{"id":184524,"date":"2025-06-14T19:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T19:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/184524\/"},"modified":"2025-06-14T19:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T19:33:09","slug":"man-spends-850-to-try-225-louis-vuitton-chocolate-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/184524\/","title":{"rendered":"Man spends \u00a3850 to try \u00a3225 Louis Vuitton chocolate bag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Carmie Sellitto, 26, spotted the limited-edition treat on his Instagram explore page and became determined to be among the first to review it.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The designer dessert is part of a collaboration between Louis Vuitton and celebrated pastry chef Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bau and is only available in Paris, New York, Singapore and Shanghai.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Carmie had to fork out \u00a3500 to secure an appointment at Louis Vuitton\u2019s caf\u00e9 in Paris, where the handmade dessert is exclusively sold.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@touchdalight\/video\/7494975448472947990\" data-video-id=\"7494975448472947990\" class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;\"><p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@touchdalight?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"@touchdalight\">@touchdalight<\/a> i can\u2019t believe i spent \u00a3225 on this \ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/louisvuitton?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"louisvuitton\">#louisvuitton<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/chocolate?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"chocolate\">#chocolate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/foodreview?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"foodreview\">#foodreview<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/Copacabana-little-princess-of-the-sea-7285428397387286529?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"\u266c Copacabana little princess of the sea - Hebert Soul\">\u266c Copacabana little princess of the sea &#8211; Hebert Soul<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n  He also bought last-minute Eurostar tickets to the French capital for \u00a3350.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Carmie, a content creator from Shepherd&#8217;s Bush, London: &#8220;I\u2019d never seen anyone else film a video trying it, so I wanted to be the first.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;It was absolutely worth the money.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I enjoyed every single bite of it.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if they sold it for \u00a3500 just because how unique it was.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The chocolate egg, weighing a hefty 1.5kg, came in a huge Louis Vuitton bag, which Carmie carried across Paris and back to London with extreme care.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Carmie said: \u201cCarrying it back gave me so much anxiety.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I was so on edge the whole way home.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;If it broke before I could film it, all that effort would\u2019ve been for nothing.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   alt=\"The item cost \u00a3225.\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>The item cost \u00a3225. (Image: SWNS)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Carmie, who is known for trying pricey and viral luxury food, said the chocolate exceeded expectations \u2013 both in taste and detail.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He said: &#8220;There was a zip design on it and when you ran your finger over it, it felt like you could actually unzip it.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;You could even feel the Louis Vuitton logo with your tongue.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;The chocolate had a hazelnut praline filling and the shell had the most satisfying crunch.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;It might\u2019ve been the placebo effect from how much I spent but it genuinely was one of the best chocolates I\u2019ve ever had.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>Recommended Reading<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  While the chocolate bag itself cost \u00a3225, Carmie ended up spending nearly four times that amount between the booking fee and travel costs.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He said: \u201cWhen I told the Louis Vuitton staff I came from London just for the chocolate and they looked at me like I was crazy.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;But after the video went live, they actually reached out and thanked me.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;It was really sweet.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carmie Sellitto, 26, spotted the limited-edition treat on his Instagram explore page and became determined to be among&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,257,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-184524","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-london","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114683393157657083","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}