Description
They met on the second platform of the Eiffel Tower, both lost, both clutching the same crumpled map. He was from Montréal, she from Lisbon. The wind was ferocious that afternoon, and when it snatched her scarf and sent it fluttering toward the railing, he caught it with a lunge worthy of a footballer. They laughed, introduced themselves, and walked down all six hundred and seventy-four steps together. Forty years later, they still argue about who suggested the café afterward, and they still keep that scarf in a drawer.
This tower captures the city’s most famous landmark in a rich brown, echoing the iron lattice silhouetted against a Paris sky. Lift the lid and a sweet surprise appears: the words “I Love Paris” painted inside, a hidden declaration for the person who opens it. Hand it to a honeymooning couple, a student heading abroad, a friend who has just returned from France, or anyone who dreams of the City of Light. At four inches tall it stands proudly on a desk, a dressing table, or a bookshelf among guidebooks.
A closer look
- The Eiffel Tower in a rich brown finish
- “I Love Paris” painted inside the lid
- Measures 2.75 x 2 x 4 inches
- Made by Rochard, hand-painted in Limoges, France
Hide a pair of plane tickets nearby, and let the lid make the announcement. Every time it is opened, those three little words will feel brand new.
