The best ladies' night in town, Bonheur des Dames, is back this Thursday night in a new venue, Club au Bonheur des Dames (40 rue du Colisée, 8th). Formerly at Chez Régine's around the corner, this ladies-only soirée includes buffet dinner, drinks, make-up booth, and sexy male striptease dancers for FREE, starting at 9:30pm. Men are welcome to join the ladies for clubbing until dawn from 11:30pm.

Be one of the happy few who get past the doorman by reserving your table at 06 21 70 52 56 or email contact@bonheur-des-dames.com and tell them Naughty Paris sent you!

Last month I joined the editrix-en-chef of Gadabout Paris and a half dozen lovely ladies for an investigative journey into Pigalle's infamous sex shops (read about it here). Now you can see the final write-up with all of the locations with detailed reviews in their article Pigalle Sex Walk.

The Gadabout team are quite thorough, and have even tested one of Pigalle's sexy swingers' saunas, Moon City. I would love to hear from any other readers who have visited this sauna...perhaps it will be included in a future edition of Naughty Paris!

The Chacha Club is the latest Parisian hotspot, opened three weeks ago and already packed to the rafters (despite the rumor that Paris is "dead" in August).

Its unlikely location overlooking the gardens of Les Halles doesn't lessen the effect of the impressive black façade. At the door are a few burly gentlemen manning the velvet rope, a voiturier, and Christopher, the charming manager who was lured  back to Paris from New York for the occasion.

Inside, the sober 1930s style decor is lightened by a few whimsical touches. To the left, the dining room for the restaurant, with windows overlooking the street and the Fumoir (right), a real smoking room with leather armchairs and elegant furnishings to lessen the fishbowl aspect. Past the Fumoir, the spacious bar with its disco ball and DJ podium. To the right, several tiny salons for small groups. A staircase leads upstairs, where you'll find a small lounge, a music studio, and an actual bathroom with a huge bathtub. No sign of bubble bath. Perhaps it's on request.

Back on the main level, another staircase by the entrance leads down to the actual restrooms, which -- on purpose or accidental -- have no sign signifying which are for men and which are for women. So everyone goes where they please. At the far end of the what's supposed to be the ladies' room is a door. Next to the door is a small glowing panel (left). If you knew the code, you'd know what was inside. But again, that's on request only. We wouldn't want too many people to know there's a bedroom behind that door.

By 1am the dance floor is packed full of mostly 20-something beauties dancing to INXS, Michael Jackson's Thriller, and remixes of the Black Eyed Peas in their finest BCBG outfits. Alas, no cha cha dancing. The more mature clientele claim their tables for the evening, reservations oblige. 

Champagne by the glass €10.

Chacha Club
47 rue Berger, 1st
Tel 01 40 13 12 12
Open daily, 7pm-5am.
Restaurant open 8pm-1am.

All photos from the Chacha Club website.

It may come as a surprise to some of you to learn that not all French men are born with inherent seduction skills. Some are even downright tonguetied in the presence of the opposite sex. Lucky for them, one American export has come to the rescue.  The Game: Les Secrets d'un Virtuouse de la Drague is now found on the (rapidly expanding) shelf of self-help books such as Casé en une Semaine (or, Get a Woman in One Week), for men sans clue. And in case these would-be Don Juans want some hands-on training, they can also hire the services of self-styled seduction coached such as the former techie geek Arnaud Olieric (in the photo below), who charges €75/hour for his training, which relies heavily on the strategies for achieiving the goals of The Game: to become a PUA, or pick-up artist.

To be clear, these men are not learning how to be in a relationship, they're learning how to get laid. As quickly and as often as possible. Olieric even tests his "students" out on the field, such as Jardin Luxembourg or the Champs-Elysées, where they have to get two phone numbers in five minutes.

While some accuse this type of behavior as predatory and immature, others defend it as necessary for some men to overcome their timid nature or fear of rejection. "We always make our intentions clear that we're only looking for a one night stand," say one of the seduction coaches. In Paris, there are even a members-only clubs and forums where men share stories of their conquests and swap techniques. Virtual locker-rooms, if you like, such as FrenchTouchSeduction and the oddly named NaturalTechnicsDevelopment.

Some of the more common pick-up lines can be found in the Naughty Paris Guide, but ladies who want to be sure of finding themselves with a no-strings-attached liaison (or, conversely, to avoid them at all costs) may want to study these French guides more closely to know how to spot a PUA when he strikes. ;)