The White Camellia

The White Camellia on Magazine Street uptown is a repository of imported French gems for the home and garden. Hand picked by owner Kell Bennett – a fluent French speaker who spent 12 years running the first American-inspired needlepoint store in Paris – the store's inventory entrances. Gourmets will find imported honey and coffee, whole grain mustards and ceramic jars labeled "Herbs de Provence." For the outdoorsy gentleman, there are spice kits for game and for fish, complete with recipes printed in French and English. Bennett's eye for the unusual and the unusually beautiful is tres chic and the store is packed with goods both spendy and well priced.