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STREET SCENTS Give a glam business-trip aura to your home-office desk with Homesick Candles, which capture the fragrance of cities, countries (the Canada candle has maple notes) and even tropical locales, without the need for a boarding pass, mask or hand sanitizer. SNACK ATTACK A satisfyingly unexpected plea- sure of travel can be that late- night or airport convenience- store snack binge, when you discover the mysteries of junk food from another country. Order that experience to your The Desk Chair Traveller C A R R Y ON ( quality time ) We might not all be completely back to globetrotting for business, but you can still inspire your bucket-list fantasies by gracing your office— and closet—with these stylish travel-minded items by Charlene Rooke ON THE MAP Dream about your next business trip, or plot your company's global alliances, on this striking pin-map made from spruce and laser-cut cork by Calgary-based Wanderlust Creatures. Colour-coded pins coordinate with your decor or let you visually map out separate upcoming business, leisure and family itineraries. Sip your morning coffee while you dream of your next trip, in full colour, the DIY edition. With sup- plied pens, colour in the countries–you could code them in visited, planned or dreamed-about hues–on this clever World Map mug from Trouvaille. JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2022 BCBUSINESS 67 TOP: SMASH + TESS Anyone can rock a romper, says Smash + Tess co-founder and CEO ASHLEY FREEBORN. The one-piece garments are "the ultimate one-and- done outfit"–even men have learned to embrace the comfy, stretchy no-waistband ease of rompers for work-from- home and play. Though the company's smash success coincides with home-office pandemic days, "Our goal has always been to create comfortable, accessible wardrobe staples that are effortless and chic," Freeborn says, joking, "We like to think that rompers are the (un)of- ficial Zoom-call uniform." The comfy garments are a genius business-travel hack for light packing–forget having to match tops and bottoms. Freeborn herself will wear her favourite Aria romper on flights, and pack accessories –sneakers and sandals, a denim jacket or blazer, belts and scarves–for days of outfits while travelling. (It can even double as cosy sleepwear, she says.) Each Smash + Tess romper comes with a reusable tote bag that happens to make a great shoe, laundry or packing bag for travel. Freeborn's other top travel tip: download entertainment on your own device before leaving, and bring your own headphones to avoid touching in-flight screens or controllers. "The less surfaces we have to touch these days, the better!" • JET SETTER home office with an overseas snack mix from JapanCrate or a Legendary Dank Pack from Vancouver's Dank Mart, or stuff your desk drawer with regular monthly shipments of snack foods from PostSweet, My Snack Club and others. PAPER TRAIL We could all use a break from screens. Moleskine City Notebooks not only provide a blank-page canvas for captur- ing meeting notes and must-go lists, they actually contain transit routes, maps and more for several favourite global cities, for when you take flight again. LUXE LOUNGEWEAR Ashley Freebor n's rompers don't sacrifice style for function: think fashionable full-body sweats