DaVinciCode

The DaVinci Code Pen

Personally, when watching "The DaVinci Code" movie I thought the cryptex box was nothing special. But maybe you crave your own cryptex box to toss around when eluding mad Europeans in hot pursuit. And, since you'd never use the actual cryptex itself (how impractical is that thing?) let's put something useful in there. How about a pen. Check out the DaVinci Code pen from Tibaldi. It's officially commissioned from Sony. They have made the pen in roller ball editions in silver or solid gold in prices ranging from $3,075 $19,125. Each one is a limited edition. Philippe over at Just Writing reveals the secrets of the pen, showing off his new silver DaVinci Code pen in a comprehensive photo gallery.

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Santa Maria Novella Body Milk

by Anne Metz (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Cosmetics and Fragrance

If you're anything like me, you're probably growing a bit weary of all of the da Vinci hype that has been going around: the movie, the book (now finally in paperback), the lawsuit.

All the more reason to mention another name from the Italian Renaissance to whom the Western World owes a great debt: the de' Medici family. Between the 13th and the 17th-centuries, the de' Medici clan was Florence's most famous set of movers and shakers. Their philanthropy brought into the world the Pitti Palace, the Uffizi Gallery and the Boboli Garden, as well as a slew of paintings and frescoes from the all-stars of Renaissance art: Masaccio, Donatello and Fra Angelico.

But what you might not know is that the de' Medicis were also vanguards in the field of cosmetics. The Santa Maria Novella Latte per Il Corpo (body milk, for any non-Italian speakers out there) is made according to the same exacting standards required by matriarch Catherine de' Medici some 700 years ago. This lightly moisturizing body milk instantly absorbs into your skin, leaving nothing but a delicate magnolia scent.

So even if you can't have the clout of Catherine de' Medici, at least you can do your best to smell like her. Price: $72.

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Tags: beauty, Boboli Garden, BoboliGarden, cosmetic, da Vinci Code, DaVinciCode, Italy, Medici, Pitti Palace, PittiPalace, Uffizi