GENNEVILLIERS, France (AP) — She emerges Venus-like out of a mist of hairspray with tousled hair, a shimmering 50,000-euro Chanel jacket and a 1,000-watt smile.

“Hello daarling,” says Mouna Ayoub huskily with the warm familiarity of old friends (even though we’ve met only once before) — walking around a decor of gigantic silver oyster shells and blue glass buoys to kiss me.