Details Of A Diary
Between the covers of a Smythson diary.
For over a century, Smythson notebooks have been handcrafted with meticulous attention to detail and time-honoured techniques. From securing the grosgrain ribbon to gilding each page, each book passes through the hands of at least 15 skilled artisans across 22 distinct production stages at our Hertfordshire workshop. Today, our collection spans a huge variety of sizes, colours and leathers, each thoughtfully designed to meet different needs. Whether you’re planning bucket list adventures, capturing culinary delights or scribbling everyday musings, there’s a Smythson notebook to suit every personality.
For the timeless scribbler:
For those who value versatility and enduring design, our classic notebooks come in a plethora of colours and sizes, from the pocket-sized Panama to the expansive Portobello. Whether you’re scribbling shopping lists, sketching, or penning a masterpiece, there’s a style to suit. And for ideas that never stop, our refillable Evergreen notebooks are lifetime companions, designed to be endlessly replenishable.
For the gastronome:
For epicures and oenophiles alike, our culinary notebooks are designed to savour the details. The Soho Recipe Journal is a kitchen companion to record everything from treasured family favourites to new discoveries in thoughtfully divided sections. While our Cellar Book provides a refined way to record your favourite vintages, tasting notes, and other specifications with detailed sectioned pages.
For the globetrotter:
Whether it’s a weekend getaway or a global adventure, capture the stories to accompany every stamp in your passport with our Travel Journal. Crafted in our Soho notebook size, it’s compact enough to pack in your carry-on, but filled with dedicated pages for to-do and packing lists, itineraries, world maps, and those all-important travel notes for plotting your next great escape.
For the witty wordsmith:
Those who savour a clever turn of phrase will delight in our myriad titled notebooks. As expressive as they are elegant, each embossed cover bears a witty one-liner or words of wisdom to suit every personality, adding a playful note to your everyday musings.
For the dog lover:
Celebrating our favourite four-legged friends, the Panama Dogs illustrated notebooks feature an array of charming canine breeds, each made with our signature pedigree craftsmanship. A thoughtful gift for dog lovers, they are, in every sense, best in show.
For the newlywed-to-be:
From the all-important ‘I dos’ to the honeymoon, our wedding notebooks allow you to plan every detail for the big day. The Soho Wedding Planner provides ample space for recording appointments, inspiration, and more, while the portable Tying the Knot notebook’s indexed sections ensure nothing – from vows to floral arrangements – is overlooked.
For the horticulturist:
Our Gardening Journal will keep green-fingered notes as neat as an ornamental border. Thoughtfully designed with five distinct sections for notes, schemes and more, alongside a seasonal calendar, it allows you to organise your green space and time – whether you’re sowing seeds or mapping out a new flowerbed.
For the golf aficionado:
From teeing off to the 18th hole, the Golf Notes notebook keeps your notes (and games) in order. It’s neatly structured with dedicated sections and indexed pages for jotting down scores, course insights, strategies, and more – a refined companion for the course and clubhouse alike.
For the personal touch:
Personalisation has always been at the centre of the Smythson story, and many of our notebooks can be made uniquely yours or crafted as a thoughtful gift with gold stamping. Names, dates, tongue-in-cheek motifs or zodiac symbols can be carefully stamped by skilled artisans using techniques perfected for over a century.
