Each year, our editors explore the world of fragrance to make your festive season effortless and inspiring. This year, we’ve curated a collection of scents that reflect the essence of each Myers–Briggs personality type, from bold, attention-grabbing florals to subtle, woody musks that exude quiet sophistication. Whether you want a fragrance that enhances your confidence, sparks joy, or simply wraps a loved one in a comforting signature scent, there’s something here for every

Lifestyle The Editor's Curated Guide to Candles for the Ultimate Lover As the days grow shorter and the nights draw in, there is nothing quite like the glow of a beautifully scented candle to transform your home into a haven of warmth and festive spirit. Our 2025 Christmas Candle Guide has been curated with an editorial eye, selecting only the most luxurious, distinctive, and captivating fragrances to suit every mood, personality, and gifting need. From sparkling opulence to

The Editor’s Curated Guide to Beauty, Wellbeing and Intelligent Indulgence. Luxury is about thoughtfulness, precision, and subtle delight. It's not merely the price tag or brand recognition; it's the experience, the sensory joy, and the ritual each product brings into daily life. This year, we sought items that elevate the everyday, gifts that are purposeful, intelligent, and indulgent, without being ostentatious. From cutting-edge Swiss biotech to timeless Ayurvedic formulat

A Tried, Tested and Editor-Approved Edit for Every Kind of Loved One. The future has arrived, and this year it is sleeker, smarter and more useful than ever. From kitchen heroes reinventing the everyday brew to devices that soothe the nervous system or amplify your beauty rituals, these are the gifts we have genuinely used, tested and lived with at HQ. Consider this your guide to winning Christmas with presents that feel thoughtful, personal and unapologetically forward think

Lifestyle The Lost Estate presents The Great Christmas Feast this winter in London There are nights in London that feel like events, and then nights that feel like entering a fictional tale. The Great Christmas Feast by The Lost Estate is the latter. Hidden behind an unassuming entrance in West Kensington, this is not theatre with dinner. This is live time-travel with a wine glass. From the moment you step inside, the present day evaporates. You are guided into a Victorian st

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Beauty You’ve heard of dermatology. You’ve read about biohacking. You may have even explored psychodermatology. But what if the next revolution in skincare wasn’t born in a lab, but grown in the soil? Deep in the Apulian countryside, among ancient olive groves and sun-bleached stone, lies Masseria Montenapoleone, one of Italy’s oldest farm estates and now home to a new philosophy of skin and self-care. It’s here that HerbArium, a brand rooted in ethnobotany, is quietly rewrit

Some destinations show their beauty instantly. Puglia is not one of them. It reveals itself slowly, like a memory returning. The region in the heel of Italy is shaped by sun, sea and centuries of tradition, and it exists in a rhythm entirely its own. Perhaps its geographical poetry is part of the charm.

Lifestyle In a city constantly reinventing itself, Dabbers Social Bingo has done something quietly subversive: it has revived an old-school game and turned it into one of London’s most joyful communal experiences. This is not bingo as your nan knew it. This is chaos, comedy, cabaret, dancing, flirtation, and pure oxytocin wrapped in a night out. Located just off Liverpool Street, Dabbers merges retro kitsch with high-energy performance, attracting everyone from thirty-somethi

Art & Photography Inside Inez & Vinoodh’s “THINK LOVE” at India Mahdavi’s Project Room #21 Inside Paris’ softly lit India Mahdavi Project Room #21, a crimson veil catches the light, suspended between sculpture and emotion. It forms the heart of THINK LOVE , the latest work by Inez & Vinoodh, a visual meditation on intimacy, technology, and time. Presented as a preview to their forthcoming retrospective, Can Love Be a Photograph?  opening at Kunstmuseum Den Haag in March 2026,

There are islands that whisper and islands that sing. Park Hyatt Hadahaa, adrift in the Huvadhoo Atoll at the southern edge of the Maldives, does both. It hums with life below the waterline and murmurs calm through the palms above. This is not simply a place to stay, but a place to listen to your breath, to the tide, to the stillness that waits between the two.

It’s easier than ever to cross borders in search of stillness. In just over two hours, the Eurostar carries travellers from London to Paris, where one of the world’s most luxurious spas awaits inside the legendary Hotel Plaza Athénée. The newly renovated Spa Dior

On Avenue Montaigne, where Paris writes its stories of fashion, craft, and culture, a new chapter has begun. LOEWE has opened the doors to its latest CASA LOEWE, a 562-square-metre flagship that redefines the idea of retail as art.

In Beirut, a city where resilience and creativity intertwine, the Aïshti Foundation celebrates ten years with Flesh Flowers, a landmark exhibition honouring women artists and the enduring spirit of Lebanon.

Juicy Couture, the brand that defined early-2000s glamour, is stepping back into the cultural conversation with something unexpected: denim. And not just any denim, a full, newly formed division debuting under strict embargo on 17 November at 6 p.m.

Beauty Party season is calling, and for once, your manicure doesn’t need a standing appointment. Gone are the days of losing hours in the salon chair or nursing chipped gels two days before a big night out. The new wave of high-fashion press-ons has officially changed the game, offering runway-level shine, shape and longevity at a fraction of the cost and time. Elegant Touch  has long been the go-to for at-home nail innovation, but this season, they’ve gone further. Their lat

There’s something about party season that calls for a little extra. Longer hair, bigger waves, glossier finishes. But what if that transformation didn’t require a salon visit or a hefty price tag? Enter Irresistible Me’s Invisi Tape-In Extensions, the easiest way to achieve full, glossy, runway-worthy hair from the comfort of your home and all in good time for the party season.

Each day at Heritance Aarah Maldives finds its own rhythm. Some places make you feel alive; then there are places that teach you how to rest. The Maldives is often described as a paradise of private villas and white-sand opulence, but beneath the postcard surface lies something subtler and far more essential.

There are restaurants that feed you, and then there are restaurants that fold you into a story. Nipotina, tucked into one of Mayfair’s most elegant corners, manages both with effortless charm.

There is a certain kind of London hotel that understands the emotional architecture of Christmas. Royal Lancaster London is one of them. It does not merely decorate for the season; it transforms. Each year, as the city shifts into its winter glow, the hotel becomes something between a sanctuary and a stage set. In this place, nostalgia, indulgence, and modern luxury synchronise effortlessly. This year, the 2025 festive programme feels richer and more immersive than ever.