Her & David
26 Feb 2014 07:45:18 PM
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Hidden just behind the Paris Stock Exchange (Le Bourse) lies one of the city’s swinging gems. Le Mask Club Libertine a Paris is unique – it is the city’s only ‘couples only’ swingers club. It is intimate, friendly and welcoming. Until a few years ago it was called Le Nautilus with the interior designed to look like the inside of a submarine. Quite why we never discovered but with the change of ownership it has had a makeover and now enjoys a new lease of life.
Don’t worry if your French is not perfect – the staff speak English and will make you welcome. There’s no membership fee, you simply pay per visit.
You’ll be given a mask when you enter and the owners say it helps people to be less inhibited when wearing a mask. You can indulge as much or as little as you wish. We have never been pressured in all the years we have been going so if you are new to swinging, or just new to Paris, there’s no need to feel anxious.
The club, one of the more upmarket clubs in Paris, is very popular with staff from the Stock Exchange just around the corner. Many brokers pop in for their ‘cinq a sept’ liaisons (‘cinq a sept’ or ‘5 to 7’ are those office romances which fill the gap between leaving work and arriving home for supper). However, don’t try to pick up trader tips, the brokers in Le MASK are not thinking about work once they enter the club. It is also popular too with staff from the Agence France Presse (AFP). The global newsgathering organization has its global headquarters just across the square however worry not, the journalists in the club are not looking for a story for the Sunday papers, oh no, although these scribblers have plenty of lead in their pencils they are there for the same reason you’re there.
The club is small by some Continental standards but that is its charm. The ground floor comprises a relaxation area where couples can sit and drink and watch one of the erotic swinging films on the large screen. There’s a bar and beyond the play areas – leather covered seats line the alcoves where you can sit and watch or join in. If you descend a tunnel of blue pin-point lights you enter the new basement play room. There are showers should you want to freshen up before leaving.
The club website is in French and English, although the English translation can sometimes confuse as much as it clarifies. The club opens in the afternoon and at night. The website gives the current opening hours but basically it opens from 2pm until 7.30pm on weekdays and from 10.30pm until late from Tuesday until Sunday night. It’s an upmarket sort of place and the entrance (between 50€ and 70€ )includes a drink. We usually opt for the champagne.
The club is warm, welcoming, friendly and strictly 'couples only'. We always visit when in Paris. Maybe we’ll see you there when next we visit.
Louise and David.
www.mask-paris.com
18 rue Feudeau, Paris, 2eme
Tel: +33 (0) 145 088 150 |