Feeling a bit like Marie Antoinette lately? About to lose your head? Relax instead and light your home like Versailles with a candle from Cire Trudon. Founded in 1643, Cire Trudon served as the Royal wax manufacturer for the Queen … Read More
Someone we know hasn’t taken these headphones off his head for over a month. Well, okay, maybe two months. Make that two years. Not since the Christmas he received them. That’s saying something about this collaborative effort from two pioneers … Read More
All through childhood, oranges awaited us at the bottom of our Christmas stockings. Every year, a ripe orange, its bittersweet smell emanating from the red felt fabric. No Christmas was complete without the smell of a fresh orange. For more … Read More
One winter, due to the abrupt loss of a godparent and the subsequent discovery of a gift from a well-known oenophile, we sat in the library of my godfather and drank from a bottle of 1906 Chateau Margaux. It was … Read More
Everyone loves a love story – or, as the French say, “une histoire d’amour.” From the first chance encounter to the mishaps and mistakes and the distances bridged and the obstacles overcome, we hold our collective breath hoping for a … Read More
The truth is, the biggest nightmare of frequent travelers and road warriors isn’t inclement weather or a cancelled flight. Nope, it’s a dead battery and a briefcase of uncharged tech toys – and not a charger or outlet in sight. … Read More
For lovers of the English countryside and its depictions in literature and art, Union‘s collection of fine fragrances is a paean to the indigenous flora of the United Kingdom. A smoky rose fragrance charged with sulfur and coal, Union‘s Gunpowder … Read More
“Nantucket! Take out your map and look at it. See what a real corner of the world it occupies,” wrote Herman Melville in Moby-Dick about the island that the Native Americans called “faraway land.” Thirty miles off Cape Cod, Nantucket … Read More
