Palazzo
Hotel Vegas
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It soars 642 feet above the famous Las Vegas Strip. Within its 53 floors, it houses 3000 ultra-posh suites, the world's most luxurious retail establishments and the chicest restaurants. It also offers the best entertainment in the West. Even its name symbolizes ultimate luxury; its English translation is palace. I must admit this place nearly gave me an orgasm.
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This $1.8 billion behemoth
exhausted my senses in a good way. The place, the building, the
resort and the hotel that I'm describing is The Palazzo Las
Vegas, the newest lavish hotel-casino on the Strip. I felt
compelled to tour Vegas's newest luxury destination. This is my
fragrance voyage at The Palazzo Las Vegas.
I dressed in my shopping best as usual. But, this outfit was
more casual; I wanted to feel relax during my tour. I wore Lee
blue jeans, a ribbed forest green turtleneck by Perry Ellis, a
brown leather Italian cut jacket and a pair of Stacy Adams
shoes. Lastly, I brought along my favorite little wallet, the
Gucci wallet.
I jumped into my faithful truck and drove to the Palazzo.
Parking was a breeze. There was a space waiting for me in its
multi-level subterranean public garage, which is a bit unusual
for the Strip. Most parking garages on the Strip are large
monstrous things that are usually hidden behind the Strip's more
glamorous facades. I thought the Sands Corporation, the owner of
the Venetian and the Palazzo, chose a good location for the
garage; it gives the Palazzo a more cosmopolitan flair.
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I exited my truck and walked into a glass enclosure. I stepped
onto an escalator and was whisked to the casino/lobby level. The
Palazzo's casino was like most large casinos on the Strip:
thousands of colorful and noisy slot and poker machines and many
green-topped gambling tables. I decided to leave the casino and
headed towards the Palazzo's grand lobby. The appearance of the
lobby was what I expected. It was elegant and very grand. I saw
a beautiful fountain in its center that stood under a large
glass cupola. It was surrounded by voluptuous glass naked
temptresses, encouraging the patrons of the hotel to live their
sinful dreams. It was a very beautiful centerpiece. Since I was
intrigued by the architectural influences of the Palazzo's lobby
and the rest of the hotel, I asked the concierge which country
or culture influenced the hotel's architecture. He explained
that it was based on the buildings of Continental Europe.
However, old world Italian design was the main architectural
paradigm. I was satisfied with his answer, and I proceeded to
the real part of my fragrance voyage, visiting The Shoppes at
The Palazzo.
The first shop I visited was Fresh, the upscale and niche
fragrance perfumery. The store wasn't opened to the public, but
the shop's manager gave me permission to explore it. It was
designed like most upscale perfumeries yet with a little twist
-- very bright, plenty of glass, understated yet very
contemporary. The manager told me that Fresh was owned by the
luxury conglomerate LVMH, who happened to own Guerlain and Louis
Vuitton. She mentioned her company moved to the Palazzo since
they were adding stores to many luxury destinations. In other
words, Fresh was in a high growth mode.
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