Before confinement, in Lille, the sex shops were stormed by customers.
This is what an article in the free daily 20 Minutes reveals.
Among the purchases: lingerie, games to do as a couple or even intimate organic cosmetics.
Since the announcement of a new period of confinement, until December 1 minimum, many French people have resumed their bad habits and rushed to stores to stock up.
Dough, flour, toilet paper but also more ... unusual products.
Supermarkets are not the only ones to see a sudden influx of customers.
In Lille, reveals the free daily 20 Minutes, two sex shops - or love stores - have been robbed.
"We were a hit. We saw people running up to buy something and then running back," said the designer of the Passage du Désir chain of stores.
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Diversified purchases
"I had never seen such a frenzy in nine years of opening in Lille", he added to the journalists of 20 Minutes.
On the single day, he doubled his turnover, even better than a day of clearance sale according to the trader.
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In this race not to get bored, diversity has obviously won the day: sexy lingerie, games to do as a couple, but also success in terms of intimate organic cosmetics.
Another notable success: the Womanizer, a sex toy that works remotely by producing vibrations in the air.
The Lille brand has surfed on this craze with the creation of a "containment pack" at a competitive price.