Ageing is cruel in many ways, but at no time of the year is this more obvious than the holiday season. What would it take now, we wonder, to replicate the same kind of bliss you once knew after unwrapping a new bicycle in the living room on Christmas morning? Someone paying your mortgage, maybe, or giving you a six-month paid sabbatical from your job could do it. Or, better yet, perhaps a vaccine for the virus that must not be named. Joy to the world indeed.

As with many aspects of 2020, Movember – that 30-day challenge to grow a moustache while raising money and awareness of men’s mental and physical wellbeing – will be a bit different this year. The event reported some 400,000 participants last year, and many more will no doubt join in this November, too. But this time around, it might feel like more than a monthlong fling.

Now that winter is afoot, so too is the opportunity for a fragrance overhaul. Fragrances react differently in the cold than they do in the heat, which is why, when the mercury drops, many adapt their scents in the same way that they adapt their wardrobes. Plus, there’s something to be said about the mood-enhancing properties of a good fragrance, which, in our current situation, is nothing to be sniffed at. Choosing the perfect fragrance for the moment, of course, is the tricky part, but you’ve come to the right place. From richly cosy notes of vanilla to alpine blasts of bergamot, these are the scents that should define your season.

There are few gifts more personal than a grooming product. Part of every man’s daily ritual to some degree, the right fragrance, moisturiser or haircare product can make all the difference. Choosing the perfect one, however, takes a bit of research. Is the man you’re buying for adventurous with his fragrance, or does he stick to what he knows? Would his bathroom sink be much improved by the addition of a hand cream? Will he appreciate a new deodorant, or take it as a passive-aggressive sign that he needs to shower more?

Ageing is cruel in many ways, but at no time of the year is this more obvious than the holiday season. What would it take now, we wonder, to replicate the same kind of bliss you once knew after unwrapping a new bicycle in the living room on Christmas morning? Someone paying your mortgage, maybe, or giving you a six-month paid sabbatical from your job could do it. Or, better yet, perhaps a vaccine for the virus that must not be named. Joy to the world indeed.

As with many aspects of 2020, Movember – that 30-day challenge to grow a moustache while raising money and awareness of men’s mental and physical wellbeing – will be a bit different this year. The event reported some 400,000 participants last year, and many more will no doubt join in this November, too. But this time around, it might feel like more than a monthlong fling.