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13 Feb

From The Underground, Ingredient Stories, Macerations

Christopher Street Tobacco

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
blog, Charenton Macerations, christopher street, Fragrance, ingredients, tobacco
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One simply cannot discuss the history of the West Village without emphasizing the importance of tobacco. Christopher Street has thick roots buried deep in the old tobacco fields that lay forgotten beneath its current urban visage:...

08 Nov

CM2 Project, Macerations

Asphalt Rainbow: Why Fragrance & Street Art

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
#roseshards, asphalt rainbow, blog, Charenton Macerations, CM2, Education, Fragrance, graffiti, Inspiration, street art, technique
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“Art must serve a cause; not a military cause, or political, but a social cause.” - Blek le Rat Since the very beginning of the Asphalt Rainbow project, I have been quite adamant that the purpose...

06 Nov

CM2 Project, Macerations

Asphalt Rainbow: Street Art Inspiration (Gallery)

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
#roseshards, asphalt rainbow, blog, Charenton Macerations, CM2, Fragrance, graffiti, Inspiration, photo, slaps, stickers, street art, writers
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The worlds of scent and graffiti collide in Asphalt Rainbow, the latest from Charenton Macerations. Inside this gallery, you'll find a series of amazing street art & technique that helped inspired the final Asphalt...

29 Oct

Macerations

The Mythological Rose

September 18, 2020
Posted by Douglas Bender
#roseshards, asphalt rainbow, blog, Charenton Macerations, CM2, Fragrance, Greek, history, Inspiration, Mythology, roman, rose
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There is no denying that as human beings, we sometimes try to communicate with one another using roses. It is a flower ritualized and revered like no other in our history. But what exactly are we...

24 Oct

CM2 Project, Macerations

Asphalt Rainbow & Street Art Techniques: Subtraction

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
#roseshards, asphalt rainbow, blog, Charenton Macerations, CM2, Craft, Fragrance, gallery, Inspiration, street art, technique
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"Your incompleteness completes me" Asphalt Rainbow is a fragrance born from a fascination with masterful techniques deployed in street art production. There is so much beauty in how a skilled bomber possesses this expert ability to take the simplest everyday things and...

10 Oct

Macerations

Asphalt Rainbow & the Story of Rose — Alexander

May 11, 2025
Posted by Douglas Bender
#roseshards, Alexander the Great, asphalt rainbow, blog, Charenton Macerations, CM2, Egypt, Fragrance, graffiti, history, rose, street art
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The #Roseshards Story begins with tales from the ancient world of Alexander the Great: rose aficionado and early graffiti artist. For more information on the Asphalt Rainbow project, please check out the Olfactive Story of Asphalt Rainbow. Early...

14 Jul

From The Underground, Macerations

A New Chapter Begins…

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
#roseshards, blog, Charenton Macerations, Fragrance, Inspiration, Number 2, teaser
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I am so pleased to finally be able to share some news about Charenton Macerations' follow up fragrance to Christopher Street. This new project has been in the works for the past two years, and...

27 Jun

Macerations

Walking Christopher Street: The Stonewall Inn

November 23, 2019
Posted by Douglas Bender
christopher street, Fragrance, history, Inspiration, pride 2014, queer, riots, stonewall
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Considered the symbolic home of the queer rights movement, no visit to Christopher Street is complete without a visit to The Stonewall Inn.

26 Jun

Macerations

Walking Christopher Street: Jefferson Market

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
blog, Charenton Macerations, christopher street, courthouse, Fragrance, garden, history, jefferson market, library, prison, sample
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A Brief History of Jefferson Market (Greenwich Ave between W 10th St. and Christopher Street) Jefferson Market was first established in 1833. At the time, the site consisted of rows of merchants' sheds and a tall wooden lookout...

25 Jun

Macerations

Walking Christopher Street: Christopher Park

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
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A Brief History of Christopher Park (Christopher Street and Grove Street at Seventh Avenue South) Like most of the land surrounding Christopher Street, the site that would become Christopher Park was once part of a Dutch...