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L’Art de la table Française - ‘Les grandes tables de Paris’ by Gilles Pudlowski

It feels like ages since my last time having a delightful meal properly in a fine restaurant, especially after all the rough patches in t...

Oriental modernity – ‘André Fu: Crossing cultures with design’ by Catherine Shaw

Dear readers, being away from writing this blog for quite some time, it makes me feel a bit guilty and questioning about my passion on co...

Style legacy – ‘Ralph Lauren: In His Own Fashion’ by Alan Flusser

Dear readers, by the time I was writing this blog, it was a black Friday (not the post-Thanksgiving shopping spree, but literally a 13th ...

A splendid drink by the Crawley’s - ‘Downton Abbey Cocktail Book’, foreword by Julian Fellowes

Dear readers, I just wondered anyone of you are here is a fan of the hit TV series ‘Downton Abbey’? Which I guess, the latest movie vers...

Peaceful residences to remember – Axel Vervoordt ‘Portraits of Interiors’

Dear readers, not sure if it’s just the timing that is closer to Christmas, or simply a coincident, there are so many beautiful books rel...

Sophisticated capture (through lens) - “A Wandering Eye – Travels with my phone” by Miguel Flores-Vi

Without any doubt, snapping photos with our cellphone has become one of our habit nowadays, adding countless of advanced apps available o...

Bible of fragrance – “Perfume Legends II” year 2019 edition by Michael Edwards, Fragrance Expert, Au

One of the most prominent fragrance expo, Pitti Fragranze, is just completed about weeks ago in Florence, but that doesn’t mean our passi...

An olfactory conversation with Neil Chapman, Author of ‘Perfume – In search of your signature scent’

Dated back months ago when I was pushing myself super hard, to get some words out for my new fragrance (while simultaneously working on t...

Be a stylish globetrotter – ‘The Sartorial Travel Guide’ by Simon Crompton

Back in around seven years ago, I made myself a promise, is that I will offer myself a very special birthday present each year (even with...

Literary treasure in a fashionable Parisian neighborhood – Librairie Camille Sourget, Paris

Dear readers, despite the recent incident happened in Paris lately, there are still a lot of great things to discover in this city, espec...

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