What is an enlightenment salon?

A Salon during the enlightenment era was where higher class citizens had a " get together" so they could discuss enlightened ideas. At the time books and political pamphlets were censored due to the government at the time (probably a king or queen) didnt want a enlightened idea about republics getting out so they would censor the books. often times the writers of the enlightend books wrote in fiction with a moral behind the story so that it would not be caught in the censoring. they would also discuss them at the salons and from there Word would spread.