Larissa is a very responsive host and easy to communicate with. When I arrived, the closet was full of wet laundry, and Larissa quickly offered to refund my cleaning fee, which was much appreciated. She truly cares about her guests having a good experience.
However, based on the photos and the price, I was expecting the apartment to be a bit nicer and to suit my needs a bit better. (Part of it is my fault, for example, I didn't notice in advance that there was no microwave or dishwasher.) The listing said there is an oven, but it's only a tiny toaster oven sitting on the floor in the kitchen. Very little counter or storage space in the kitchen, so I wasn't really able to prepare meals which would have been nice for my 2 week stay.
There is some closet space in the hallway, but no drawer storage or closet in the bedroom, so I wasn't ever able to totally unpack.
There was plenty of hot water for a shower, but not for a bath. I had really looked forward to using the bathtub, but it would only fill up about 1/4 of the way and then the water would run out, so I wasn't able to enjoy that.
The dining room chairs did not work for me, as the seats are not solid wood at the bottom, but some kind of webbing that has stretched out, making the seats uncomfortable after 5 minutes. So I ate my meals on the sofa instead, which worked out fine.
The feather pillows on the bed and the decorative pillows on the sofa had a stale, unpleasant odor that was hard to ignore. The building had not yet turned on the heat, so the experience was made worse by the overall cold and clamminess. That is not Larissa's fault, and it wasn't her fault that workers were constantly hammering during the day on the unit above me. But I think you can see how all of these little things added up to a less than spectacular stay!
I have stayed in 3 other Paris Airbnb apartments in the past in the same price range, and I do understand that these are places where real people live their lives, and I don't expect perfection. However, the other places did not have these kinds of problems and were in fact nicer (and larger) in person than they had been in the photos.
As all other reviews have mentioned, the location is spectacular. I highly recommend two very nearby cafes: Mamie Gateau for lunch and Colorova Cafe for brunch.
If you are just going to Paris for a long weekend, I think Larissa's place would be a fine choice, but I might not recommend it for longer stays if you are maybe a bit older and really appreciate creature comforts and need to cook some meals.