I have a friend who lives in the borders area of Scotland. Every so often, when lunar conditions are right, she roams out at night in search of invisible energy waves - Laylines - said by ancient mystics to traverse the land. Now, I've never quite known what to think about all that, but for some strange reason Delphine came to mind as I stepped through the looking glass into the Shiseido boutique, set in a stony gallery of the Palais Royal.

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