My Modern Darcy

Dear readers, as the Valentine’s day is just around the corner, have you think of anything special to celebrate with your beloved and significant other? Besides the traditional red roses and chocolate, I believe something that is handmade, artisanal, or something that can record a romantic moments that spent together, such gift will literally speak much more than the ordinary clichés; when I thought of recording a romantic moment, one of the best object that comes to my head

Dear readers, during one of a fragrance appreciation event, someone has said to me “if you have a good nose in perfume, you are probably good in appreciating wine and champagne.”, this statement might probably be true, as the fact that both perfume and champagne enthusiast like myself, I do think that our nose can only be trained skillfully by experiencing different sensational fragrant and taste, as the result, the more you experience some unique and beautiful fragrant, the

Dear readers, in the world of champagne, Chardonnay usually dominates the juice composition as the main ingredient of a French champagne, while both Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, usually take a back seat as the complementing ingredients; although I am not a 100% champagne sommelier, being in Champagne region a couple of times during my Paris visit, and attended multiple champagne tasting events made me kind of curious to discover and further understand the character and perfo

Dear readers, since we were in the topic of champagne, I’d like to keep this momentum going, the champagne momentum I mean. During the Champagne Festival last month, I was completely thrilled by its comeback! As a discerning champagne connoisseur, this event enables you to experience different kinds of outstanding champagne, in particular those are not mainstream but exceptional in terms of their quality, and, the heritage of the champagne house itself, chief among them, Ch