Paris trip for Hermes

TPF may earn a commission from merchant affiliate
links, including eBay, Amazon, and others

Please try to stay on topic. I realise because of the complexity of some of the posts members may veer off but in answer do not 'go there'.

For info and questions on US customs please post on the thread below: post https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/us-customs-discussion-airports-importing.905560/

Detaxing (to US from Europe) https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/best-way-to-detax-after-h-in-europe.178302/

or non-US destinations: https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/does-h-store-paris-wants-to-ship.605014/page-3

For questions relating to prices https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/reference-hermes-current-prices.102567/page-357

For traveling with boxes https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...me-hermes-boxes-when-traveling.1044553/page-5




I will leave this reminder as a sticky because tthis is often a thread that new members (or new Hermès lovers) post on - hopefully temporarily.
 
Hello everybody, I have read this post for long and it is finally my time to share my FSH experience!
I heard that there are more bags be offered before Christmas time and so I planned a trip to Paris in early Dec. I hope to score a Constance 24. I always love Kelly but I think it is too difficult to score one.
I arrived Paris on 3 Dec (1st FSH appointment rejected), then went to Sevres store. To increase the chance for being offered a Constance, I prepared to buy something big (e.g. Cashmere coat or gold jewllery) and sounded it out to a SA. Unforunately, it was no use and the SA told me there was no Constance and Kelly at all (I saw someone was shown 3 Kelly to choose among :yucky:) I visited Sevres and George V for the coming 2 days but were all unsuccessful. I was quite tired and wanted to give up the hunting process. Luckily, I was offered a FSH appointment for my 3rd try.
I am travelling alone and so I think it is harder for me to score BKC. When I was waiting in FSH, I felt not much hope to score a Constance or Kelly :sad:. I was assigned a SA at around 1700. I told her my wish list and she disappeared for quite a while. Then, she brought several boxes and asked me to follow her to a quiet corner. She said no Constance in stock but would like to offer me a Gold Kelly Sellier 32 in epsom!!! I was so happy :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin: and can't believe it. P_20181205_195957_1.jpg
I hope I will score a Constance in future. Thank you for reading my story. :smile:
 
Hello everybody, I have read this post for long and it is finally my time to share my FSH experience!
I heard that there are more bags be offered before Christmas time and so I planned a trip to Paris in early Dec. I hope to score a Constance 24. I always love Kelly but I think it is too difficult to score one.
I arrived Paris on 3 Dec (1st FSH appointment rejected), then went to Sevres store. To increase the chance for being offered a Constance, I prepared to buy something big (e.g. Cashmere coat or gold jewllery) and sounded it out to a SA. Unforunately, it was no use and the SA told me there was no Constance and Kelly at all (I saw someone was shown 3 Kelly to choose among :yucky:) I visited Sevres and George V for the coming 2 days but were all unsuccessful. I was quite tired and wanted to give up the hunting process. Luckily, I was offered a FSH appointment for my 3rd try.
I am travelling alone and so I think it is harder for me to score BKC. When I was waiting in FSH, I felt not much hope to score a Constance or Kelly :sad:. I was assigned a SA at around 1700. I told her my wish list and she disappeared for quite a while. Then, she brought several boxes and asked me to follow her to a quiet corner. She said no Constance in stock but would like to offer me a Gold Kelly Sellier 32 in epsom!!! I was so happy :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin: and can't believe it. View attachment 4271170
I hope I will score a Constance in future. Thank you for reading my story. :smile:

Congrats on your new K!!
 
Hello everybody, I have read this post for long and it is finally my time to share my FSH experience!
I heard that there are more bags be offered before Christmas time and so I planned a trip to Paris in early Dec. I hope to score a Constance 24. I always love Kelly but I think it is too difficult to score one.
I arrived Paris on 3 Dec (1st FSH appointment rejected), then went to Sevres store. To increase the chance for being offered a Constance, I prepared to buy something big (e.g. Cashmere coat or gold jewllery) and sounded it out to a SA. Unforunately, it was no use and the SA told me there was no Constance and Kelly at all (I saw someone was shown 3 Kelly to choose among :yucky:) I visited Sevres and George V for the coming 2 days but were all unsuccessful. I was quite tired and wanted to give up the hunting process. Luckily, I was offered a FSH appointment for my 3rd try.
I am travelling alone and so I think it is harder for me to score BKC. When I was waiting in FSH, I felt not much hope to score a Constance or Kelly :sad:. I was assigned a SA at around 1700. I told her my wish list and she disappeared for quite a while. Then, she brought several boxes and asked me to follow her to a quiet corner. She said no Constance in stock but would like to offer me a Gold Kelly Sellier 32 in epsom!!! I was so happy :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin: and can't believe it. View attachment 4271170
I hope I will score a Constance in future. Thank you for reading my story. :smile:
Congrats to a beautiful Kelly !! and so glad that you kept trying. Luckily you got an appointment. It is hard to travel solo as you only have one passport to register for the appointment system but I'm glad that things turned out positive even at the end of the day.
 
Hello everybody, I have read this post for long and it is finally my time to share my FSH experience!
I heard that there are more bags be offered before Christmas time and so I planned a trip to Paris in early Dec. I hope to score a Constance 24. I always love Kelly but I think it is too difficult to score one.
I arrived Paris on 3 Dec (1st FSH appointment rejected), then went to Sevres store. To increase the chance for being offered a Constance, I prepared to buy something big (e.g. Cashmere coat or gold jewllery) and sounded it out to a SA. Unforunately, it was no use and the SA told me there was no Constance and Kelly at all (I saw someone was shown 3 Kelly to choose among :yucky:) I visited Sevres and George V for the coming 2 days but were all unsuccessful. I was quite tired and wanted to give up the hunting process. Luckily, I was offered a FSH appointment for my 3rd try.
I am travelling alone and so I think it is harder for me to score BKC. When I was waiting in FSH, I felt not much hope to score a Constance or Kelly :sad:. I was assigned a SA at around 1700. I told her my wish list and she disappeared for quite a while. Then, she brought several boxes and asked me to follow her to a quiet corner. She said no Constance in stock but would like to offer me a Gold Kelly Sellier 32 in epsom!!! I was so happy :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin: and can't believe it. View attachment 4271170
I hope I will score a Constance in future. Thank you for reading my story. :smile:
Beautiful. Congrats.
 
Hi everyone I’d like to share my experience from last week. I wasn’t looking for b,k, or c. I wanted an Evelyne 29 with gold hardware. I went to geroge v and it was sooo crowded since it just reopened. I knew no point on going to fsh without an appointment. Next morning I made appointment under my name and my h name. we started walking around town and I said we should go check if sevres has lot of people maybe we can check if I can find my bag there so if we got denied for appointment it wouldn’t matter. We walked in and went downstairs they told me to put my name down and the lady said it would be around 2 hours. I waited there in store 2 hours later I asked if I was almost up, and she said there are 8 more names before mine, I asked about how long that will be and she said she can’t give me a time. So I said ok I’ll be in the cafe. I waited another hour went down again and asked she showed me the list and I was about 3 names away. I took a sit and in the next 5 minutes she came with a sa to get me. I told my sa the bag I was looking for, and that it was my very first h bag. And really wanted to get it in Paris. I said ghw was a must. And wanted a dark color so I wouldn’t worry about color transfer from jeans. Said I would really love blue Nuit, She said they don’t get many ghw ones and that about a month ago she had one in bn but not anymore. She checked her phone and said I only have a gold color one with ghw would you like to see it? I said ok I can look, she came back with 2 boxes and opened the gold one first I didn’t love it but didn’t hate it.
I really wanted blue or black or deep purple. She said I also found this one that just came in today, I didn’t know we even had it. she opened the box and it was a black one with ghw. I was sooo happy, love at first sight. Got some accessories and left the store super super happy. Later that day got a text letting me know they denied my appointment because it was too busy. Same for my h they denied him too. I’m so glad we went in that day and to that store! My sa said that they had not gotten any ghw ones in weeks other than the gold one. I don’t know if it’s true or not but im just happy i got mine. Now I’m thinking about a vibrant color for the next one! ‍♀️
So happy for you! Congratulations
 
Hello everybody, I have read this post for long and it is finally my time to share my FSH experience!
I heard that there are more bags be offered before Christmas time and so I planned a trip to Paris in early Dec. I hope to score a Constance 24. I always love Kelly but I think it is too difficult to score one.
I arrived Paris on 3 Dec (1st FSH appointment rejected), then went to Sevres store. To increase the chance for being offered a Constance, I prepared to buy something big (e.g. Cashmere coat or gold jewllery) and sounded it out to a SA. Unforunately, it was no use and the SA told me there was no Constance and Kelly at all (I saw someone was shown 3 Kelly to choose among :yucky:) I visited Sevres and George V for the coming 2 days but were all unsuccessful. I was quite tired and wanted to give up the hunting process. Luckily, I was offered a FSH appointment for my 3rd try.
I am travelling alone and so I think it is harder for me to score BKC. When I was waiting in FSH, I felt not much hope to score a Constance or Kelly :sad:. I was assigned a SA at around 1700. I told her my wish list and she disappeared for quite a while. Then, she brought several boxes and asked me to follow her to a quiet corner. She said no Constance in stock but would like to offer me a Gold Kelly Sellier 32 in epsom!!! I was so happy :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin: and can't believe it. View attachment 4271170
I hope I will score a Constance in future. Thank you for reading my story. :smile:
Beautiful Kelly! Congratulations
 
Hello everybody, I have read this post for long and it is finally my time to share my FSH experience!
I heard that there are more bags be offered before Christmas time and so I planned a trip to Paris in early Dec. I hope to score a Constance 24. I always love Kelly but I think it is too difficult to score one.
I arrived Paris on 3 Dec (1st FSH appointment rejected), then went to Sevres store. To increase the chance for being offered a Constance, I prepared to buy something big (e.g. Cashmere coat or gold jewllery) and sounded it out to a SA. Unforunately, it was no use and the SA told me there was no Constance and Kelly at all (I saw someone was shown 3 Kelly to choose among :yucky:) I visited Sevres and George V for the coming 2 days but were all unsuccessful. I was quite tired and wanted to give up the hunting process. Luckily, I was offered a FSH appointment for my 3rd try.
I am travelling alone and so I think it is harder for me to score BKC. When I was waiting in FSH, I felt not much hope to score a Constance or Kelly :sad:. I was assigned a SA at around 1700. I told her my wish list and she disappeared for quite a while. Then, she brought several boxes and asked me to follow her to a quiet corner. She said no Constance in stock but would like to offer me a Gold Kelly Sellier 32 in epsom!!! I was so happy :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin: and can't believe it. View attachment 4271170
I hope I will score a Constance in future. Thank you for reading my story. :smile:
congrats
K32 in sellier and the colour combo is just perfect!
 
Hello everybody, I have read this post for long and it is finally my time to share my FSH experience!
I heard that there are more bags be offered before Christmas time and so I planned a trip to Paris in early Dec. I hope to score a Constance 24. I always love Kelly but I think it is too difficult to score one.
I arrived Paris on 3 Dec (1st FSH appointment rejected), then went to Sevres store. To increase the chance for being offered a Constance, I prepared to buy something big (e.g. Cashmere coat or gold jewllery) and sounded it out to a SA. Unforunately, it was no use and the SA told me there was no Constance and Kelly at all (I saw someone was shown 3 Kelly to choose among :yucky:) I visited Sevres and George V for the coming 2 days but were all unsuccessful. I was quite tired and wanted to give up the hunting process. Luckily, I was offered a FSH appointment for my 3rd try.
I am travelling alone and so I think it is harder for me to score BKC. When I was waiting in FSH, I felt not much hope to score a Constance or Kelly :sad:. I was assigned a SA at around 1700. I told her my wish list and she disappeared for quite a while. Then, she brought several boxes and asked me to follow her to a quiet corner. She said no Constance in stock but would like to offer me a Gold Kelly Sellier 32 in epsom!!! I was so happy :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin: and can't believe it. View attachment 4271170
I hope I will score a Constance in future. Thank you for reading my story. :smile:
Congratulations!:heart:
 
I’ve been unlucky my last few Paris visits...yesterday, was denied an FSH appointment (I’m assuming due to them catching up with the riots). Went to Sevres and was only shown a Evie TPM in the new light light light blue color (pretty, but no thanks). Had a snack at the café and ended up getting a hat and some boots, despite the awful customer service. (By chance, ended up with a nice sales lady who actually took the time to find my sizes after two rude ladies blew me off). On the way out, got a fun photo taken for a Twilly perfume promotion. All in all, not the best H Paris trip, but fun getting a couple of things, nevertheless. What’s funny is I actually scored a better bag at the airport :lol:
580CE1DE-7204-4C7C-AF06-844AFE0FE3DE.jpeg B457680C-FB20-4EAD-8263-42E68A302689.jpeg
580F0B74-403B-4462-8458-ADCC0ABB1288.jpeg
F1BDFB54-DFD9-456A-9462-E73B822704A2.jpeg
A5F8F604-293F-430F-AF2C-FA97364A2B4A.jpeg
F98AC60C-33A2-40D5-A287-C544C126C088.jpeg FAFE397F-30E2-487E-91BE-122B8AC68600.jpeg
55989AE9-5E54-4C7F-A18F-082D57D6E2F8.jpeg
 
I’ve been unlucky my last few Paris visits...yesterday, was denied an FSH appointment (I’m assuming due to them catching up with the riots). Went to Sevres and was only shown a Evie TPM in the new light light light blue color (pretty, but no thanks). Had a snack at the café and ended up getting a hat and some boots, despite the awful customer service. (By chance, ended up with a nice sales lady who actually took the time to find my sizes after two rude ladies blew me off). On the way out, got a fun photo taken for a Twilly perfume promotion. All in all, not the best H Paris trip, but fun getting a couple of things, nevertheless. What’s funny is I actually scored a better bag at the airport :lol:
View attachment 4271913 View attachment 4271914
View attachment 4271915
View attachment 4271916
View attachment 4271920
View attachment 4271917 View attachment 4271912
View attachment 4271918

Congrats! Any details on the hat? I haven’t seen that one before.
 
  • Like
Reactions: MsAli
Dear All,
Wanted to share my story - although it was unsuccessful =(
It's my first time in Paris with DH. We landed in Paris on Wednesday, Nov. 21. I did not try for an appt at FSH until Thursday as I wanted to venture and explore Paris. I used DH and was denied 4x until we got an appt. On Saturday we went to Laduree in the morning - we did not know about the riots until it was happening in front of us. My plan was to visit George V after brunch, but that didn't happened. We walked 2 hrs from Champs Elysee to Serves ( lots of road blocks and stations were closed ) . Got to Serves at 2pm but because FSH was closed, everyone flocked over to Serves and they had no appointments left =( I came back to Serves Monday morning. Got an appointment very quickly and had a nice SA. She immediately said you are looking for small size bags yes. I said yes, as I am petite - 4'11 hehe. I told her I would like a kelly 25/28 or constance. She said constance mini or 18? I said yes, i'm not sure how big the 24 is but mini and 18. She said I think the 24 would look too big on you. I thought this was a nice conversation as she gave me some suggestions etc. I told her I would like dark colors, nothing light or bright as I am afraid of color transfer. She said me too. She said she'll check - as she went and check the emotional feeling I had was nerve racking lol. I never felt this way before, but I'm sure everyone here has felt the same way as me. DH thought I was crazy lol. She later came back and said they had nothing. I then went to George V later around 2pm that day and got an appointment fairly quickly. SA came to us and told us to have a seat. Gave her DH passport and looked it up in front of us. We had no history so she said - Is this your first time. I said yes, it's our first time in Paris. Gave her my wishlist and she said she'd check. She later came back and said they didn't have anything. She asked me if I was interested in wallets. I went and looked at them, but they were not for me. Thanked her and left. Later that night, we got confirmed for an appt at FSH. I was planning to visit Disneyland on the day we t got confirmed - luckily got a 10:30a appt. Arrived at FSH early at 10:15a and there was already a line. Got upstairs and waited in another line to get an SA. We got an SA and she directed us to sit down. She seemed nice. She asked who was going to make the purchase. I said DH and gave her passport. She asked me what I wanted and I gave her my wishlist. She said these were popular and asked if there was anything else I wanted. I said no. I said if she thought there was something that would suit me, to please show me. She said she would check. I waited for about 15min. It was really long and it was so nerve racking. She later came back and said there was nothing =( . I was overall a little depress/sad by this whole thing. Good thing we went to disney right after lol. It helped after a few hours. DH later told me to she did go in the back and check and then she came back with a phone and was doing something on the phone for awhile. So I'm not really sure. I wanted to share even though I did not score. I have always followed this thread and love reading everyone's story good and bad. I did end up getting the love bracelet on the way home to remember Paris ^_^ I did check out Hermes at CDG and met a lovely SA there. I asked if she had any rodeos she replied the horse? lol I said yes. She showed me the cute little PM and perfect color combo. She said it was the last one. I took it home with me. She also showed me paddock charms in many colors. I asked her if she had a constance, she said she'll check. Sadly, no constance that day =(

Not sure when I'll be back again in Paris, but it's a beautiful city (minus the riots) !

here's the little guy I took home -
 

Attachments

  • 20181201_134617.jpg
    20181201_134617.jpg
    271.3 KB · Views: 1,382
Last edited:
Top