All beautiful things have a story to tell.

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A sensory journey through “Dolce Vita” with Tonatto & The Excelsior in Rome

The Westin Excelsior Hotel, living witness of the sweet “Dolce Vita” of Via Veneto and the Turin-based maison of timeless perfumes Tonatto, created a sublime olfactory gallery that retraces a century of iconic cinema and makes it a whole new experience by making us 'feel' the smell of those scenes in the iconic lobby of the Roman Hotel!

This opening event was a true homage to the past grandeur, inviting guests to indulge in the sights, scents, tastes, and sounds of a bygone era we are all nostalgic about, ensuring that the spirit of the “Dolce Vita” lives on within the walls of the Excelsior Hotel.

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One spring day with the FAI touring Villa Wolkonsky, the residence of the UK ambassador in Rome.

Villa Wolkonsky is one of the many secret oases dotting Rome; a precious, hidden, treasure chest, usually inaccessible and unknown, which I had the privilege of accessing thanks to the FAI (Italian Environment Fund) during the “FAI spring days”.

Villa Wolkonsky is not only a place of incredible historical and architectural value, with its enchanted park full of treasures; for somebody, it is home..

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Diary from a Roman slow-lifestyle pop-up in company of Serena de Fiore and Anna B.

On a January afternoon kissed by a warm winter sun, I walked along the Villa Ada boundary wall until the beautiful Parioli neighborhood, where I reached Serena de Fiore's slow fashion atelier.
Between a pastry and a chat, the friends and entrepreneurs Serena de Fiore and Anna B. introduced us about their lines; two different but complementary fields, fashion and skincare, yet linked, both by the inescapable personal history of two cultured and refined businesswomen and, above all, by the hand-crafted nature and meticulous research.

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A day in Rome with the FAI, living the dream of a farsighted Princess of our past.

Princess Blanceflor Boncompagni Ludovisi was one of the many female figures of the past who has enabled us today to add a piece to our cultural development as a society; it was she who donated her home to the State to be maintained and used 'exclusively for artistic and cultural purposes of public utility'.

Thanks to FAI (Italian Environment Fund), the doors of the Museum B. Ludovisi were opened for a “FAI Family Day”, where even young guests were introduced to this beautiful piece of their heritage, with an extra-ordinary twist on Italian haute-couture.

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