Small mug set

Monocle

The Monocle Travel Guide, Milan

$20

Few things will be handed to you on a plate in Milan - except, perhaps, a generous portion of rich and creamy risotto con ossobuco. The Lombard capital has an enviable wealth of restaurants, shops and galleries but the best are often hard to find.

Monocle tree ornaments

$170

Sussex studio The Arboretum and MONOCLE have sprouted a forest of lovable tree ornaments. Each of the five timber tokens - including a hedge, festive pine and nut tree - in hand-turned on a lathe in Sussex, resulting in individual peculiarities, and is finished with a contrasting brass trunk.

Comme des Garçons

Scent Two: Laurel

$120

Monocle

The Monocle Travel Guide, Kyoto

$20

Kyoto may be full of hushed streets steeped in tradition and hidden institutions run by kimono-clad custodians but don't be fooled: there's more to this captivating city than timeworn teahouses and graceful geiko.