Luxury – Page 3 – Shoba Narayan

Shangrila Paris

By: Shoba Narayan May 12, 2014September 21, 2017

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Remembering a lovely meal at the Shangrila Paris.

Male Perfume

By: Shoba Narayan March 18, 2014September 21, 2017

Fashion, LuxuryArquiste, Ben Gorham, By Kilian, Byredo, Carlos Huber, David Frossard, Francis Kurkdjian, kilian hennessyLeave a Comment

I thought male perfume was a bit of musk, wood, leather, and all those usual suspect-ingredients. Who would have thought about oudh, orange blossom and the like? These new male perfumers are changing the paradigm. I pitched the story to my editor, Ted, based on Byredo. The perfumer is half-Indian which is how I heard…

Perfume

By: Shoba Narayan February 23, 2014September 21, 2017

Luxurybukhoor, Colette Paris, essential oils, Fragrance, frankincense, incense, India, Jesus Christ, Muscat, muttrah souq, Oman, Perfume, Philippe di Meo, resins, scented smoke4 Comments

Don’t understand Mint’s headline for this piece. What does will o wisps mean? Maybe from a poem. But I find this notion of ancient humans communing with the heavens through wisps of smoke very touching. Scents are fascinating. Fragrance, will-o’-the-wisps and prayer How do you scent your home? Do you use oriental lilies and tuberose?…

Mahmoud Darwish

By: Shoba Narayan December 22, 2013September 22, 2017

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Whose writing I adore. A niche brand of perfume called Carlos Huber makes a scent based on a boutonniere Delhi’s fetid desire, Mumbai’s petrol fumes Can you smell the ‘garam masala’ and greed in Delhi? Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint The best writing on scent comes from the late Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, who writes, not about…

Coming of Age

By: Shoba Narayan November 1, 2013November 1, 2013

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My colleague, Shefalee Vasudev, who has a wonderful sense of Indian fashion, wrote this piece in which she included me. Shefalee knows Indian fashion well. Her aesthetic veers towards handmade, handwoven, quirky and local. I like the photos they have included with the piece as well. I have another friend, Shruthi, who is a curator…

The Gifting season

What a treat to write this piece! Wish there was room to put some more photos in the paper. So included some below. This is the first LV bag that I love, love, love. I saw those Michelle Williams ads that are all over the place and thought, “I want that.” If it didn’t cost…

Vintage cars

Have to write another article on inheriting collections. Don’t think I gave a satisfactory answer to this very interesting question: are you doing your kids a favor by passing on your collection to them? Driven by a passion for possession Can you love a collection that you inherit, particularly one that is not easy to…

Sari Warrior

By: Shoba Narayan August 28, 2013September 25, 2017

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A piece on my favorite subject. The National Conversation The sari is neatly woven into my country’s social fabric Shoba Narayan Aug 28, 2013 Different people have differing relationships with their country’s traditional clothes. The Japanese, for instance, have eschewed the kimono and adapted western attire. So too the Chinese. In Arab nations, women still…

Goyard, Rimowa and Tumi

I finally got it right: connecting the global with the local. One of the few pieces I am happy with even after publication. Usually I go back and say– nah, wish I had said this instead of this; or wish I had said this better. Goyard, Rimowa, Tumi: defined by your trunk About giant tiffin-carriers,…

Jimmy Choos

Today morning, the first thing I did was to go out, pick up all the newspapers and hide Mint Lounge. My parents are temporarily staying with me and I didn’t want my father to read my column today mainly because of the use of the swear word– “Fuck me shoes.” I lead many lives– some…