The Grand Tour II

by Yvo van Regteren Altena
In my previous newsletter, I reported on the Grand Tour through Switzerland. This week I am again doing a small part of this tour in another regi...

Cuisine Reverie

by Yvo van Regteren Altena
Dear readerMany of you will have missed in recent months worldly delights such as concerts, shopping or the visit to restaurants. The nice thing a...

Travel issues

by Yvo van Regteren Altena
Last September I made a European road trip for various magazines.   For example, I visited the Champagne house Veuve Clicquot because in their ...

Double O Heaven

by Yvo van Regteren Altena
  In my opinion there is no film series like the James Bond cycle that impresses in terms of superior locations, understated style and perfect de...

A long year

by Yvo van Regteren Altena
As the end of the year approaches, it is a good time to reflect on the past months. The year has turned lives upside down and forced us to change...

No Snow, No Alps?

by Yvo van Regteren Altena
  Dear friends, Many had looked forward to a liberating week of skiing at the beginning of this year. I myself have long been eyeing my favorite ...

Valentine's Day

by Yvo van Regteren Altena
  Dear friends,For some, their own love is enough, as the ever-witty Oscar Wilde once said: ‘To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong ro...

Oger And YVRA

by Yvo van Regteren Altena
Dear friends, Oger and YVRA can both look back on a long history. Our collaborations go back as far as the early 1990s. In the field of Italia...

Perfumes And The Movies

by Yvo van Regteren Altena
    Dear friends, In some cases, fragrances can turn into miracles… Take the 1974 film Profuma di Donna by Italian director Dino Risi. A suicida...

A Perfumer's Nightmare

by Yvo van Regteren Altena

From Grand Tour To Terschelling

by Yvo van Regteren Altena
In my previous posts, I wrote about my Grand Tour through Switzerland. My last leg passed Gstaad, where I stayed in the historic Palace Hotel. ...

Perfume Origins

by Yvo van Regteren Altena
  Grasse is widely known to be the capital of the commercial perfumery, but few know why. Initially, Grasse was the centre of the French leathe...