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London – September 15, 2026 -- Houseplant, the lifestyle brand co-founded by Seth Rogen, has released The House Scent Reed Diffuser, a new home fragrance made in partnership with British fragrance house Droplet, priced at £40 in the UK and $45 in the US.

The scent originated from Rogen's personal visit to Grasse, France

The fragrance began as a bespoke creation Rogen made himself during a fragrance-making experience in Grasse, France, widely known as the world's fragrance capital. Droplet, founded by siblings Sam and Lucie Beecham, later refined and bottled the scent for retail.

Rogen said the Grasse experience showed him how personal and complex scent-building can be, and that he wanted a fragrance that felt warm, inviting, and a little unexpected for his own home.

Cognac – September 13, 2026 -- LOUIS XIII Cognac has launched BLACK PEARL: TRIBUTE TO THE BIRTHPLACE OF LOUIS XIII, a new limited-edition expression priced at $28,000 per decanter and capped at just 398 bottles worldwide.

The release is inspired by Le Grollet, the historic cellar where the LOUIS XIII story began. Cellar Master Baptiste Loiseau selected an extraordinary eau-de-vie from the House's collection of demijohns -- the only one identified as carrying the distinct signature of Le Grollet, a trait passed down from his predecessor, Pierrette Trichet. Loiseau infused it into a single, hand-selected tierçon to create the blend.

Singapore – September 11, 2026 -- Trip.Gourmet, the food and dining brand of Trip.com Group, has released its 2027 Fine Dining List, recognising 744 restaurants across 105 cities and 40 countries and regions to mark the brand's tenth anniversary. The list was unveiled in partnership with Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore, gathering restaurant partners, culinary experts and media for the launch.

The rankings split restaurants into three tiers: 60 Black Diamond, the top distinction, 160 Diamond and 524 Platinum. This year adds 34 new destinations across Europe, North America, Oceania, Asia, South America and Africa, growing the list from a single-market ranking a decade ago into an index now spanning 66 countries and regions and 462 destinations overall.

London – September 11, 2026 -- Johnnie Walker has released a limited-edition design of its Black Label Scotch whisky, created in collaboration with GRAMMY-winning singer Sabrina Carpenter.

The bottle draws its look from Carpenter's album "Man's Best Friend"

The design features a custom "Sabrina blue" color variant and playful dog-paw motifs inspired by the record. It blends Johnnie Walker Black Label's classic style with Carpenter's personal aesthetic, marking the latest step in an ongoing partnership between the whisky brand and the singer.

Carpenter said she enjoys giving her fans small surprises and saw the bottle as a way to bring the world of "Man's Best Friend" to life beyond music. She called putting her own stamp on an iconic object like the Johnnie Walker Black Label bottle a fun challenge.

Xiamen – September 09, 2026 -- XiamenAir's inaugural flight MF821 landed at Heathrow Airport on September 6, launching a direct round-trip service between Xiamen and London. The 12-hour flight departed from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport carrying 263 passengers, marking Fujian province's first direct passenger service to the British capital.

The route eliminates layovers for travelers between Fujian and the UK

Previously, passengers flying between the two cities needed to stop over in a third destination. The new nonstop service now directly connects Xiamen and London, cutting travel time and simplifying logistics for business travelers, students, and the sizable Chinese community from Fujian living in the UK.

London – September 08, 2026 -- TrustKernel has begun shipping PlugClaw worldwide, moving the device from pre-order to general availability starting at €128 / US$149, with no subscription required. The company also opened free confidential-model inference on newly deployed servers.

The device is a full computer packed into a USB-C stick.

PlugClaw measures 50 × 19 × 8 mm and weighs 15 grams, built around a MediaTek Helio G80 processor, up to 6 GB of memory, and 128 GB of encrypted storage. It runs PlugOS, a privacy-hardened Android system, alongside Ubuntu as the agent runtime, and works across Android, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Mac, Linux, and HarmonyOS.