"Cocoon" in Luxury's Lap at the Carlyle's Sense Spa
Cached in The Carlyle hotel on the Upper East Side, the Sense spa is making headlines for its unabashedly luxurious bent. Both Vanity Fair and the New York Times’ T Magazine recently reviewed the place, and the consensus was clear: This is the place to evoke Great Depression-era excess in the name of the new Depression.
Designed by interior designer Mark Zeff, Sense is about as exclusive as spas go in New York, with just five intimate, super-private treatment rooms, a relaxation room, duet suite, and steam rooms. To get to them, you walk through a barrel-vaulted staircase blanketed with ultra-spendy mosaic platinum squares. VF says it’s like being “cocooned in luxury.”
For the treatments, Sense partnered with Sisley, one of the world’s most high-end lines of beauty products. (For full immersion, NYT suggests you request masseuse Jana, “a deep-voiced powerhouse with decades of experience in subduing the wealthy.”) Spa-going lads can experience skin care treatment by Hommage, the luxe line of choice among the likes of Roger Federer and Tony Blair. Plus, clients can get their coifs cut by tress-setter Yves Durif at his semi-private salon on-site ($300 for a haircut with Yves; $200 for an updo).
Massages start at $195 for 60 minutes; three-hour treatments go from $375. But you’re worth it, right?
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