Written by Craig Landale in Essentials on the 12th December 2022

Merry Christmas everyone! In true festive style I’m dedicating this Coolest Stuff roundup to all the new drop products which have not only caught my eye but would also make great gifting ideas for that special someone in your life. The excitement of gift giving at Christmas comes from the joy of sharing with others and the anticipation of seeing their reactions to the gifts you have chosen for them. It is also a time to show your loved ones how much you care about them and to express your gratitude for their presence in your life. For many people, the act of giving and receiving gifts is a deeply meaningful part of the holiday season and a way to connect with others and strengthen relationships.

JAGO The Totum Gilet Gift Set 

JAGO embrace adventure in its broadest sense - far beyond outdoor adventure only - living for variety and spontaneity. They started making gear to take them from Work to Wild, allowing them to have fewer, better, longer lasting more sustainable items. JAGO believe their versatile approach to style and function is particularly well suited to the flexible work-play lifestyle so many of us now live in this post-covid world. As part of their relaunch, alongside the Totum Cotton Gilet, they’re releasing a coffee table book called ‘A Life Of Adventure.’ featuring 90 pages of anecdotes and adventures told by those who inspire us most to live more adventurously and have more fun doing it. This includes David Yarrow, Levison Wood, World-record breaking ultra-runner Nick Butter and Storm-chasers amongst many other amazing men and women. 

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D. S. & Durga's 2022 Holiday Candle Collection 

D. S. & Durga's annual holiday home fragrance collection is back for 2023 with a fresh new spin on their classic Christmas and Chanukah candles. The perfumer-owned cult brand has made a Portable Xmas Tree candle three years in a row. This year’s is a rich fir-and-spruce bundle of joy, which David Seth Moltz (D. S) thinks is their best yet! Fir tree fumes to fill your home with tidal yule. Drummers drumming. Pipers piping. Singers singing. The scent of Chanukah is the scent of frying latkes. This candle smells like a real deal Holyfield potato in all its earthen glory. As the candle burns, it starts to smell cooked - in an agreeable way. Like the fanciest latke frying in a background of verdant olive & peanut oil (a special recipe!). No matter how you celebrate, these delicious holiday-inspired candles will fill your home with cosy festive fragrance. Packaged beautifully in a luxurious box with an elegant, reusable glass candle case, the 180g candles make the perfect gift. 

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Breitling Limited-Edition Top Time Deus 

Co-designed with the Australian lifestyle brand Deus Ex Machina, a second edition of the hit watch along with a new clothing collaboration revive the nomadic spirit of Breitling’s unconventional chronograph from the 1960s. It’s the second collaboration between the two brands, following their first sold-out watch release in 2021. Limited to 2000 pieces, the new Top Time Deus is built for open-road adventure with luminescent indexes and a white lacquered dial contrasted by sky-blue on its subdials and speed-measuring tachymeter scale. While the colour scheme is all new, the details that made the first collab so successful are back, including the lightning-bolt-shaped chronograph hand, mushroom pushers, racing-themed calfskin leather strap and caseback engraving of a Deus bike and rider designed by Deus creative director Carby Tuckwell. 

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MÜHLE Black Traditional Vegan Silvertip Fibre Set 

The iconic MÜHLE Traditional Range is a minor marvel of precision, ergonomics and beauty; where classic design meets radiant quality. Long lasting and corrosion-resistant, providing incomparable quality and longevity. A premium shaving set which produces a distinctly close and lasting shave. A premium hair grade, the synthetic brush consists of seven different types of fibre, varying in thickness and length. This variation allows for a brush head that, without compromising on backbone, is uniquely soft and easy to manage. Processed by hand, the Silvertip Fibre was created to provide a completely vegan, and lower maintenance product that would emulate all the benefits of a premium natural hair brush head. A real investment piece, the safety razor supersedes the need for single-use plastic. Growing concern in the effects of disposable plastic makes this a great choice for the environmentally conscious, reducing both unnecessary plastic waste and unwelcome environmental impacts, without compromising on precision. 

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Loch Lomond Whiskies Reveals Remarkable Makers Campaign 

Loch Lomond Whiskies is bringing its innovative whisky making style to life with a series of new collaborations with Remarkable Makers. Working with liked-minded passionate creators and artisan craftspeople from other industries, the campaign intends to lift the lid on the complex whisky making process by explaining the nuances of its approach and showcasing how the slightest variations in method make incredible differences. The collaborator is Bread Ahead, a popular London bakery chain, which was selected to show the parallels of whisky and bread making – two age old crafts that use simple ingredients to create maximum flavour. By taking people on a journey into the world of bread, Loch Lomond Whiskies and Bread Ahead are helping to educate people on whisky, inspiring a new appreciation for ingredients and bringing to life the method in an innovative and simplified way. Specifically, the collaboration explains the role of yeast in whisky and uncovers the story of Loch Lomond Whiskies’ new Distillery Edition, that has been crafted using chardonnay wine yeast, an unusual ingredient in whisky making. Chardonnay wine yeast creates an intense zesty fruit and citrus flavour when added to whisky, and a fresher, sweeter flavour when added to bread. 

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TOMS X KROST Collaboration 

TOMS’ limited-edition collection with NYC mission-led brand KROST is back to celebrate community and friendship with a second drop. TOMS continue to fuse classic design with KROST’s monochromatic style for a collection featuring best-selling styles like the Ezra, Mallow Mule, Alp as well as apparel and accessories. This collaboration continues to help support organizations like Peace First -who support young people around the world to lead social change in their communities by providing digital tools, community support, and start-up funding. “Young people are our future, and it’s vital that organizations like Peace First help connect us with one another so that we can work in community and solidarity with one another,” says Priya Chatwani, a Peace First grantee, whose project LA Helping Hands was supported by the nonprofit organization. 

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HUX Health Supplements 

Looking to take the confusion and complexity out of your daily health care routine and inject a little more energy, enthusiasm, and clarity? Well, welcome to HUX, the new health supplement company created to inspire everyone to find their daily edge by making complex nutrition simple. From ultimate one hit wonder, Superfood Blends, to the unrivalled Hydration range, and of the moment Nootropics, Sleep and Beauty capsules, each and every product has been almost two years in development, allowing for careful product creation, intensive trials and consumer testing to perfect the HUX range. Available in Original and Vanilla, these all-in-one powerful supplements feature a blend of plant-based greens, fruits, nutrients, and vitamins designed to give you a daily edge for modern life. With all the hard work done for you, each feature 17 carefully chosen Organic Superfoods, from Acai Berry and Montmorency Cherry to Lucuma and Lycopene, plus 10 grams of Organic Pea Protein, + 1000 iu Vitamin D, + 500 mg Vitamin C and 250 mg Magnesium. 

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Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein for Stephen Silver Watches  

Silicon Valley’s most innovative timepiece salon has further cemented its partnership with one of the Swiss watch industry’s most in-demand brands. The collaboration includes 72 Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein for Stephen Silver La Semaine watches – known among watch collector circles as the “Smiley”. Each box set will retail for $8,888. Altogether, the collaboration offers 128 exclusive models. These limited-edition watches offer the quintessential Alain Silberstein design elements, with his signature use of elementary forms and primary colours. Silberstein also mines a wealth of references, ranging from Bauhaus to the rich history of watchmaking, and his own iconic geometric visual language. Jared Silver also worked with Louis Erard to develop an iridescent blue sapphire-inspired minute track exclusively for this limited edition, inspired by the many exceptional sapphire gemstones in the Stephen Silver Fine Jewelry collection. 

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Sheep Inc. The Zipped Hoodie 

The new Sheep Inc. zip hoodie is the brand's most versatile design yet. The perfect marriage of style and functionality. It wears effortlessly. It feels good. Looks good. And, as always, the garment has a positive environmental impact. The new Zip Hoodie is knitted using ultra fine Merino wool, hand selected from regenerative New Zealand farms. The zip tape on the zip up is is made using recycled PET yarn using 100% post consumer bottles and is Global recycled Standard (GRS) certified. All products have NFT Connected Dot technology included.  

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JAGO, D. S. & Durga, Breitling, MÜHLE, Loch Lomond Whiskies, TOMS X KROST, HUX Health Supplements, and Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein for Stephen Silver Watches.