Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Of the myriad ways I remember my maternal grandmother, the smell of her handbag is always reassuringly vivid.

Named FendiFrenesia, the bags are made of special leather infused with a new fragrance created by perfumer Francis Kurkdjian. ‘Leathery and musky’ is how the brand describes it and claims that the ...