Macarons, Parti Deux is Better than Premier Parti

So today I went with Jessi on a quest to do more "research" for my expose (aka Presentation) on a topic of our choice. So naturally I picked some sugary delight. I started off doing chocolate, but realized that my true Parisian passion was macarons and switched to doing it on them. So I'm hunting down the top 5 macaron places. After today I have 1 left. Here's a low down of the other ones: Laduree, Gerard Mulot, Dallayou and Pierre Hermes. The last one is Lenotre!

 So I had 2 from Dallayou. Here's the first one of my lovelies. This is Early Grey Tea flavored. It was so perfumy with tea and wonderfully soft and creamy. It was airy like Laduree macarons, but still had a little bit of depth-ness.

 This prety little thang is Date Orange. The sugar on top gave it a wonderful extra crunch. The orange and the date meld really well together, lending a nice spice and futher depth of flavor. It was really light and nice. I enjoyed it.

This is the best of the best. I'm biased because I'm in LOVEEE with Rose flavoured things, but seriously Pierre Hermes outdid himself. This was much better than the one from Laduree. It was a warm day so the buttercream filling started to ooze out of the back! It was so creamy and wonderful. It was thick and had substance like a Gerard Mulot with the airy-ness of a Laduree. Serious perfection.

This is a specialty that they have for a limited time at Pierre Hermes. It's creme brulee!! It didnt' exactly taste like creme brulee, just really sweet and kind of caramel-ly. It was yummy but nothing note-worthy. I'm still glad i tried it. I liked the texture though because it was more like a Gerard Mulot, so it was denser!