whiff With Nina Fantasy, Nina Ricci invites you in a sweet and delicate dream where fantasy meets reality. This new ‘girlie’ fragrance is a flanker to the 2006 version of Nina, and is meant to be a playful scent that captures the first days of spring. Encased in the adorable apple-shaped bottle, it has cute pink animated sketches of apples, flowers, butterflies, chicks and baby deer. The fruity floral fragrance opens with sparkling top notes of bergamot, mandarin and pear. At the heart lie alluring accords of cherry blossoms and roses, while the scent lingers with hints of brown sugar.
	venue Retreat into a haven of tranquillity at the Club Prana Spa, Hyatt Regency Mumbai. A must-experience is the latest addition to their spa menu – ‘Vinsunto’s’ that combines Vinotherapy with candle therapy. The treatment begins with a foot spa ritual, and proceeds to a sublime sensory journey of the senses focusing on the back, face, scalp and feet to re-balance the energy flow within the body. The vine extracts firm the skin, improve its elasticity, nourish and stimulate cell multiplication and help reduce cellulite.
	tip Take a salt water bath to re-energise yourself after a long tiring day. Mix a handful of sea salt and baking soda to a tub of warm water and soak your body until the water cools down. All the built-up fatigue starts seeping away, leaving behind a fresh you. Salt bath is also an instant mood elevator.
	pick Teint Miracle has introduced six new shades that will complement the Asian complexion. This miracle product by Lancôme is an illuminating foundation that lends the skin luminosity while giving a dewy finish. What you get is natural-looking beautiful skin! It is perfect for dry to combination skin types. Oily skinned beauties can try the new Teint Idole Ultra 24H that also lends radiance but with a matte finish.
	flashback Rice water has been used by the Asian culture for centuries as an anti-aging skin formula that protects from the harmful rays of the sun. In earlier times, Indonesian field workers would apply the cloudy rice water to their skin, while working all day in the hot sun, and yet their skin would remain smooth and supple. Similarly in Korea too, women would use the starchy rice to wash their faces. It was believed that washing the face with milky water from soaked white rice lightens as well as softens the complexion.

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