The window of Ladurée’s New York boutique on Madison Ave. Photo By John AquinoOne does not bite into a Ladurée macaroon (or macaron). Rather you embrace it with your mouth, then lick it gently with your tongue.

As the sweetness is absorbed into your consciousness, your natural craving for more of this intoxicating sensation inspires a deeper connection with the textures and tastes, now opening wide for your pleasure. You must go slowly into your macaroon, savouring each moment of your sensual gratification.

To swallow your macaroon quickly is to miss the entire experience sensual experience, one bordering on eroticism if one lets her mind wander.

Will fast-walking, quick-talking New Yorkers take time to stop and smell the macaroons, now that Ladurée has opened in New York on Madison Avenue? Can the ultimate French slow living brand thrive in the city that never sleeps?

The Flickr list of Ladurée photos is a feast for the mind and eye and a reminder that this comparatively small culinary pleasure has a following of Ladurée pleasure seekers worldwide.