The Roster · Mayfair · W1K
Luna, among the bottles on Davies Street
Auburn red hair, a laugh you hear across the room and a memory for vintages.
Available todayMonday to Thursday, from early evening
- Age
- 22
- Height
- 171 cm · 5 ft 7 in
- Hair
- long, dark auburn red
- Eyes
- brown
- Figure
- curvy
- Languages
- English
- Home district
- Mayfair · W1K, W1J
Luna, in brief
Nobody has ever needed to point Luna out across a crowded bar. The hair does it for her, long and a dark auburn red, and the rest follows: 171 cm, a curvy figure, brown eyes both direct and warm. She dresses boldly, emerald silk cut like a column or a sharp tuxedo jacket, with a red lip she never checks in a mirror. Heads turn; she long ago stopped noticing.
Bold and independent, she knows her own mind and enjoys hearing yours, particularly when it differs. Early twenties. Her English has an easy, confident rhythm. Wine is the serious passion, properly studied; she tastes blind and names the grape with irritating accuracy, and her tasting notes live in a small black notebook she will read from, if pressed, including the unkind entries. Photography is her second way of looking at the world, and theatre, new writing above all, is where she spends the evenings she keeps for herself.
The place she loves most in Mayfair is Hedonism Wines on Davies Street, a shop so extraordinary it feels like a museum, bottles climbing towards the ceiling and a chandelier made of glasses. She likes to start there, choosing a bottle for dinner with the staff's help, then carrying it to a nearby restaurant that welcomes corkage. The whole night then feels like her discovery, and in a sense it is. The shop staff know her by her first name and by her dislike of heavily oaked Chardonnay.
She lives in Mayfair, a stroll from most W1 hotels, and gives her evenings Monday to Thursday. The rooms she knows are on the Mayfair page; Cressida confirms her through booking.
The hours, priced
The Society's figures apply to Luna as to everyone on the roster: stated in pounds, given to her yourself at the door, and with her journey inside Zones 1 and 2 already folded in.
| Hour | Length | Fee | Suits | Enquire |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | One hourThe introduction | £600 | Long enough for a glass at the bar and a proper conversation, and a gentle way to begin. | Enquire |
| 23:00 | Ninety minutesThe nightcap | £900 | The hour with room left over for a second glass and an unhurried goodbye. | Enquire |
| 21:00 | Two hoursThe long drink | £1,100 | An evening in, or an opening two streets away, without anyone glancing at a watch. | Enquire |
| 22:00 | Three hoursThe second act | £1,500 | Supper somewhere small, then the remainder of the evening at a pace you set together. | Enquire |
| 20:00 | Four hoursThe table for two | £1,800 | Shaped around a single good table, from the first course to the last car home. | Enquire |
| 00:00 | Ten hoursUntil morning | £3,000 | From the first glass of the evening to breakfast in the suite. Ask a day ahead where you can. | Enquire |
| Fri | Two nights or moreThe weekend away | from £6,000 | In London or further afield, with one figure for the whole stay once the dates are fixed. | Enquire |
Past Zone 2, airports and changes of plan: Rates
Luna, after dark
Luna likes to do the choosing. She meets you on Davies Street among the racks and asks three questions about what you enjoy before recommending anything. The bottle she picks will surprise you, and it will be right. Dinner is somewhere she knows, where the sommelier greets her by name and the talk turns quickly from wine to theatre to a photograph she took last week of a doorway in Shepherd Market. She is opinionated but never overbearing, and she loves an argument conducted in good humour. If a new play is worth seeing she will know, and an opinion ready on whoever wrote it. The evening ends with a final glass and her verdict on the bottle, delivered with a smile.
Luna answers
None are overrated, only overpriced. Buy from the neighbour of a famous village and you drink better for half the money. The label is famous; the vineyard next door is simply quieter.
They are the most honest part of a building. You can tell exactly who lives behind one, and whether they want visitors. Mayfair has the best in London, polished brass and all.
New, always. I would rather be disappointed by something brave than comforted by something safe.
Remarks in the book
The page is still blankNo remarks have been entered for Luna yet. When a guest writes something worth keeping, and she agrees, it appears here beneath the guest's first name, with the month set beside it. Nothing on this page is ever composed by the Society.
Entered only after Cressida has read them · signed with a first name and the month only · withdrawn whenever Luna asks
A line for Luna
Luna is already named. Fill in the brackets, send it, and Cressida answers every line in a single reply.
Good evening Cressida. May I book Luna for [length] on [date], from [time]? I shall be at [hotel name], and will pass on the room number once you confirm.
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Send word about Luna
Mention Luna by name and the evening you have in mind. If she is spoken for, Cressida will say so plainly and suggest someone close in spirit.