Wanting.

This Carl Mertens fireplace is how a woman should be: a primitive attraction stylized in the most controlled, urbane way.

Floating glass sandwiches stainless steel; this Carl Mertens table top fireplace burns up to four hours, depending on your size of flame…

Using.

This Carl Mertens table top fireplace is sexier than any candle.

Radiating heat as well as light, the oil-burning, stainless-steel logs come set atop a slate plate…

Hating.

A sleek cylinder of stainless steel, the perfect marriage of form and function, the only reason I’m hating this Carl Mertens lighter is because I didn’t know about it before I blew $100 on a Porsche Design lighter.

This Carl Mertens lighter is idealization, with a realistic price: $26… ]]> http://www.kristopherdukes.com/2008/12/26/carl-mertens-table-top-fireplaces-k-is/feed 1 http://www.kristopherdukes.com/2008/12/23/bourbon-candles-k-is http://www.kristopherdukes.com/2008/12/23/bourbon-candles-k-is#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:29:03 +0000 Kristopher http://www.kristopherdukes.com/?p=1579

Wanting.

Jimmyjane massage candles are the best: they burn clean, they smell wonderful, and they get even better when you blow them out.

I wonder how this Jimmyjane bourbon candle smells…

Using.

This Voluspa bourbon candle burns steady, and gives off a subtle vanilla scent, without any sugariness…

Hating.

There’s no way something so ugly can smell good… ]]> http://www.kristopherdukes.com/2008/12/23/bourbon-candles-k-is/feed 1 http://www.kristopherdukes.com/2008/05/30/mensgear-your-k-is http://www.kristopherdukes.com/2008/05/30/mensgear-your-k-is#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 23:42:08 +0000 Kristopher http://www.kristopherdukes.com/?p=1042

Wanting.

Boyish but Birkin-like. Only it’s not priced like real estate, so you might invest your leftover $9K in oil. Go fig…

Wearing.

Whimsical and elegant, which makes it simply rich. That, plus the Trojan it fits, impresses the fellas…

Hating.

The $200 trucker hat of rings. There’s someone that will use this, and he can procreate. Scary…

Or sushi at Nobu?

Gift him a luxe Ferragamo money clip that’ll have him watching his paper…

Or show him another way to splurge and spend it?

Gift your boy a luxe Ferragamo money clip…

Or early merry Christmas to yourself?

» Salvatore Ferragamo money clip $150 via Saks.