Happy 30th birthday to Eau d’Hadrien, a perfume which, while created of Sicilian lemon and Italian tangerine, somehow always smells like Paris in a Bottle. Annick Goutal, who died at just 53 in 1999, left a wonderful legacy of 19 fragrances, including Eau d’Hadrien. Now the figurehead of the company is her daughter, Camille, all [...]

The runawaynow website always carries an advert for The Department Store, which is situated in Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand. This is because two of the founders are Kiwis and are involved in said venture. But this founder - British - is not involved in any way at all and therefore I can say what I [...]

Photos Courtesy of Hotel Fort Canning
The thing with Singapore is a hotel opens and six months’ later, it is so jam-packed, you can hardly find space for you and your baggage in the lobby as you try to check in. This is Boomtown and make no mistake.
So it is nice to discover there is a [...]

Photos by Patrick & Oscar Rignell
Why Paris just before Christmas? It’s so pretty. Chilly though. Pack gloves.
TO STAY CLOSE TO CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
The Montalembert is a fashion favourite. At Christmas time, you can curl up by the fire, nibble on gorgeous Christmas treats (thanks to the great in-house chef) and then wander out to eat chestnuts [...]

Tie me kangaroo down sport! What’s that in the window of the world’s newest Louis Vuitton on Sydney’s George Street?
Streuth! It’s a great big kangaroo. And in the other huge picture window there’s a big old Aussie crocodile.
Time was when many Australians were embarrassed about their unique flora and fauna. (For the life of me, [...]

Photos by by Paris Chérie
Hermès may have been founded in 1837, making it one of the world’s oldest luxury brands, but what we love - we love love love - is that it is so modern. We thought the flagship store at Faubourg St Honore Paris was a contender for our favourite place on earth, [...]

Photo Courtesy of Paris Chérie
The French may mock the Brits for a willingness to stand in a queue, but hello! - you could spend an entire weekend break in Paris standing in line - and that’s without any intention of joining that snake outside the Louvre to view the Mona Lisa.

A classic hot chocolate and [...]

Photo Courtesy of Paris Chérie
It is said that fashion’s biggest magazine brands, Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, can only be in the same room when there is a fashion catwalk between them. Yet both sides sit happily at Le Square Trousseau, a gorgeous Parisian brasserie near Bastille where the food is as good as the Belle [...]

Photos by Iain R Webb
For glamourous glamping, what could be more perfect than a Glamorak from www.orangesnowstore.com? And what’s not to love about a website that features cats, the photography of Guy Bourdin and hand-made clothing embellished with sequin letters inspired by Jock Varsity jackets? Not so much one-offs, each piece is about a ten-off, [...]

Photo Courtesy of Paris Chérie
While the majority of air travellers tend to look rather ghastly in transit, you can stand out from the crowd in Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton’s pastel pale travel chic for spring, accessorized, of course by the smartest carry on handbags. At the Spring/Summer 2012 show, models travelled no further than [...]