France’s LVMH, the world’s biggest luxury group, on Monday reported a 23% profit drop for the first six months of 2009 to €687 million ($977 million).

But the company’s turnover edged up 0.2% from the same time last year to €7.81 billion ($11.1 billion) despite a sharp drop in sales of drinks and jewellery.

Watches and jewelry sector posted 73 percent drop in profit, and wines and spirits sectors fell 41 percent.

The Telegraph has a receipt for a bill at Maya, a club in London’s Soho area that shows a £43,067.50 bar bill from this week.

The astonishing bar bill included two methuselah of Dom Perignon champagne at £9,000 each, and four jeroboam of Crystal champagne costing £4,500 each.

A methuselah is eight times the normal bottle size, and a jeroboam four times.

Beautiful, rare, original, chic, glamourous…..do you want a perfect Valentine’s gift for your loved one? Voilà, Luxuo’s guide for you.

For Her

These Chopard earrings features diamonds set into 18k white gold in a interwoven four hearts design.

This pair, encrusted with 2.03 ct diamonds, is part of the Valentine’s Day collection from Chopard.

Part of a collection called Passion, this lovely Louis Vuitton bracelet, composed by gold and red multisized hearts, has priced at $355.

This is a limited edition of 1,402 models worldwide: Love 2009 collection features sparkling rose coloured crystals, 23-carat white gold-plated materials and  rose-scented temples.

For shoes’ lovers. Renè Caovilla, prestigious designer, created this  jewel sandal with white crystals and three shining red hearts.

For him

$250 for this  gentlemen’s slippers with a dragon motif hand stitched and bench-made in England by Shipton & Heneage’s luxurious footwear and loved by Pharrell Williams.

For the 40th birthday of the iconic Heuer Monaco, Tag Heuer presented a slightly new version of the original complete with the blue-dial and a caseback engraved in tribute to Steve McQueen, who was a fan of this beautiful watch.

Bottega Veneta’ s desk set featuring a collection of accessories: bussiness card case, money clip, letter opener, ruler and a magnifying glass.

For you together

The Dom Pérignon love gift pack contains a pair of stunning champagne flutes designed by Swiss artist Sylvie Fleury and a bottle of Dom Pérignon Vintage Rosé 1998.

Swiss sculptor and mixed media artist Sylvie Fleury has collaborated with Dom Pérignon to create an innovative wine glass design, featuring its very own hand printed lipstick mark.

Part of Dom Pérignon’s new Rosé Vintage 1998 coffret set, each crystal glass is marked with a seductive hand-painted lipstick stain, hence the title “Stolen Kisses.”

Gluxe informs us that a Brand new Dom Pérignon II champagne cooler is available

If you’re on the go this summer and don’t want to shlep a full bucket of ice, keep the bottle of Dom chilled in this aluminum champagne cooler designed by Marc Newson, as elegant as the bubbles inside

Price: $1,000 - Available at Moss !

Acker Merrall & Condit conducted its first wine auction in Hong Kong on May 31, which realized $8.2 million and established new record.

The total was the highest for any wine auction held in Hong Kong to date (the sales was held in the wake of new Hong Kong legislation that abolished all taxes and duties on wine).

Bidding was fiercely competitive for a case of 6 magnums of Château Mouton Rothschild 1945 which fetched HK$1,306,000 (US$167,436) and a case of 12 bottles of Château Mouton Rothschild 1945 sold for HK$1,210,000 (US$155,128).