The World’s largest Bentley showroom just opened in Dubai, and its called Bentley Emirates. The 75,000 square-feet large showroom features an advanced luminary façade, six floors of customer environment including a personal commissioning area, a roof garden, VIP suite and specialised water feature with numberplate recognition. The showroom has been developed by Al Habtoor Motors, the luxury brand’s exclusive retail partner in the United Arab Emirates. The striking new retailer design features one of the world’s most advanced luminary façades. Comprising 160,000 LED lights, the façade is able to display a full spectrum of colours, including all standard Bentley car colours and capable of streaming video as well as an unlimited range of graphics and luminary spectacles, including the projection of all of Bentley wood veneers. With three floors of display area, Bentley Emirates showcases the full range of Bentley cars from the brand’s four model lines – Continental, Flying Spur, Mulsanne and the new Bentayga.   A first for Bentley, the sixth floor offers a decorative roof garden, while there is also a VIP Majlis suite, featuring traditional Arabic patterns. An experience beyond that of a typical retail environment, the Bentley Emirates showroom features the world’s first Aqua Graphic Water Curtain, with numberplate recognition technology. This projects any type of graphic, from a logo, a car to a person’s name onto a water sculpture as well as being able to identify and welcome regular Bentley customers to the showroom.

Created by Chief Creative and Chief Executive Officer Christopher Bailey in collaboration with renowned perfumer Francis Kurkdjian, My Burberry Black fragrance is inspired by the sensual elements of black Burberry Heritage Trench Coat against bare skin, fusing the scent of sun-drenched jasmine flower and peach nectar with a touch of rose. This signature rose note at the heart of My Burberry is given a sweet and inviting candied twist, while rich amber patchouli rounds off the scent for a deep and captivating finish. The fragrance is housed in a rich, amber-coloured glass bottle, whose overall design reflects the details of the black Burberry Heritage Trench Coat. A dark horn-finish cap echoes its distinctive buttons and the hand-tied black English-woven gabardine knot – made in Castleford, Yorkshire – honours the weatherproof fabric invented by Thomas Burberry over 100 years ago. Customers will be able to personalise their My Burberry Black bottle with up to three initials through the monogramming service available in select Burberry stores. The campaign  features British actress Lily James shot by Mario Testino in her first campaign for Burberry.

After the steel model and the red gold limited series, Breitling has introduced this triple time zone chronograph, inspired by a watch from the 1950s-1960s, in an all-black new livery accentuating its original and timeless style. The steel case is coated with a high-resistance carbon-based treatment, and it features an ultra-hard and scratch-resistant ceramic bezel. The dark touch continues on the dial featuring tone-on-tone counters, as well as on the original rubber strap picking up the design of the steel mesh Aero Classic bracelets. The case is water-resistant to 100 m (330 ft) and its back bears a depiction of the stylized planes that were a longtime Breitling signature. The Chronoliner combines the two functions most useful to pilots and globetrotters: a chronograph to measure flight times and a triple time zone display to juggle with the time around the world. The second time zone in 24-hour mode (useful for distinguishing between day and night) is indicated by a red-tipped central hand, while the bidirectional rotating bezel with its star-shaped cut-out that facilitates handling, serves to read off a third time zone, also in 24-hour mode. Powered by a self-winding chronograph movement chronometer-certified by the COSC (Swiss Official Chronometer Testing Institute).

Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok has opened the Group’s first Spa Studio featuring world renowned beauty treatments that are available for the first time in Bangkok, as well as express services for people on the go. Located on the first floor of the newly refurbished Garden Wing, the Spa Studio is comprised of four spacious rooms. Along with specialist facial and podiatrist offerings, the studio also offers waxing and express foot, shoulder and head messages, The concept is ideal for guests who want to make the most of their time in one of the world’s most exciting cities, and for local residents on the go who frequent the hotel’s renowned outlets and venues for society weddings, business meetings or afternoon tea. The Spa Studio at Mandarin Oriental Bangkok is open daily from 10AM until 8PM. Appointments can be made at                         mobkk-spa@mohg.com. You can also go for the hotel’s luxurious 140th Anniversary Package, which is valid all year round.

Louis Vuitton has just launched a series of seven fragrances—a floral collectionfloral drawing from from classic blooms like patchouli and jasmine along with exotic flowers like Florentine Iris and narcissus. The fragrances  have been created by Jacques Cavallier Belletrud, a third-generation Grasse-born perfumer who has previously worked with Dior, Stella McCartney and Issey Miyake among others. Belletrud stated that he wanted to capture the beauty of “fresh flowers in a bottle.” Accordingly, Rose des Vents is comprised entirely of roses including centifolia, Bulgarian, and Turkish roses, Turbulences draws on the scent of tuberose and jasmine at dusk, Mille Feux features Chinese osmanthus and leather and so on. The fragrances are bottled in simple flacons that have no embellishment besides their own name and the Louis Vuitton brand name. Sealed with black stoppers, these bottles are refillable to ensure sustainability. The series will be available September 1 onwards at Louis Vuitton boutiques, and the perfumes will cost you $240 for a 100ml bottle, $350 for 200ml.

Lamborghini has taken the wraps off its latest and craziest creation- an open top version of the Aventador-based Centenario supercar. Built to honour founder Ferruccio Lamborghini, the car will be produced in a limited run of 20 units and has been priced at Rs 15.4 crore (2.3 million USD). It retains the same extreme design as its coupe sibling, minus the roof. Noticeable elements include the aggressive rear section, massive air ducts beside the door and what appear to be unique 20 inch wheels. This concept is also a preview of the design philosophy that we can expect on future Lamborghini models. Powering this futuristic beast is a 6.5-litre mid-rear mounted V12 producing 759bhp and close to 1000Nm of torque. You will only get it as an AT and with all-wheel drive as standard.

With 1,700 rooms all centered around a colorful floral theme and large-scale displays including a Ferris wheel decorated with 103,000 flowers by floral designer Preston Bailey, Wynn Palace has been the most  awaited addition to Asia’s Casino Capital Macau, and it’s all set to open—today.  Having seen many unexpected delays, the super luxury hotel is finally opening its doors to discerning guests, and are they being opened in style: the guests will be ferried across the eight-acre lake and into the resort by air-conditioned “SkyCabs”.  The Wynn Palace is also fitted with the largest spa in Macau that features an impressive menu, along with equally sumptuous beauty treatments that use crushed diamonds and gold-leaf! Wonder what else lies in store?

Yes, you read that right. New Orleans based antiques dealer M. S. Rau Antiques is offering a chess piece that actually costs $1.65 million. Yes, each piece of this set is created from 14 K gold and studded with precious stones, as you’d probably have guessed from the price tag, but that’s not the sole claim to fame. This fantasy chess set is an intricate, complex work of art depicting The Battle of Issus and each piece is created to resemble an actual figure from the historic fray between the League of Corinth and the Persian Army. Alexander the Great takes the place of the Greek king while the queen is represented by Athena. On the other side, there’s a figurine representing Darius III along with the winged Persian god of war. Created painstakingly across the length and breadth of 10 whole years, with 14000 man hours, this chess piece has each figure standing on a solid pink rhodonite (Greek side) or green malachite (Persian side) base that, when twisted, causes the figures to move! The ships oars row, archers ready their bows and horses shake their manes, even Alexander lowers his sword. So you have a real live battlefield right on your chess board! The chess board rests atop a custom made mahogany and leather-topped table, and comes with a pair of 19th-century leather upholstered chairs.  Bet you can’t wait to get your hands on it!

Priced at over Rs 4.3 crore (500,000 GBP), the latest convertible version of the Vanquish Zagato has been unveiled by Aston Martin, and only 99 units of the masterpiece will ever be produced. Motivation for this two-seat affair comes from a 5.9-litre naturally aspirated V8 that produces 592bhp and an equally crazy amount of torque, giving it a 0-100kmph time of 3.7 seconds! This is a low, long beast and has all the Aston Martin hallmarks like the grille, headlamps and, to keep things modern, tail lamps from the Vulcan supercar. The cabin gets a combination of carbon fibre and beige leather all around.