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  • The BonBonist debuts with truly tasteful design

    The BonBonist debuts with truly tasteful design

    In time for the festive season, The BonBonist confectionery shop has launched at Pacific Place.

    Bright white with gold touches, the shop plays on geometry with glass display cubes stacked around two sides of the open-plan store.

    A white circular table used as a wrapping station is the only furnishing apart from the counter along the right-hand side of the shop, behind a tall, stylised “B” at the front.

    Inside the display cases, the sweets themselves add colour accents to the overall neutral decor.

    Customers can mix and match bonbons from three or eight crystal cubes into a sweet box to take with them. They can personalise their candy boxes with ribbons and stickers at the gift-wrapping station.

    “The BonBonist’s idea is to create a special confectionery experience that enlivens all our senses – to reveal the inner child in each and every one of us,” says the shop’s founder and curator Olivia Niddam, who has had more than 10 years of international experience in confectionery.

    More than 70 sweets and chocolates from Europe make up the range at the shop, which also features 10 confectionary characters. Flavours include cola, cinnamon, corn, chili, coconut and ginger, and there are vegan as well as lactose- and gelatin-free offerings.

  • The BonBonist bringing sweet touch to Pacific Place

    The BonBonist bringing sweet touch to Pacific Place

    Offering more than 70 different sweets and chocolates, The BonBonist will launch in Pacific Place next month.

    It is the brainchild of French confectionery expert Olivia Niddam, the former GM of French chocolatier Jean-Paul Hevin Hong Kong.

    Presented in 10 themes, each with a virtual character, the treats are sourced from all over Europe, ranging from low-fat Guilt-Free Gloria to Sour Ninja Nino.

    Customised packaging is available, and customers can mix and match to suit themselves, or for gifts or corporate occasions.

    There will also be festive-season specials.

    Niddam has had more than 10 years’ experience in France, Hong Kong and Japan, and has also worked for confectionary brand L’Eclair de Genie.

    “The BonBonist combines luxury, sophistication and playfulness,” she says.