And here is the article on perfumery store Wheadon which I wrote for Mintel’s BPC back in January – enjoy but please respect the copyright!! Wheadon article
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I finally ordered @starbucks China's famed Icy Dumplings! Such a very pretty-looking dessert 😍. I'd seen this on the menu board on various Starbucks stores in Shanghai on each previous visit but had never gotten around to actually ordering it. But today (last day in Shanghai and all that) I did! I had imagined the dumplings to be frozen fruit ice cream triangles but they are jelly dumplings with different mochi-type fillings that shimmer through the clear jelly layer: (from 12 o'clock) Cranberry Yoghurt, Teavana Peach Flavour, Matcha Sea Salt Cheese, Cold Brew and in the middle, Piña Colada. The price point of this dessert is definitely in the premium category (one set of ten dumplings costs as much as nine medium-sized iced americanos), so I probably wouldn't order them again, but they do taste delicious. I like the fact that Starbucks offers such an enchatingly regional dessert - as far as I'm aware the dumplings are only available in Starbucks stores in mainland China, not in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan or Korea. In fact, I continue to be impressed by how well the East Asian Starbucks divisions/subsidiaries/franchises (or whatever the Starbucks business model looks like) adapt their food and beverage options to their regional markets. The European Starbuckses all look the same, more or less (similar foods, drinks and merchandise) but when you look at Starbucks Japan, Starbucks China or Starbucks Korea - each of these chains offers an entirely different range of coffee and tea beverages, sweets, foods and cakes/desserts, tailored to the local preferences. Like Starbucks Japan with its seasonal beverages, for example, (sakura/cherry blossom-themed drinks in spring or autumn leaves/Halloween-inspired coffee/hot chocolate beverages in October/November). Or Starbucks China with the Icy Dumplings! And before you ask: yes, I do spend a lot of time in Starbucks when I'm trade show traveling in Asia (I like to go there to work) 😀. #starbuckschina #dessert #icydumplings #onlyinchinaAt Tipsy/Sober Bar, Shanghai: Tipsy doesn't like you to take photos so I took a pic of the napkin instead 😍. Bartender's creation (no menu in this bar): a riff on a martini - Japanese gin infused with gyokuro green tea, Japanese rice vinegar and @the_japanese_bitters shiso and yuzu bitters. Delicious; loved the shiso note! Served in vintage glassware (my goblet was more than a century old; this kind of antique glass sings in the most beautiful soprano voice when you tap it with your finger nails 😍😍). Thank you @kazuhisarai! #tipsybar #soberbar #mixology #craftcocktails #shanghaibars @soberspeaker @sober_company #drinkstagram #shanghaiAt Sober Café, Shanghai (we want to get access to the #sobertipsybar and you need a special chip from each of the bars in Sober Café/Bar/Restaurant!): Jasmine Swizzle - jasmine-infused rum, lemon-sugar syrup, soda. Garnish: A sprig of dried jasmine flowers. Refreshing and floral. After we've had this drink we're allowed entry to the holiest of holies, the #tipsybar 🤩. #sobercafe #shanghaibars #mixology @sober_company @soberspeaker #craftcocktails #drinkstagram #shanghai #SSG #sobergroupAt Sober Bar, Shanghai: Ox (from the bar's Star Sign menu): a mezcal-based negroni aged in an actual leather bag (!). The leathery notes on the palate are indescribably awesome 😍. Served on a square ice cube embossed with the picture of an ox (which unfortunately isn't quite visible in the picture). #shanghaibars #soberbar @sober_company @soberspeaker #mixology #craftcocktails #drinkstagram #shanghai #SSG #sobergroupAt Sober Bar, Shanghai: Matatlán - mezcal, tequila, sweet vermouth, Amaro and bitters. Smoked with cinnamon and cloves. Served with a dish of Taiwan-style bamboo charcoal-coated peanuts. Lightly smoky with a soft sweetness and herbal notes on the palate. So nice to be back at this amazing bar! #shanghaibars #soberbar @soberspeaker #mixology @sober_company #craftcocktails #drinkstagram #shanghai #SSG #sobergroupAt Sober Kitchen, Shanghai: Osmanthus Wheat Ale from Taste Room, a craft beer brewery from Hangzhou. Delicious food and good company 🤩 @tasteroom_brewery @soberspeaker #soberbar #soberkitchen #shanghai #SSG #sobergroupLunch with @icecook at Eat Dumplings near #Mintel's new Shanghai office. Delicious. #shanghaiThis is @sephora China's Skin 'n Seed skin and body care collection. The range was designed by French branding agency @centdegreschina and is currently only available in Sephora's mainland China stores (although there's a chance that the brand might be rolled out internationally at some point. I've also seen the products listed in several of Sephora's Asian online stores). The line-up offers four ranges - Lemon Seeds, Cucumber Seeds, Grape Seeds and Camellia Seeds and as you'd expect from a Centdégres-designed brand, the packaging is stunning 🤩. #sephorachina #retail #chinesebrand #chinaretail #shanghai #trendhuntingAt China Beauty Expo 2019: Finally a chance to test plasma skin care device @plabeau! I'd first seen Plabeau in a @mimingmart store in Hong Kong last year (Miming Mart is #plabeau's official distributor for HK) but the devices were in sealed boxes so you couldn't actually try them out. But here Plabeau (and its manufacturer Plabio) were at #chinabeautyexpo2019 and I asked the brand's global sales director a ton of questions. I also got to try out the device on my hand: Plabeau used plasma technology (I scribbled some hasty notes earlier but can't read my own hand writing at the moment; I'll be more detailed in my CBE 2019 blog review, promise!) in the form of ionised gas to sterilise/disinfect the skin, killing bacteria on the skin's surface - apparently it's a popular medical technology to treat atopic and dermatitis-afflicted skin. The ionised plasma energy (let's call it this) is emitted from the ceramic plate you can see on the underside of the device (Pic 2) and besides disinfecting your skin it also opens the pores (greatly increasing the absorption of any serum, ampoule or essence you apply afterwards) and helps against wrinkles. You can''t feel or hear anything, it's completely painless; when you smell your skin afterwards it does have a certain plasma/ionised smell (not the correct scientific term but the best I can do at the moment 😉). Plabeau was launched in 2017 (it's a Korean brand, btw) and in 2018 they started to export internationally: in fact, in Germany they'll be launching on QVC this June; they're also in Hungary, Czech Republic, Russia, South Africa, Australia and the US and, of course, in Japan, Korea, HK and China. Pic 5 shows the brand's premium device, with a body made from aluminum and a larger ceramic plate. #plabeau #cbe2019 #tradeshow #kbeauty #trendhunting #shanghai #beautytronics
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