of 7.5 ml

Sensorial Lounge also offers tailor-made training for companies (front office, sales forces, research centers, production units, marketing studies, product development). If you are interested, please contact the Sensorial Lounge.

 

The perfume & you

Perfume course & olfactory workshop
  • 1h30 including 1h in the dark
  • From 2 to 9 people
  • € 49 per person
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Oriental & you

Perfume course & expert workshop
  • 1h30 including 1h in the dark
  • From 2 to 9 people
  • € 49 per person
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La Malle aux parfums

A friendly olfactory workshop
  • 1h30 including 1h in the dark
  • From 2 to 9 people
  • € 49 per person
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Dans le Noir ? Boxes

To sharpen your senses and deepen your favorite family:
  • Perfume Box : € 25
  • Special offer Workshop + Box: € 69
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Over 9 people, we can carry out workshops in the dark dining room of our restaurant located close to the Sensory Lounge.

PERFUME WORKSHOPS

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Have you chosen which sensory workshop you will live or offer in Paris?

Just follow Tiffany, our perfume expert, during this poetic and mesmerizing moment.

 

Tiffany Kendziolka is an expert in sensorial analysis. Visually impaired, she turned her disability into a strength by getting a Master degree of sensorial analysis – Perfume at the ISIPCA (Superior International Institute of Perfume, Cosmetic and Aromatic) in Versailles, where she developed her sensorial sensitivity, particularly her olfactory sensitivity. After two years of experience in a major cosmetic firm, in charge of studies in sensorial evaluation of perfumes, Tiffany joined the team of Dans le Noir? She contributed to the conception of innovative workshops in complete darkness about perfume and enology. By proposing to forget sight for the time of an experience, Tiffany offers her workshops guests at the Sensory Lounge Dans le Noir?, another way to feel the flavors, the scents, the textures. She conveys her expertise through informative and friendly exchanges, and not without emotion and poetry.

GENERAL INFORMATIONS

ADDRESS

Espace Sensoriel Dans le Noir ?

40, rue Quincampoix
75004 Paris
France

TELEPHONE

+33 (0) 9 83 49 87 97

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  • Open from

    Tuesday to Friday from 11 am to 8 pm

    Saturday from 10.30 am to 8 pm

    Phone: +33 (0)9 83 49 87 97

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Access

Bus

Les Halles – Centre Georges Pompidou
Ligne 38

Sebastopol – Etienne Marcel
Ligne 29

Châtelet
Lignes 67 / 69 / 70 / 76
Noctiliens

Les Halles – Centre Georges Pompidou
Lignes 47 / 12 / 13 /14 / 23

METRO

R.E.R
Châtelet-les-Halles :
R.E.R A / B / D

METRO
Châtelet
1 / 11 / 14 / 4 / 7
Hôtel de ville
1 / 11
Rambuteau
11

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Vinci Park
24 Rue du Grenier Saint Lazare 75003 Paris
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