Arquiste Mexican Baroque at WORLD Beauty—Evoking the luscious scent of Mexican hot chocolate, as it’s been brewed by convent nuns since the 17th century, this candle is carefully designed to release aromas of cocoa absolute, Mexican vanilla and smoked chillies, underpinned by cedarwood and red clay. WORLD | Illustration by Sarah Larnach
Doug nailed the proposal! He arranged for us to meet at Piha beach after work, the place where we first hung out two and a half years ago, and he had set up a picnic. Sitting there was a piece of plywood that he had spray-painted a giant engagement ring onto. He passed me a … Read more
We love bluegrass music, spending time at our family cottage, camping and road trips. Jeff works as an engineer and plays mandolin in a bluegrass band on the side. I work as a product manager at a startup, building websites for small businesses.
Jasper wears Crane Brothers Palermi suit and Sonata shirt with shoes by Barkers. Sandra wears Grace Loves Lace Soho gown and shoes by Chaos & Harmony. right—Jasper wears Barkers jacket, trousers, white shirt, tie and pocket square. Mulo shoes from Crane Brothers. Sandra wears Harman & Grubisa dress, Zoe & Morgan Lucinda earrings, Chaos & … Read more
Nature-driven design allows natural textures and tones to take the lead. This earthy table setting is minimalistic, organic yet utterly modern and would suit the urban-bohemian bride or rural couples with the urge to forage flora from their surrounds.
Cire Trudon L’Admirable at WORLD Beauty—A tribute to the Empress Eugenie and to her beautiful ladies in waiting by one of the oldest candle manufacturers in France, L’Admirable blends bitter orange, lemon and lime notes with fresh florals like lily of the valley and ylang ylang. WORLD | Illustration by Sarah Larnach
We live in Melbourne where Christian has two restaurants, ‘Embla’ and ‘The Town Mouse’. I work as an illustrator and have an illustration agency called ‘Use New Art’ (see following artist profile in this issue). Our working lives don’t overlap that much and so when we spend time together it feels really special. We seem … Read more
Amouage Myths Woman at WORLD Beauty—In a striking fuchsia and violet ombre flask, this rich new scent by Amouage is a return to the Omani perfume house’s origins, using heady Middle Eastern ingredients like galbanum, a bitter resin, as well as violet, ambergris and patchouli to create something truly unusual. WORLD | Illustration by Sarah Larnach
Matt happens to be my brother’s best friend, who moved into my old family home with my brother after I vacated in early 2012. We used to spend time together hanging out at family dinners and gatherings. After ten months or so we started training together for a running event. This soon turned into dinner … Read more
I’m originally from Slovenia and Nico is from New Zealand but we both love big cities and central London has been home for us for many years now. We’re very different, but together we make sense. We have different tastes in music and we always argue about movie selections, but we have never had a … Read more
I recently took a trip north of Auckland to a protea farm ran by a local pharmacist. The farm itself was chaotic and a little run down but the variety of proteas made up for it…..
Stanley and I are quite different which can be challenging; he is logical and detailed, whereas my mind is filled with crazy ideas and I am always looking for a shortcut because I am so lazy. We don’t always work well together but we try and learn from our differences and influence each other in … Read more
