Van Cleef & Arpels

Silks and satins with pyjama-inspired insouciance are taking loungewear to a new level of sophistication. Styling by Hannah Teare. Photography by Sandra Freij. Location: The Dorchester, London

Organic jewels celebrating the primal beauty of cacti, corn and creepy-crawlies present nature in a dynamic new light. Vivienne Becker reports. Photography by Andy Barter. Styling and set design by Thea Lewis-Yates

The Fée Ondine from Van Cleef & Arpels tells a wordless fairy tale

Leading watchmakers give way to flights of delightful fancy. Video courtesy of Van Cleef & Arpels

Collector Square presents an enviable array of bags, jewellery and watches

New mines in Zambia, Brazil and Colombia are bringing this vivaciously flawed heroine of a gem back to the heart of high jewellery. Vivienne Becker reports

Lovers’ bridge: a poetic complication from Van Cleef & Arpels

Moving designs with a sense of magic are bringing beguiling new stories to women's jewellery, says Avril Groom. Photograph by Omer Knaz

The reappreciation of golden age make‑up glamour is to be applauded, says Ruth Caven

Watches that combine electronics with mechanics – until now heretical in haute horlogerie – are sparking interest among serious collectors, says Nick Foulkes

Scents that follow the wearer, but are never overpowering

An electromechanical watch worthy of the VIP lounge

The choker makes a dramatic return to necklines in attention-grabbing forms. Vivienne Becker reports

A scented trail is a complex yet compelling conundrum

Teetering between powdery sweetness and feral ambiguity, amber’s polarising scent is edging out musk as the bedrock of oriental fragrances. Vicci Bentley reports. Photography by Pedro Aguilar

A second-hand marketplace for chic collectibles

In white gold with diamonds on satin strap, £88,800. Also in red 

The jewellery watch is the apogee of all the attention lavished by watchmakers on the fast‑growing women’s market. Little wonder it is topping Christmas wish lists, says Vivienne Becker