as in sensualist
a person whose life is devoted to luxury and sensual pleasures
he's a star chef and self-described hedonist
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Eugenie is a technician, a pragmatist, while Dodin is the romantic, a pleasure-seeking hedonist with a poet’s mind, and a dedicated patron of her arts, including even the simplest omelets.
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Katie Walsh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2024
London’s most elegant department store, Liberty, still presides over this hedonist’s harbor like a magnificent royal flagship.
—Jonathan Thompson, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2024
Maison Souquet Just across the street from the Moulin Rouge, the marvelously lavish Maison Souquet offers a sensual retreat that pays homage to the hideaway’s former reputation as a discreet brothel for wealthy hedonists.
—Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2023
An annual getaway for hedonists and a particular subsection of the ultra-rich Silicon Valley tech community has always been a bit of an odd sell: Pitch up a vast, temporary city of 70,000 people every year, with attendees jetting in from all four corners of the globe to party.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, WIRED, 4 Sep. 2023
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Katie Walsh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2024
London’s most elegant department store, Liberty, still presides over this hedonist’s harbor like a magnificent royal flagship.
—Jonathan Thompson, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2024
Maison Souquet Just across the street from the Moulin Rouge, the marvelously lavish Maison Souquet offers a sensual retreat that pays homage to the hideaway’s former reputation as a discreet brothel for wealthy hedonists.
—Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2023
An annual getaway for hedonists and a particular subsection of the ultra-rich Silicon Valley tech community has always been a bit of an odd sell: Pitch up a vast, temporary city of 70,000 people every year, with attendees jetting in from all four corners of the globe to party.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, WIRED, 4 Sep. 2023
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His peeling of bills from stacks of funny money, or tossing that faux cash into the audience, further reinforced his persona as a high-rolling playboy.Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2024
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One client was Marc Leder, a private-equity playboy, famously divorced (his wife had cheated with the tennis pro), whom the A-Team helped purchase two Noho apartments worth $30 million.James D. Walsh, Curbed, 12 Aug. 2024
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Both nights ended in surrender too as Prada’s heaving crowd of LA sybarites danced and drank with abandon: this was definitely far crazier and way more interesting than your average fashion party.Luke Leitch, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2024
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It was said to be situated at one of the portals to Shambhala — a mythical kingdom of peace and tranquillity in the Buddhist imagining — and had been founded in the century before by an artist, saint and sybarite called Danzanravjaa, known as the lama of the Gobi.Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
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How to watch: The Epicurean Hotel in Tampa hosts the finale 6-9pm on Monday.Selene San Felice, Axios, 31 July 2024
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Moore did not buy the physical buildings from Dickson but took over management of the Epicurean Group of establishments and employees.Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 12 June 2024
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“Hedonist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hedonist. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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