Oxygen Bar

Bleu Comme Bleu, a trendy beauty institute and day spa near the Arc de Triomphe, has opened the first “oxybar”, or oxygen bar, in Paris. For €10 a ten-minute session, weary and stressed out clients can take a hit of oxygen filtered through flasks of brightly colored, scented essential oils. In a marvelous example of mangled franglais—from the word “shot”, perhaps?—it’s being called an oxygen “shoot”.47 bis ave Hoche, 8th, 01.53.81.85.53

Originally published in the May 2008 issue of France Today.