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TurnINTO yourA home HOTEL Miss checking in to your favourite hotels around the world? Here’s how you can add a little resort luxury to your boudoir.
Light luxe candles
Avid travellers will no doubt have a stash of fragrant candles collected from their global roamings. Perhaps one from St. Regis hotels around the world: the brand’s signature scent is redolent with notes of apple, cherry blossom, champagne and white lily (it’s also available as a room spray). Or The Dorchester in London’s luxe fig-and-cassis-scented candles. Light your favourites around the house and dream of drifting off to foreign shores.
Make your bed like a pro
London’s luxe Brown’s Hotel (a Rocco Forte member) has released tips on how to make your bed like a pro. The group’s interior designer, Olga Polizzi, recommends you: • Have four pillows on your bed (possibly a combination of down, feathers and non-allergenic). • Choose an opulent 400-thread count bed linen in 100 per cent white cotton. This combination is soft and long lasting and can be used all year round. • Opt for a natural goose-feather Don a robe or goose-down duvet at 10 tog, There is nothing quite like slipping which is suitable for all seasons. into a soft and cosy bathrobe in For a warmer night, a 100 your hotel room after a long day of per cent pure cotton blanket travel. Remind yourself what that makes a good alternative. plush, velvety cotton feels like on • Ensure the bedspread is placed your skin while at home. Try the in such a way as to cover the gap Ritz-Carlton’s Diamond Waffle Robe, between the mattress and the bed replete with a silky terry velour lining. base, with the top third folded You’ll want to wear if from breakfast back on itself. through to bedtime.
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