Hotel Sezz

The Scene

The 16th arrondissement has a way of seducing you with its sheer glamour. It’s the perfect environment for Hotel Sezz (whose name is a subtle play on seize, or “sixteen” in French)---on the Right Bank across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower. Yet in spite of these impressive landmark credentials, the 16th is so downright desirable because of its distinct lack of tourist-driven businesses; it’s for the French. Granted, its denizens occupy the higher end of the pay scale, but the neighborhood actually feels French down to the core.

The Concept

Hotel Sezz understands today’s discerning luxury traveler. Gone are the days of the reception desk and rotating front desk attendants; they’ve been replaced with welcoming drinks, comfortable chairs, and a personal assistant who is only a phone call way throughout the duration of your stay. Size is everything---the small number of rooms (26) easily allows for the highly personalized service (that seems to pop out of the woodwork right when you need it) and for ample space in the rooms and suites. Privacy and sensuality pervade the entire hotel from the Spa Sezz with a Jacuzzi, hammam, and massage room---all of which can be reserved especially for you---to the “Time to Tease” menu (featuring sex toys and accoutrements). We’re pretty sure that anyone who’s after a steamy stay won’t mind a bit that Hotel Sezz eschews a restaurant in favor of an exclusive arrangement with Veuve Clicquot, creating Bar “La Grande Dame” where patrons can sip glasses of vintage champagne from the revered brand. (As an added benefit, you won’t hesitate or regret ordering a bottle for your room.)

The Look

Christophe Pillet, Phillippe Starck’s protégé, was fully unleashed on Hotel Sezz with provocative and elegant results. It’s something of a modern bachelor pad that’s decorated to impress with luxuriously soft and bright accent rugs and voyeuristic views onto the soak tubs. Otherwise, the colors skew dark and neutral (we adore the Cascais stone that winds through the hotel), but all this serves to entice you to cozy up in the bed that’s in the center of most every room. The furniture is as bespoke as its service, hiring the great artisans of our time to do what they do best---like the glass artisans of Murano. You may not know their names, but their quality is unmistakable and the effect adds to the self-assured luxury of it all. For the most seductive view in all of Paris, do not pass up the Suite Eiffel.

In Short

Redefining Paris’ luxury hotel market with sensual design, highly personalized service and a care-free personality, Hotel Sezz teases and entices you into a different kind of stay in the French capital.