Five Steps to Xs & Os

Roses, bubbles, chocolate, a film, and the perfect playlist. That's it. That's the plan.

Step 1: Roses

The best come from Royal Flowers of Ecuador. Thick stems. Buds as large as your hand. These roses bloom for days.

🌐 Royal Flowers of Ecuador

Step 2: Champagne

Bollinger is our favourite. The only Champagne house knighted by the Queen, and the official champagne of the James Bond franchise.

🌐 Champagne Bollinger

Step 3: A Good Film

From a chuckler (Plus One) to a weeper (Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing) to a cult classic (Valley of the Dolls). No wrong answer.

Step 4: Chocolate Delights

We love Le Rouge's handmade truffles infused with Indian spices - remember Helen Mirren swooning in The Hundred-Foot Journey - and MarieBelle's whimsical, artsy chocolates, especially the New York series. Delicious.

🌐 Le Rouge by Aarti

🌐 MarieBelle

Step 5: Music

Give Bossa N' Roses a twirl. Soft, jazzy Guns N' Roses covers - a perfect soundtrack to a fun and frisky night ahead.

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Moonraker, 1979 - Amazon MGM Studios