45.5° N  Milan

Porta Venezia

6 places in Porta Venezia, chosen by Hélène and checked by the editors.

Made in Milan

Artistic perfumery

Milan hosts Esxence, the international fair of artistic perfumery, every year (its 16th edition was in June 2026). The city has several perfumeries that specialise in niche houses.

  • Profumeria Oggioni

    Porta Venezia

    A family perfumery founded in 1963 by the current owner's grandmother, selling niche perfumes and cosmetics, and running guided 'olfactory journeys' in the shop.

    HélèneA family perfumery in its third generation. They set the order you smell things in.

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Made in Milan

Design furniture

Every April Milan holds the Salone del Mobile furniture fair and Design Week, and galleries and showrooms across the city sell 20th-century and contemporary furniture and objects all year.

  • Spotti Milano

    Porta Venezia

    A design furniture and interiors store on Viale Piave since 1986, carrying a wide range of Italian design brands and changing its windows and in-store installations each season.

    HélèneThe windows change every season. You can read the shop from the street.

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Sweets

  • Gelato Giusto

    Porta Venezia

    A gelateria on Via San Gregorio that makes its gelato daily in its own workshop on the premises; for Milan's Gelato Week in April 2026 it served a Lambrusco and strawberry flavour.

    HélèneOne fruit flavour. The scent comes through clean.

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To eat
From Hélène's day: risotto alla milanese
From Hélène's day

  • Røst

    Porta Venezia

    A small bistro on Via Melzo in a former auto-parts shop, serving vegetable-forward small plates with a zero-waste approach, including mondeghili and tripe.

    HélèneOrder a few small plates and share them.

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Coffee

  • Orsonero Coffee

    Porta Venezia

    Opened in 2016 as one of Milan's first specialty coffee bars, a family-run multi-roaster café that also roasts its own small batches.

    HélèneOrder the filter. That's where the aroma opens.

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  • Coffee Studio 7Gr.

    Porta Venezia

    The coffee studio of Sevengrams, roasting in Milan since 2009; the Corso Venezia shop is a tiny espresso-focused room of about 22 square metres.

    HélèneAn espresso room. One, standing, in the morning.

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