Salon Bonaparte: Best Coiffure in Paris PetiteBrigitteIt took me 6 months to find someone to cut my hair in Paris.I googled endlessly in hopes of finding some solid recommendations, since I was unwilling to trust my locks to any old Jean-Claude Biguine. My search turned up a hair stylist who had won the Best Coiffure in Paris award last year. Unfortunately I made the mistake of trusting everything I read, and the results were catastrophic.on Rue Bonaparte opened a year ago, and is light and understated considering the magic that happens inside. Seb is a cowboyish Apollo: golden locks of hair flow from underneath a cowboy hat, and a silk scarf adds that flamboyant frenchness that makes us trust him. The giant jewels adorning his neck and fingers would seem to confirm the presupposition that he is gay. Yet to my great astonishment, he mentioned an ex-girlfriend from Brazil. He s single ladies!Peter Gadge - do yourself a favour and avoid this guy .He cut my hair back in the early 90s and did a good job back then, but his attitude was so disdainful and unpleasant I vowed never to go back .But I did, in 2007, and what a mistake! This time round he did another basic cut (shoulder-length and really not that great), took 1.5 hours to do it, and his attitude was just as unpleasant. But worse, he charged me well over the advertised price of 60 euros for wash, cut and style, because, he said, the price is based on the time it takes. This from what one reviewer calls the world s slowest haircutter !! I found out later that day he wasn t allowed to do this (charge a price different from the posted rate). So I went back and demanded he refund the difference, which he did, reluctantly, and only when I mentioned I called the consumer branch. He tried to argue I had a lot of hair. Do yourself a favour and avoid this prima donna stylist. Mireille Guiliano may recommend him, but I sure don t.
