Joelle Lifestyle - The World at Home

Like old souvenir postcards, the latest fragrances get their inspiration from the Italian landscape among Cedars and Magnolias. The landscape of the peninsula is the latest discovery of creative noses. Past the cliched 50’s vintage stereo postcards (with the Bay of Naples and Mount Vesuvius in the background) there is an Italy of hidden corners and unknown gardens.

I am staying in a beautiful rooftop over the sea on the hills of Posillipo .The word comes from the Greek Pausilypon meaning ‘ Pause from pain’ ,it is the city’s oldest neighborhood . I am surrounded by a lively countryside of green trees , stunning views of the Sorrento peninsula and a majestic Mount Vesuvius at eye sight.

Lately one should be careful with the sun. Unfortunately, due to the thinning of the Earth’s ozone layer its rays can be stronger and more dangerous on some days causing irreplaceable damages to our skins. Having lived in Brazil for so many years I have become addicted to a great suntan but more the ever I am aware about skin aging and I know for a fact that I should be prepared before exposing it long hours under the Mediterranean sun—my favorite by the way.

The place where editorial stylist Mordechai Alvow, founder of Yaork Hair Care, a budding botanically-based line of restorative hair care is waiting for me, is just a surprise!

On a Madison rooftop at the 6 floor the Pashah salon has a large terrace filled with beautiful Hortensia and Geranium plants. He’s smiling at my astonishment in front of the suspended Shangri La.

At Bochic, they are not afraid to dare, reuse, recycle, reinvent, reconstruct, or recreate. Like in Bohemia, it is all about the atmosphere, a way of life, a mental state of mind. Just like poets, painters, absinthe drinkers, or dandies, their work is timeless in movement where ethnicity and classical elegance blend in with natural nonchalance.

I heard about a girl, who lived 250 years ago, and before leaving her house to get married, wrote a letter of her good fortune in love. Her letter apparently was found during renovations to the house she lived in. I must find that place before I leave Marrakech.

My friend, Adriana, decided to host a dinner in my honor. She invited her friends and inaugurated the beautiful dining room at her Riad Nour. Among Adriana’s guests, a top haute couture designer Zineb Joundy, from Casablanca, former Comissaire de la Mode in France for Les ‘Temps du Maroc’.

To outwit the merchants in the Medina’s famous souks, you’ll need a good sense of direction and razor-sharp bargaining powers! I went everywhere during these ten days and I have organized for you a small menu of my personal shopping delights.