India Mahdavi’s pithy description of her design for the Ladurée patisserie and café in Beverly Hills—“Marie Antoinette goes to Hollywood”—pretty much sums up the story. The City of Light meets the sun-kissed City of Angels. California dreaming with a French twist. Parisian elan and Tinseltown glamour.

Amid the overblown theatrics of the neighborhood’s luxury retail venues, Ladurée feels like a breath of fresh air—a quasi-alfresco garden of delights, bathed in the pastel palette of Ladurée’s famous macarons. Mahdavi has amplified the conservatory vibe by covering the walls in white latticework punctuated by giant, mirrored flowers that come alive in the sunlight.

An exterior view of Ladurée Beverly Hills.

The designer’s organic composition is grounded by a black-and-white diamond-patterned marble floor, which provides an elegant, graphic contrast to the minty-green terrazzo pastry counter and Mahdavi’s characteristically lyrical furnishings. Along with banquettes covered in pale green leather, she has deployed her version of Gio Ponti’s classic high-back wicker chair, reimagined with pale pink leather pads. “The sweetness of the design nods to the history of Ladurée and its French heritage,” Mahdavi explains. “But it also feels very contemporary—and very California.”

Amid a neighborhood of luxury retail venues, Ladurée will feel like a breath of fresh air to its patrons.

The AD100 designer was recently in Los Angeles to celebrate the opening of Ralph Pucci’s latest showroom , which contains a salon dedicated to her furniture and lighting. Based on the enthusiastic reaction to both Ladurée and her presentation at Pucci, the city is clearly primed for more Mahdavi.