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    by Douglas Bender on May 23 2013
    Charenton Macerations -Carnation
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    by Douglas Bender on Apr 17 2013
    Real Men Wear Flowers
  • Christopher Stre...

    by Douglas Bender on Apr 08 2013
    Christopher Street Lime
  • Christopher Stre...

    by Douglas Bender on Mar 29 2013
    Christopher Street Oil Slick
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    by Douglas Bender on Feb 27 2013
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Christopher Street

Christopher Street Fragrance

Christopher Street – The Fragrance

by Douglas Bender on Feb 12 2013

Christopher Street “Out of the Bottle, Into the Street” Home to merchants and misfits, Beatniks and Bohemians, dissidents and protesters, Christopher Street has established a reputation for celebrating the individual in all its incarnations. Called the Shangri-La of the West Village, it has become known not only as a symbol of resistance to sexual inequality, but also a source of ineffable beauty. Over the years, its promises of hope have …continue…

Macerations

Charenton Macerations -Carnation

Christopher Street Carnation

by Douglas Bender on May 23 2013

Tell people that you have created a fragrance based on the stories of Christopher Street, and you are bound to elicit some very interesting responses (i.e. “What does THAT smell like?”). These types of reactions, of course, stem from Christopher Street‘s infamous reputation as historical home to merchants, mobsters, and misfits. The accompanying imagery this conjures in one’s mind has been used to reference life in Greenwich Village since its …continue…

Real Men Wear Flowers

Real Men Wear Flowers

by Douglas Bender on Apr 17 2013

Pop Culture today teaches us that men who wear flowers (or floral fragrances) are somehow betraying their “masculinity.” With the exception of boutonnières worn for formal occasions, we are constantly told by mainstream media outlets that “real men” don’t wear flowers. In fact, doing so could send a message to the opposite sex that you are anything but a man. Brands like Axe and Old Spice (to name just a …continue…

Christopher Street Lime

Christopher Street With A Lime Twist

by Douglas Bender on Apr 08 2013

Christopher Street is the type of fragrance that is designed to grab you from that first spray. It’s olfactive story begins with that first blast of mist cast off into the air. Alcohol isn’t simply used as the carrier, but is incorporated into the first accord of the fragrance. The sharpness of the alcohol is balanced through the use of lime and other citrus top notes, taking full advantage of …continue…

Happy Easter

Happy Easter from Charenton Macerations

by Douglas Bender on Mar 31 2013

Lilies, Hyacinth, Chocolate… Happy Easter from everyone at Charenton Macerations.

Christopher Street Oil Slick

Christopher Street: Ralf Schwieger and Douglas Bender

by Douglas Bender on Mar 29 2013

I first met my Christopher Street fragrance co-conspirator, perfumer Ralf Schwieger, back in 2008. I had been working as an independent fragrance consultant for about a year, and was contacted by Mane USA to work on a few different fragrance projects. Before meeting, I had already begun the initial research on the Christopher Street fragrance project, but was still conceptualizing… still gathering materials and building the olfactive story. After meeting, …continue…

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