Tanisha Angel, Author at Albert Review

This Historic Sandstone Cottage An Hour From Sydney Is The Ideal Winter Bolthole

Tanisha Angel — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:58:53 +0000

An escape. As any consummate urbanite knows, the key to successful city living is to always have one — particularly come winter. Traditionally, the default prescription was to abandon ship altogether, fleeing overseas in pursuit of higher temperatures and reduced responsibilities. However, a subtle shift in perspective shines the light on the myriad winter escapes that don’t necessitate a shore change. One such bolthole making a case for leaning into an Australian winter is Simpson Cottage, a 150-year-old sandstone cottage […]

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Amouage Love Hibiscus Distills The Essence Of Perfumery’s Most Mysterious Flower

Tanisha Angel — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:08:42 +0000

How do you capture a scent that doesn’t exist? Such was the creative conundrum surrounding the development of Love Hibiscus, the latest addition to Amouage’s Secret Garden collection. The Omani niche fragrance house conceived the Secret Garden collection a decade ago, exploring notions of contemporary femininity through olfactory pairings of floral and gourmand notes. For its latest outing, Renaud Salmon, chief creative officer at Amouage, drew upon both a contemporary and a core memory. The first being the hibiscus flowers […]

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Four Seasons Tented Camp; Reverence For Creatures Great & Small

Tanisha Angel — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 06:05:36 +0000

Brucie didn’t have long to live. He flipped and floundered, gasping for water as we watched helplessly from the sidelines. Clutching insufficiently long sticks, we attempted to reach across the aquatic shrubs and flip the surprisingly dense lilypad he was struggling atop over, but our efforts proved ineffectual. Surrounded by air he could not breathe, we steeled ourselves against the inevitable and prepared to watch Brucie die, hoping his end would be mercifully quick. As we contemplated a last ditch […]

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The Best High Jewellery Brands Produce Wearable Works Of Art

Tanisha Angel — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:37:01 +0000

High jewellery, or haute joaillerie, is truly something to behold. Akin to the haute couture of the jewellery world, high jewellery caters to discerning, well-heeled clientele wishing to distinguish themselves from the masses. Utilising precious metals, diamonds, and precious and semi-precious coloured gemstones, high jewellery brands differentiate themselves through its impeccable craftsmanship, with master craftspeople employing intricate techniques such as plique-à-jour and grisaille enameling, gem setting, marquetry, and guilloché. Fine jewellery vs high jewellery Fine jewellery can be compared to […]

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Swatch & Audemars Piguet Liberate The Royal Oak From The Wrist

Tanisha Angel — Wed, 13 May 2026 21:16:43 +0000

After a week of setting speculation in the watch world—and beyond—aligt and spurring denizens to send AI generators into overdrive attempting to come up with their own imagery of a plastic-clad Royal Oak, Swatch and Audemars Piguet have unveiled their collaboration, the Royal Pop. And no, it’s not a wristwatch. Circumventing the complete dilution of the Audemars Piguet DNA, the brand has adroitly steered away from creating a plastic Royal Oak knock-off wristwatch (early CasiOak adopters can breathe a sigh […]

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17 Sneakers That Are More At Home Paired With A Suit Than On The Field

Tanisha Angel — Tue, 12 May 2026 12:36:11 +0000

The once opposing categories of dress shoes and sneakers have united, resulting in the rise of the elegant sneaker. Steering away from the sporty provenance of sneakers, luxury designers and fashion houses are applying their elevated design codes to the inherently comfortable shoes, resulting in sneakers that can take the place of oxfords, loafers, or derbies and don’t look out of place paired with a suit. How to wear sneakers with a suit Wearing sneakers with a suit has gradually […]

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AR Beauty Beat, April 2026: Best Beauty & Grooming Releases

Tanisha Angel — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:06:06 +0000

The weather might be cooling down in the southern hemisphere, but the beauty industry is just heating up. Naturally, we’re back with the April 2026 edition of AR Beauty Beat. From new fragrances to the return of a formerly defunct brand, we’ve selected the beauty and skincare worthy of your time in April 2026. 1. Aesop Solais Replenishing Hand Serum 2. Deciem relaunches The Chemistry Brand 3. Torriden Dive In Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Serum 4. Violette_FR Plume Eyeshadow 5. […]

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Drams Down Under; The Best Australian Whisky Brands

Tanisha Angel — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 02:34:22 +0000

The Australian whisky industry is all grown up. While whisky production in Australia dates back to 1820, the landscape is vastly different two centuries on — for starters, when Australia first started producing whisky, Tasmania was still called Van Diemen’s Land. The Australian whisky industry has experienced several incarnations (and a fair few disruptions), however the state of the industry as we know it today starts just over three decades ago, with the opening of Lark Distillery in 1992 which […]

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Don’t Be A Fragrance Monogamist; Here’s Why You Should Create A Fragrance Wardrobe

Tanisha Angel — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:53:34 +0000

For decades, scent purists and celebrities alike have touted having a signature scent as an inimitably chic move. Yet therein lies the trouble. A signature represents one’s mark on the world and thus needs to be unique to you; unless you’re running a fragrance lab in your garage and have managed to concoct your own scent, there’s a good chance there are thousands of people who also start the day by spritzing your ‘signature’ scent onto their necks and wrists. […]

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Wine Files: A Cheat Sheet For The Must-Know Wine Regions In France

Tanisha Angel — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:24:31 +0000

It’s impossible to have a discussion about wine without mentioning France. While new world producers like Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and Argentina have grown into formidable wine regions in their own right and there’s an emerging interest in lesser explored old world producers like Armenia, Hungary, Lebanon, Cyprus, and Georgia—the birthplace of wine—France continues to be a reference point for oenophiles and the wine industry at large. Grape varietals such as cabernet sauvignon, chardonnay, and pinot noir are […]

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