Fragrance - Page 7 of 10 - Charenton Macerations

13 Aug

You Smell Like a Girl

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
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Thoughts on Gender and Fragrance Charenton Macerations was founded on the principle of challenging the tired gender clichés that have taken over the fragrance industry. The driving concept behind Charenton Macerations was (and still is)...

26 Jun

Headlines, Macerations

Christopher Street Pride Day 3: The End of DOMA and Prop8

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
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DOMA, Prop8, and The Struggle That Started It All In June of 1969, a group of homosexuals and their West Village supporters stood up to the police on Christopher Street. They had had enough of...

25 Jun

Headlines, Macerations

Christopher Street Pride Day 2: The Pier

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
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Hitting the Pier It's Pride 2013 week in NYC and it's going to be another extremely hot day on Christopher Street. Because of this, today's sampling location is dedicated to the sunbathers that line the...

24 Jun

Headlines, Macerations

Christopher Street Pride and Samples

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
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It's Pride Week in New York City, and celebrations are already underway on Christopher Street. The first official Pride March took place in 1970, one year after the infamous Stonewall Riots of 1969. Marchers...

21 Jun

From The Underground, Headlines, Macerations, Product

What’s Inside #TheBox

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
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I've been teasing you all week long on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter about what's inside #TheBox. Thanks to everyone who sent in some amazing guesses (some of which have given me ideas for the...

27 May

In The News, Macerations

Bois de Jasmin Reviews Christopher Street

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
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I've known Victoria Frolova of Bois de Jasmin for a few years now, first meeting through some work we did together at The Fragrance Foundation. An early supporter of her work, our paths have...

23 May

From The Underground, Ingredient Stories, Macerations

Christopher Street Carnation

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
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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...

01 May

In The News, Macerations

EauMG Reviews Christopher Street

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
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Seattle-based Victoria Jent of EauMG is the latest to review Charenton Macerations' Christopher Street. Describing Christopher Street as "the longest wearing citrus heavy fragrance on the planet," Victoria goes on to beautifully capture the...

17 Apr

Gender, Headlines, Macerations

Real Men Wear Flowers

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
blog, Charenton Macerations, Flowers, Fragrance, gender, history
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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...

08 Apr

From The Underground, Ingredient Stories, Macerations

Christopher Street With A Lime Twist

January 12, 2018
Posted by Douglas Bender
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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...