There are loads of occasions to celebrate together and the most traditional way to delight guests is giving dragées. Les Cinq Amandes or “The 5 almonds” is what I’ve spotted recently and it has quickly captured my interest, why? Elegant packages and a huge selection of coloured sugared almonds and chocolate pralines, should I say more? The name chosen by the shop mother-daughter duo sounds particular, why just five almonds? Have you ever noticed how many almonds are inside a wedding dragées bag? Five, because five are the elements for a good marriage: happiness, health, wealth, longevity and fertility. That’s what “Les Cinq Amandes” wishes everyone. Giving dragées, as little…

Last time I went to the university and I did, as all diligent students, my duties, I’ve done some small purchases at Kiko in Naples. I took the chance to go there because there’s a relatively new Kiko shop in Corso Umberto, a main street I take every time I’m there and that tourists may know. It was one of those rare occasion I go into a shop with clear ideas about what to buy, indeed I wanted with all my strengths a Sugar Mat nail polish. I really don’t know why.   My haul is quite small, I’ve simply bought a packet of make-up remover wipes I was in…