While luxury spas are aplenty, wellness spas have a different take — alongside a steady menu of massages and facial treatments, spagoers can consult with physicians, lose weight, quit smoking, sample “detoxifying” body treatments, and enjoy specialized meal plans — often set in some of the most pristine places in the world. Here are a few top spas that aim to heal body and mind.

Luxury skincare brand IOMA is launching a new product it says allows users to test their own skin moisture levels.

Dior has released a behind-the-scenes video of its campaign with Eva Herzigova. The new face of Dior Beauty, she will be brand ambassador through 2013.

Coty Prestige and Cerruti have announced French singer Thomas Dutronc as the face of a men’s fragrance set to be launched in the spring.

Ready-to-wear brand Kenzo announced on Tuesday, December 11, that Asian superstar Shu Qi will be the face of its flagship Flower by Kenzo fragrance in 2013.

Luxury fragrances are set to be the sixth-best-selling item this holiday season, moving up from eighth place in 2011, according to an annual survey of holiday purchases by consumer group NPD.