Classic architecture, true Thai-style pampering and high-tech treatments converge at Divana Virtue Spa's new branch on Silom.

Set to open today, the spa's new home occupies a century-old classic Thai house that originally belonged to Chaopraya Srithammathibets, a Thai aristocrat born during the reign of King Rama V and who served five monarchs afterwards in the capacity of foreign minister, finance minister and the president of the Supreme Court.

Set around an English garden, Divana Virtue Spa will feature such facilities as a spa treatment section, a clinic and a spa home cuisine restaurant. To mark its opening, Divana is offering new treatment programmes and a wealth of products for the health-conscious spa customer.

"Champagne Mango" is a treatment programme that promises to deliver age-defying results with the health properties of champagne, which Divana claims, does wonders for our moods and our skin. Rich in antioxidants that prevent free radicals from damaging our cells, champagne works by giving the skin much-needed youthfulness. The drink also contains tartaric acid, which lightens the skin by preventing pigmentation.

A "Champagne Mango" therapy session starts with a foot soak in sea salt to help detoxify and ease muscular tensions. The body is then freshened with chamomile tea and fresh milk to improve circulation and soften the skin. The therapy continues with a turmeric body scrub with fresh tangerine high in vitamin C and mineral acids. This helps brighten the skin while the turmeric powder scrub clarifies the complexion.

The therapist would apply the fresh mango as part of a collagen body rub to help soften the skin. With mangoes ripening all over the country this season, the therapist coats the entire body with the flesh of ripe mangoes, a fruit that is packed with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants - perfect for strengthening and invigorating the nerve tissues in muscles, the spa claims. Mangoes contain tryptophan, the precursor of the "happiness-hormone" serotonin and mango, when used regularly, makes the complexion fair and the skin soft.

The spa claims mango therapy can neutralise free radicals, prevent hyper pigmentation while encouraging collagen production and detoxifying, leading to a clearer complexion and more youthful-looking you.

The treatment ends with champagne being poured on the body to help close pores, tighten the skin. Champagne, it seems, is a perfect toner.

Meanwhile, if a spa treatment session is not enough, Divana also offers Mango Champagne products: the "glamorous" shower liquid, shampoo and conditioner. Divana says the main ingredients for these products include champagne, mango butter (imported from South Africa) and different floral essential oils. The three products smell just like ripe mangoes though they are not for eating.

Champagne is high in saccharomyces cerevisiae (a species of budding yeast) that makes the skin glow, while the mango butter's vitamin E acetate helps nourish the skin.

Divana says what's special about its product is that the shampoo boasts guar (hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride) making the hair softer and easy to comb. The conditioner is rich in olive fruit oil that adds to the hair's springing quality.

Meanwhile, Polyquaternium - 7 in the shower liquid adds softness and moisture to the skin.