Your Personalized Wedding Perfume

by admin on May 14, 2012

Your olfactory sense can be the strongest sense of all. How often has a smell brought back memories of your childhood? The last time you smelled that particular aroma may have been 20 years ago, but it still brings back the experience as if it were yesterday.

Why not make the most of this wondrous sense and captivate your wedding day forever in a bottle? Profumi e Saponi lets you do just that. You can find the perfect combination of essences to create your personalized Wedding perfume. So whenever you wish you can once again experience that magical day.

What is Improv cuisine (or Canovaccio cuisine, if you will) and how does it work? Chef Massimiliano Mariotta of the Restaurant “Tartufo” above Locarno has created a unique concept, which takes advantage of ingredients grown locally and while they are in season.

So how does it work? Each guest is invited into the kitchen where in collaboration with Chef Mariotta, a unique menu is created using his stocks du jour (freshly made chicken, veal, fish and vegetable stocks), pestos du jour, sorbets du jour and exceptional local, seasonal and organic ingredients. Pastas are made fresh daily and cut to order. While some simply ask the Chef to “use his imagination,” others have specific ingredients and combinations of tastes in mind. All dishes including the irresistible desserts are created extemporaneously from exceptional local and organic ingredients.

Their website can be accessed here.

Morcote

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YOU ARE

March 27, 2012

By Anna of Green Gables.

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Swiss Diamond Hotel / Olivella

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A luxury hotel, located in the beautiful village of Morcote, and right on the Lake of Lugano, the Swiss Diamond Hotel boasts some of the most elegant settings in the region. The Swiss Diamond Hotel has marble interiors, a wellness center, an outdoor pool, and several dining areas, both indoors and outdoors, all with a [...]

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Bosco Gurin

March 7, 2012

Bosco Gurin, the German speaking “enclave” in Switzerland. Actually home to the Walser dialect of German, and nestled deep in Valle Maggia. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ticinowedding/sets/72157622409882976/

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