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The Discomfort of Discovery: A Diary of an Exploration of Scent, Part One.

What happens when you stop reaching for the perfume you know and let fate take the wheel? For 30 days, Co-Editor Naomi Lake wears a different unknown fragrance each day, exploring scent, memory, identity and emotion. From Creed and Miller Harris to Ffern and Thameen, discover part one of her olfactory experiment.

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Pelegrims Review: British Vinotherapy Treatments in England's Wine Region.

What happens when a beauty treatment feels more like being temporarily removed from real life? We visit Pelegrims’ Canterbury flagship to experience Winemakers Rest, a 90-minute ritual of therapeutic massage, fragrance, breathwork and vinotherapy designed to make taking pause feel positively transcendent.

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Best Summer Fragrances for Men 2026: 7 Heatwave-Proof Scents

Surviving higher-than-high summer in style requires a sharp strategy. The best men's fragrances for hot weather don't just attempt to cool you down, but rather thrive in the humidity. Here are the seven heatwave-proof men’s perfumes that earn their place in your summer rotation.

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Pelegrims: The English Wine-Inspired Skincare Brand Everyone Should Know

As English Wine Week arrives, Pelegrims continues to champion the synergy between English viticulture and skincare innovation. Since it’s launch in 2021, the Kent-based brand transforms vineyard by-products into polyphenol-rich skincare, through small-batch production and a hyper-local supply chain.

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Czech & Speake No.88 Review: The Fragrance Loved by Ozzy Osbourne

When it comes to the true scent of Rock and Roll, an accoutrement to Ozzy Osbourne’s armoire, known only to his inner circle, was found on Jermyn Street, London, in the late 1980’s. Now, with the honoured Czech & Speake No. 88 Prince of Darkness limited-edition fragrance, this esoteric detail of music history is celebrated.

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The 10 Best Saunas in London (2026): Cold Plunges, Finnish Saunas & Wellness Clubs

A few years ago, the idea of spending an evening moving between breathwork, sauna and ice baths with a room full of strangers might have felt unlikely at best. London in 2026 is proving that saunas are no longer the preserve of wellness hotels and spas, but very much a part of everyday city living. Here’s the best of the bunch.

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Best Sheet Masks for Dry Winter Skin: Our Top Hydrating Picks

It’s time to rework skincare and up the ante when soothing wind-burned, frost-nibbled and dehydrated skin. More than just a self-care moment, these sheet masks contain high concentrations of reparative ingredients and intense hydration — perfect for beauty rituals through the colder season.

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Banya No.1 Hoxton Review: Russian Baths, Ice Plunges and Steam Rooms

After having spent a glorious afternoon in the warm embrace of Banya No. 1 in Hoxton –  London’s first (and best) Russian bathhouse and spa – I’m a thorough convert to its vigorous and intense interpretation of relaxation and wellness, and I’m already planning my return. 

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The Rise (Again) Of Indie Sleaze

As an elder millennial, I vividly remember the heavy-handed smudged eyeliner, the back-combed hair, the heavy fringes. As with many trends, it appears the time has come for my adolescence to have become nostalgic zeitgeist de jour.

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Ffern Review: The Seasonal British Fragrance Brand Explained

Ffern began as a quiet mutiny against the mass-produced and the manufactured. Conceived in the Somerset hills and mirroring the shiftings of each season, the brand set out to revive an era when scent was not static, but cyclical, evolving with time and the land around them.

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Introducing La Prairie Hydro Emulsion

Switzerland has always been associated with a refined approach to craftsmanship. La Prairie, with its bold and audacious approach to beauty and rejuvenation, has ensured that the country is also now synonymous with excellence in skincare, too.

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DripDash Review: London's Mobile IV Therapy and Wellness Service

Every now and then, you come across a business which begs the question: why has nobody thought of this before? Frankly, it’s the kind of question that suggests the business idea is a very good one… and Dripdash is, without doubt, a very good business idea indeed.

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