Hôtel Fouquet’s Barrière

At these prices, luxury is a given; it’s the sincerity sans arrogance—and the prime Champs-Élysées location—that nudges this 21st-century newcomer ahead of other Parisian five-stars. Anchored by the storied 1899 Fouquet’s brasserie, the 107-room hotel is in five fin de siècle Haussmann buildings, reimagined with doormen in fedoras and gold-and-cream interiors awash in damask ruching, velvet, and gold leaf. Heady indulgences include pre-stay room customization (jazz or classical? orchids or roses?), individual butler service, two-way-mirror plasma televisions (in bathrooms, even), butter-soft bedding, and pin-drop soundproofing.