Mood: fun and relaxed, Parisian history, French culture, personal

Curious about what it’s like to live in Paris? Tessa Bicard, aka @madametartempion on TikTok and Instagram, joins us for a long chat about her experience living in the City of Light for 20 years. Tessa is an expert in all things French culture, perfume and beauty, fashion, skincare, restaurants, and so much more. She shares her stories from dating in Paris, studying at the Sorbonne, the differences between French and Californian culture, the history of plumbing in Paris (random?! But on brand) and Eau de Cologne, as well as her favorite places to visit in her chosen hometown.

TESSA’S PARISIAN “THIS OR THAT” QUIZ

Metro or Bus?

Côte d’Azur or Paris?

Croissant or Baguette? White or Rosé?

Left Bank or Right Bank?

Emily in Paris or Dix Pour Cent?

Dior or Chanel?

Heels or Sneakers?

Brasserie or Restaurant?

Cafe Crème or Cappuccino?Charcuterie or Fromage?

Jardin du Luxembourg or Parc des Buttes-Chaumont?

Perfume Shopping or Wine Tasting?

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The craziness of this year doesn’t slow down, as we head into Mercury retrograde in Sagittarius (right after the election!), Mars retrograde, and then Venus retrograde and ANOTHER Mercury retrograde to kick off the first months of 2025.

Shannon Aganza, master oracular astrologer (and Dominique’s teacher and mentor) walks us through the celestial forecast so you can prepare for the holiday season and use it as a time to spiritually, emotionally, and personally level up.

If you want to know more about your chart, about astrology, the cosmos… and to understand your horoscope better, join Shannon for her beginner course! Astrology Foundations 1 — the go-at-your-own-pace astro class — is back in session in January. Shannon helps you delve deeper into your own astrology chart each week for a live Q&A. Our community has a sweet discount: use the code AF1THISISFINE25 at moongathering.thinkific.com.

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Mood: perfume, educational, fun, deep dive

Perfume on a podcast!

Ready to find your signature scent, make your perfume last longer, and discover what notes you really love? James Elliott, nose and founder of American perfume house Filigree & Shadow, joins us today from Seattle to give us a perfume 101 — we’re talking all things personal fragrance!

From the science to the everyday wear, and how James manages to tell a story with a symphony of olfactive notes, this XL episode covers a LOT, and James breaks it down so anyone can understand.

You can also hear James interview Dominique on HIS podcast, OMG We Should Totally Do a Podcast, here. We talk fragrance, astrology, Paris life, identity, and a whole bunch of other things. Enjoy!

Discover James’s collection of beautiful fragrances at filigreeandshadow.co, and follow him on TikTok and Instagram.

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Mood: informational, Paris, practical how-to, inspiring

Lifelong dream of moving to France?

Wanderlust turning into wanderlove… wandercommittment perhaps?

If you’ve been jonesing to make the jump and immigrate to the EU, specifically France, we’ve got Paris’s top immigration attorney for Americans on the show today: Daniel Tostado, Avocat à la Cour.

Daniel himself is a fellow American, now French citizen, who followed his dream to move to France years ago — and is helping so many others make their immigration dream a reality, too.

We go over the best and “easiest” visa options, explore ways to start establishing your life in France, and answer your questions from Instagram. We also get into what makes living in France just so damn special. Get your notebook ready, your immigration attorney meeting starts now!

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Mood: personal, deep, validating

Let's catch up on life in Paris, trends in perfume and street style and have a little "fireside chat" FDR style (lol, imagine) with Dominique on some career ennui.

Table of Contents:

2:02 Summer Wrapped (Dominique's debrief)

5:37 "What if you don't give a sh*t about your career" deep dive (Validate Me Harder Daddy)

17:22 Dominique's Picks, September 2024

21:20 AMA from Instagram — Ask Dominique Anything

Links you might want:

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The perfumes:

• Bouquet Ideale, Xerjoff
• Jardin de l'Orangerie, Dries Van Noten
• Guidance 46, Amouage
• Cuir Béluga, Guerlain

Music: Sicily Roadtrip playlist

Jeans: Massimo Dutti, Zara

Color: Chanel purple eyeshadow

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Mood: expat POV, silly goofy, Americans in Paris

Welcome back to our expat/immigrant series, with another visit from @bisousmorgan — Morgan Hizar — our favorite Ohioan in Paris. Morgan shares her journey through a quarter life crisis that brought her to Paris, speaking zero French, going through five different visas, getting a masters, and deciding to build a life abroad.

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Mood: quick and light, encouraging, self development, interactive

Who are you?

Don’t answer with your job title or what you do. You can’t say where you work. Who you’re related to. Where you went to school. What clubs you’re in.

So again… who are you?

This seems obvious, but often, we don’t really know. Join Dominique for a handful of minutes (the duration of a commercial break if you listen on 2x!) and get a little mini coaching session on figuring out who you are, becoming more secure, and having a rock solid sense of self.

In true Dominique fashion, she figured this out by making a PowerPoint presentation (for herself), so she has some tips on that as well.

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Mood: cosmic, magical, self dev, educational

HAPPY ASTROLOGICAL NEW YEAR Y’ALL!

Preparing for the first day of Aries season — aka the first day of the 2024-2025 astrological new year — we’ve got a look at the year(s) ahead and some major planetary shifts with Shannon Aganza, master oracular astrologer (and Dominique’s teacher and mentor).

We’re talking about all three Mercury retrogrades this year, eclipses, and the shifts of Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.

0:02:45 — the 2024 vibe shift

0:07:00 — demystifying Mercury retrograde (a preview)

0:08:35 — more themes for 2024

0:12:40 — Uranus in Gemini forecast (“the new age”)

0:16:09 — Saturn in Pisces vibes

0:21:21 — Neptune in Pisces → Aries

0:27:17 — Jupiter x Uranus in Taurus (biggest transit of the year!!!)

0:31:08 — April 8 Solar Eclipse

0:32:22 — Self Exploration Theme!

0:35:05 — Jupiter in Gemini, May 25

0:40:29 — Locate Gemini in your chart!

0:49:32 — More on Neptune in Aries

0:56:06 — Uranus changing signs / big disruptions

1:00:43 — Preparing for the vibe shift, editing people out of your life

1:25:37 — Venus x Uranus conjunction

1:27:06 — Neptune retrograde PIsces

Mercury Retrogrades 2024

1:13:52 — demystifying mercury retrograde

1:19:22 — April 1, Mercury retrograde in Aries

1:28:09 — August 4, Mercury retrograde in Virgo/Leo

1:31:12 — November 25, Mercury retrograde in Sagittarius

Want to learn more about astrology with Shannon? Visit her site: MoonGathering.com to discover courses, book a reading, and more.

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