A Five-Day Creative Salon in Paris
Paris · September 24–28 · From $2,950 · Boutique Montmartre Hotel · 8–12 Guests · No experience required
Paris, France
Limited to 8–12 guests
From $2,950 USD
payment plans available
September 24-28, 2026—Four Spots Left
Boutique Hotel in Montmartre
Hosted by Catherine Richards & Leah Tinari
A Creative Salon in Paris
Each day explores a different sensory lens:
Taste. Space. Scent. Sound. Synesthesia.
Through perfume ateliers, artist dinners, museum visits, cafés, creative workshops, and cultural experiences. Private perfume ateliers, floral composition workshops, artist dinners, museum salons, boutique accommodations, and five days designed around beauty, atmosphere, conversation, and creative life in Paris.
A creative journey through Paris designed around the senses — with daily salons, creative workshops, and artistic experiences that invite you to experience Paris differently.
Why join this experience?
To experience Paris through art, scent, food, and atmosphere
To reconnect with creativity without pressure or perfection
To spend five days with thoughtful, curious people
To slow down and feel present again
To return home creatively reawakened
This experience is for you if:
You feel creatively blocked or disconnected
You want more than tourism — something meaningful
You crave beauty, depth, and inspiration
You want to meet like-minded, thoughtful women
You’re ready for a reset — creatively and emotionally
"I know this experience is going to change the next chapter of my life.”
- Lisa, 2026
What's Included?
Every detail is curated so you can arrive, exhale, and
experience Paris creatively.
4 nights in a boutique Paris hotel
Daily creative salons & sensory ateliers
Private perfume experience
Floral, culinary, and sound-based workshops
Museum visits & cultural experiences
Group meals, apéro & café gatherings
Art materials, journal & creative kit
Small group of 8–12
*Flight and transportation are not included.
Who This Is For?
For artists, writers, designers, curious travelers, and thoughtful individuals seeking inspiration, beauty, connection, and creative renewal. All ages welcome.
Catherine Richards, M.Arch.
Founder · Creative Director · Art Immersions.
I’m Catherine — a designer, artist, Parsons professor, and founder of Art Immersions. For years, I’ve led creative programs in Paris and around the world built around art, atmosphere, conversation, and cultural experience. What interests me most is how beauty changes perception — how certain places, meals, objects, music, and conversations reconnect us to creativity, presence, and feeling.
I created Art Immersions to bring people into that experience more deeply: not simply to visit Paris, but to experience it differently. I’ve led creative journeys in Paris, Siena, and Jaipur, and this Paris program is my most personal work yet.
I hope to meet you in Paris.
Because beauty is not a luxury — it’s how we remember who we are. This experience is designed for the creatively curious: artists, writers, designers, travelers, and seekers who crave time to breathe and reconnect.
Five Days. Five Senses. One Experience.
Taste. Space. Scent. Sound. Synesthesia.
A five-day journey through Paris exploring art, atmosphere, culture, and the senses.
Each morning begins with a creative salon in Montmartre. Each afternoon carries that sensory lens into Paris itself — through museums, ateliers, cafés, gardens, performances, and conversation.
An exploration of taste, ritual, pleasure, and creative perception through food, conversation, and Parisian café culture.
- Morning studio atelier, Montmartre — taste-mapping where flavor becomes color, texture becomes line, and meals become creative material.
- Studio lunch and café wandering — time to settle into Montmartre through markets, courtyards, cafés, and slow observation.
- Welcome dinner together, Le Marais — an intimate Paris table where the group begins to form over wine, shared plates, and conversation.
A day devoted to form, composition, and the emotional architecture of space — through flowers, drawing, gardens, and performance.
- Floral salon atelier, Montmartre — working with branches, blooms, asymmetry, and negative space as creative structure.
- Drawing and watercolor — translating floral composition into line, color, proportion, and gesture.
- Afternoon museum visit — a visit to one of Paris’s beautiful museums and gardens for slow looking, observation, and quiet drawing.
- Evening performance, Montmartre — song, story, and the particular electricity of a room alive with creative history.
An exploration of scent, atmosphere, memory, and identity through writing, wandering, and perfume creation.
- Writing salon in a hidden Paris museum — a quiet session on scent, memory, identity, and personal atmosphere.
- Paris flea market wandering — scent, texture, color, objects, and accumulated time. Wandering as creative practice.
- Private perfume atelier — working with botanical materials, resins, citrus, florals, and woods to compose your own fragrance.
- Name it, bottle it, take it home — your fragrance becomes a sensory memory of the week.
A day of listening, rhythm, silence, and translation — exploring how sound becomes movement, mark, memory, and atmosphere.
- Sound & frequency atelier, Montmartre — listening, vibration, rhythm, and silence as creative material.
- Mark-making and translation — sound becomes line, wash, gesture, color, and movement on paper.
- Afternoon sensory experience, central Paris — a contemplative encounter in one of Paris’s storied neighborhoods.
- Apéro and final group meal — one of the great classic brasseries of Paris. A room that holds conversation the way a concert hall holds music.
A final synthesis of the senses through reflection, creative practice, conversation, and shared experience.
- Closing studio salon, Montmartre — a final creative work combining color, words, scent, texture, sound, memory, and space.
- Reflection circle — the group gathers to share what opened, shifted, or became visible over the week.
- Wax-seal ritual — notebooks sealed with sketches, writing, scent strips, pressed botanicals, and fragments of Paris.
- Celebration lunch in Montmartre — a final shared table before the city releases you at your own rhythm.
What Our Guests Have to Say
- Arrive to our artistic residence in the heart of Paris.
- Gentle Montmartre walk to settle into the city’s rhythm and light.
- Welcome dinner with seasonal cuisine, conversation, and connection.
- Optional visit to the Decorative Arts Museum.
Join Us in Paris
Only 8–12 guests total · Secure checkout · Payment options available
Spaces are limited and the group stays small — once it's full, it's full.
Your Home in Paris
Your home for the retreat in Paris: The vibrant and artistic neighborhood of Montmartre/Pigalle.
Ready to Join us in Paris?
Taste. Space. Scent. Sound. Synesthesia.
What You Will Take Home
By the end of five days, guests typically leave with:
A scent they made by hand — in a Paris atelier using French botanicals, oils, and aromatic materials.
A personal art kit and notebook — filled throughout the week with sketches, collage, writing, seals, textures, and collected memories from Paris.
A culinary memory — a culinary atelier with local ingredients, seasonal wines and foods, and a new way of experiencing flavor through attention and creativity.
Insider Paris — a deeper relationship to the neighborhoods, cafés, ateliers, gardens, and cultural spaces most visitors never experience.
A renewed creative perspective — not a list of techniques, but a different relationship with your own attention and perception.
Meaningful friendships — the group is small and carefully chosen. Most guests arrive solo and leave with a circle of women they stay in touch with long after Paris.
But the thing guests talk about most isn't the perfume, or the food, or even the art. It's the feeling of being fully present — maybe for the first time in years.
Each day is built around one sense: taste, space, scent, sound, and finally synesthesia — the moment all five start speaking to each other. The studio work, the city, the conversations at dinner, the long afternoon wandering — they're not separate activities. They're one continuous experience of paying attention.
Most guests arrive feeling stretched thin, creatively blocked, or disconnected from what inspires them. They leave with work they made, stories they'll carry, and a clarity about their own creative life that's genuinely hard to manufacture at home.
FAQ
I’m thinking of coming alone… is that okay?
Yes — and most guests do. This is a very welcoming, intimate group, and many arrive solo and leave with meaningful friendships and a strong sense of connection.
What does the trip feel like?
A Living Story Through Paris. Each retreat is designed as a living narrative unfolding through space, atmosphere, food, scent, sound, conversation, and creative ritual.
Mornings begin with studio salons and sensory ateliers in Montmartre. Afternoons unfold into hidden Parisian spaces, museums, cafés, gardens, and moments of independent exploration. Evenings gather around intimate dinners, performances, music, and conversation. Structured enough to feel held. Spacious enough to feel free.
What kind of people join?
Curious and creative individuals looking to reconnect to themselves and renew inspiration. This retreat attracts artists, designers, writers, and curious travelers from all walks of life. No experience is required — only a desire to live more artfully. Whether you’re a practicing creative or simply seeking renewal, you’ll find a circle of kindred spirits who share your love for beauty, conversation, and discovery. People join from all over the world. You do not need to be a professional artist. Only curious, open, and ready to live more artfully.
Do I need to be an artist or have experience?
Not at all.. There are no expectations of output — only invitations to presence. This experience is designed for all levels — from complete beginners to practicing artists in all fields. The focus is not on technical skill, but on creativity, perception, and expression.
What's a typical day like?
Each day blends:
A guided creative session (morning)
Exploring Paris (afternoon)
Shared meals or experiences (evening)
Each day follows a gentle rhythm designed for balance and discovery.
Morning: Studio Atelier, creative workshops, and connection.
Afternoon: Curated Paris experiences and open time.
Evening: Shared meals, performances, or quiet inspiration.
The pace is spacious and intentional — a retreat into beauty, rhythm, and presence.
It’s structured — but never rigid. You’ll have space to rest, wander, and be present.
Where will we stay?
The vibrant and artistic neighborhood of Montmartre/Pigalle.
Our home base is in the heart of Montmartre, near Avenue Junot and Rue Lepic — one of Paris’s most charming and storied enclaves. This quiet, sunlit pocket of the neighborhood blends café culture, artist studios, and elegant village life — a true sanctuary within the city. Your boutique hotel blends comfort and style, offering the perfect space for reflection and renewal. Known for its rich artistic past, Montmartre has been home to Picasso, Van Gogh, and Dalí. Its cobbled streets, cafés, and ateliers still pulse with creative energy — lined with patisseries, flower stalls, and award-winning bakeries. From here, you’ll venture into the wider city — discovering hidden fragrance studios, intimate concert halls, and gorgeous interiors that celebrate Parisian art and design.
We stay in a boutique hotel in Montmartre, one of the most beautiful and artistic neighborhoods in Paris.
What is the typical age range?
Guests are typically late-20s to 50s+. What matters most is not age, but a shared desire for creativity, beauty, and meaningful experience.
How do I reserve my place, and what happens next?
You can reserve your place with a $500 deposit, pay in full, or choose a payment plan. Available payment options are presented at checkout based on your room selection.
Once you’re registered, we’ll guide you through everything you need to prepare for your retreat. You’ll receive:
• Hotel and arrival information
• Packing recommendations
• Flight and transportation guidance
• Your retreat itinerary
• Important contact information
If you reserve with a deposit, you’ll receive a separate email with instructions for completing your remaining balance, with the option to pay in full or choose a payment plan.
We’ll make the planning simple, so you can focus on looking forward to Paris.
How do I get to Paris and the hotel?
Guests may fly into either Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) or Paris Orly Airport (ORY).
Our hotel is located in Montmartre in the 18th arrondissement. From either airport, you can reach the hotel by official airport taxi or public transportation.
By taxi: Official Paris airport taxis offer regulated flat fares into Paris. Taxi stands are located outside the arrivals area at both airports. We recommend using only the official taxi queue.
By public transportation: Paris is well connected to both airports by train and metro. Depending on your arrival airport and route, you can continue by Métro to Montmartre.
Before the retreat, we’ll provide arrival information and transportation guidance to make getting to the hotel as simple as possible.
What meals are included?
Most meals are included throughout the retreat, including our shared meals and special dining experiences.
A few meals are intentionally left open, giving you the opportunity to explore Paris and enjoy its cafés, markets, and restaurants on your own.
We’re happy to accommodate dietary restrictions and food allergies, including gluten-free diets and nut allergies. Please let us know about any dietary needs in advance so we can plan accordingly.
How long has Art Immersions been hosting creative journeys?
Art Immersions began nearly ten years ago in Italy, hosting creative journeys at agriturismos and bringing together art, culture, and immersive experiences rooted in place.
Since then, we’ve hosted journeys across five countries — Italy, France, India, Spain, and Japan — with France and Italy at the heart of many of our programs.
In France, Art Immersions has hosted experiences in Paris, Burgundy, and Arles, each shaped by the art, culture, history, and creative traditions of the region.
We select each destination for its connection to place — bringing our guests into the studios, neighborhoods, traditions, and creative communities that make it unique. Paris has long been an important part of Art Immersions, and we’re excited to continue sharing the city through experiences designed to go beyond simply visiting it.
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