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Charles Baudelaire’s Fleurs du Mal

Charles Baudelaire’s Fleurs du Mal

Apr 6, 2023

Charles Baudelaire saw beauty in sin, provocative, scandalous, debauched, paradoxical, disturbing but also quiet, tranquil and meditative, benevolent, sober and confessional. Les Fleurs Du Mal is the result of his soul’s searching for a refuge in the world of pleasure and fantasy.

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Bordello by Vee Speers

Bordello by Vee Speers

Mar 27, 2023

She claims: “I don’t like to follow the crowd. I like to seduce, with images that are at once disturbing and beautiful, but leaving a space for the viewer to enter my world. My portraits combine elements which evoke conflicting emotions that can surprise the viewer, telling a story that is somewhere between fantasy and reality, the obvious and the unexpected.”

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Tosca

Tosca

Jan 23, 2023

Known as one of the finest Italian composers, Puccini‘s operas have stood the test of time, with Tosca being regarded as one of the best in the genre. I was lucky to experience it’s beauty live in Royal Opera house and happy to share my opinion with you. First, let me tell you, I had goosebumps all over my body during “vissi d’arte”. Bravo!

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Maxim’s Paris

Maxim’s Paris

Jan 5, 2023

There is a simple yet infallible recipe for winning the heart of a lady… It’s this: a dinner at Maxim’s! The legendary Maxim’s combines opulence, living history, and timeless fun. Opened in 1893, in the midst of the Belle Époque, Maxim’s became and remains the last word for elegance, where kings and dukes, duchesses and courtesans, danced, gossiped, smoked and feasted.

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Maison Soquet Paris

Maison Soquet Paris

Nov 14, 2022

Maison Souquet is one of the multiple Parisian secrets. Once a pleasure house during the belle époque, today it’s an extraordinary hedonistic palace with a Jacques Garcia décor as indulgent and spirited as the illustrious courtesans it once housed. The 20 rooms ooze romance – guests can privatise the spa and the clandestine cocktail bar is wickedly pleasurable.

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The Sun – my new creation

The Sun – my new creation

Aug 29, 2022

A large, bright sun shines in the sky, representing the source of life on Earth, but it’s scorching rays are also burning everything on its path from dawn to dusk. The sun wakes up at sunrise and illuminates the sand dunes and at sunset lights up with a bright red fire to go out for good until the cycle repeats again…

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